Tibet Travel Notes | Tibet is not far away, just at your feet

On April 2, 2018, we arrived in Libo County from Kaili, Guizhou. Along with the terraced fields along the way, we felt like we were in an oil painting.

A picture tells you the difference between Guizhou’s national highways and expressways

There is a group of antique buildings and an ancient town in Libo County. In our impression, too many towns have developed antique buildings, which operate various small shops, inns, etc., which give tourists a novel playing experience, but if you go shopping too much, "古Town”, you will have a sense of sameness and boredom.

The disadvantage of Libo's seven-hole scenic spot is that the gate is too far away from the actual scenic spot, and the facilities in the scenic spot are not perfect enough.

In Xiaoqikong, an old couple walking in front of us were frightened by a snake crawling in the middle of the road. Because the color of the snake's body was close to the ground and almost blended into one, it was difficult to notice that they were also watching it squirm. found. The snake is short in size and spits out black letters. It is not sure whether it is venomous. After discovering the snake, the old couple gave up.

This is not an isolated incident. You often see snakes. Because some roads in Xiaoqikong require passing through the jungle. I personally feel that the frequent presence of snakes increases the risk factor. , should be appropriate Location settings Some obvious Tips are good .

In addition, there are too few trash cans and toilets in the scenic spot. It is considered a good scenic spot, but garbage can be seen everywhere. I really want to ask how they passed the 5A scenic spot review.

It is recommended to drive to the scenic spot by yourself. If it is the off-season, there are relatively few shuttle buses from Libo County to the Xiaoqikong Scenic Spot, and the last bus ends relatively early. It may have less fun.

In addition, if you take the eco-friendly car in the scenic spot from Daqi Kong to Xiaoqi Kong, you do not need to check the ticket again. The online guide for re-checking the ticket should have expired and been removed.

Personally, I feel that Xiaoqikong Bridge is okay. The more famous one is Xiaoqikong Bridge, which is also the most frequently shown point in Libo tourism promotions. But after seeing too many photos, I went to Qikong Bridge and found that it was exactly the same as the photo. The angle of view was just that, so I lost interest. On the contrary, Wolongtan made my eyes light up. You can see different colors from the same piece of water from different angles, which is very beautiful.

It is said that The water here comes from underground rivers. The color is very pure and clear. If you get close, you can even see shrimps and crabs in it.

This place is called "Yao Feng Cave". When taking aerial photography here, the GPS signal is always intermittent and there is no good landing platform. Sometimes there is no image transmission signal and I can only fly blindly. It is really worthy of being called Yao Feng Cave.

Due to the high humidity in the scenic area, moss grows vigorously in the jungle.

This is the famous Seven-hole Bridge. Did you miss one of the photos? Also, does it look like the other photos?

Personally, I feel that the small seven holes have more play points than the big seven holes and are more beautiful. The Big Seven Hole is mainly about water, while the Small Seven Hole is more comprehensive, with waterfalls, water, and jungles.

This is Xiaoqikong Butterfly Spring, with deep blue water. This is actually a pier, used for rafting. There are really many butterflies here. It really lives up to its name. There are butterflies and springs.

There is a primary school in front of the inn where we stayed, and we unexpectedly saw this teaching building.

On April 5, we set off for Tibet. I chose this day because May, June, and July are the Tomb Sweeping Day holiday, and the expressway is free. This is good news for us who rarely take the expressway. Well, if you have driven through Guizhou, you will know. Taking national highways and provincial highways is really waste of gas. One uphill climb after another, and the scenery seen from the foot of the mountain is the same, and the highways all drive from the mountain. The tunnel not only has a good view, but also saves a lot of time and fuel costs.

Before leaving Guizhou, there is another place not to be missed, and that is Pingtang Sky Eye.

However, there are many restrictions on going to this sky eye. The scenic spot regulations: Anyone entering the large radio observation deck is not allowed to bring mobile phones, digital cameras, smart bracelets, walkie-talkies and other electronic devices; In order to ensure the safe operation and accuracy of FAST To receive radio wave signals and reduce the interference of dense crowds on telescopes, the scenic spot is limited to 2,000 tourists per day. The ticket price is accumulated based on the items you want to experience, up to 200 yuan, including observatory shuttles, astronomical experience halls, astronomical cinemas, etc. .

Tourists are not allowed to bring cameras to take pictures, but the staff of Tianyan will take a photo for you remotely at a designated location. If you want, you can take it away for a fee.

Although we wanted to try it out, so many restrictions have already made us lose interest. We checked the location of the Sky Eye through the map on our mobile phone near the Sky Eye. We wanted to fly the drone to the highest point to see if we could take aerial photos. Unfortunately, the height of 500 meters was still too low, and the surrounding mountains blocked it tightly. Actually, I changed the place and tried again, but I still saw the karst mountains.

On our second flight, we met a local and confirmed with him that the flight direction was okay, but there were too many obstructions to see.

Since I can’t take any photos, I’ll have fun finding them online.

What's interesting is that when we were flying the drone, that person was watching from the side. We were used to being watched and didn't care. When the drone returned to our heads, he spoke and came over to ask us: "Can your plane help me find my ancestor's grave?" It turned out that he was here to visit the grave, and I remembered that the graveyard was nearby. , but couldn't find it.

We know it's unrealistic to search like this, but he said it's nearby, so it's okay to take a walk nearby before running out of power, but we can only watch from a distance. If he flies to the tree and blows up the plane, there will be another chance. Done. Although I understand the difficulty of finding his ancestor's grave in a place surrounded by mountains, the perspective from the air and walking through the woods are completely different. This method is really not feasible, and in the end we were unable to find . It seems that even the locals cannot distinguish this karst mountain.

During the three days of Qingming Festival, we have been running wildly on the highway and camping in the service area at night. After leaving Guizhou, the temperature changed greatly every day. We were wearing short-sleeved clothes in the morning, but we had to put on the thickest clothes at night.

Have a small hotpot for dinner to warm up. The self-heating hot pot was actually not enough for two people, so we added staple food, noodles and meatballs.

On the afternoon of April 7, we ended the last section of the highway and arrived in Luding County.

Spring is coming👇

I saw the long-lost plateau blue and the prayer flags all over the mountains and plains again.

The Sichuan-Tibet Line is like this. It is always blocked for hours inadvertently, and in the end we don’t know why.

I really want to ask him, hey, friend, is your little yellow car guaranteed for the whole year? Or did you remove the lock?

On April 11, on the way from Mangkang to Zuogong, while returning from aerial photography, the plane hit a tree on the mountain and exploded.

We were going to take pictures of the mountain on the opposite side, and when we returned we were bombed on the mountain on the right.

Latitude and longitude when missing

This mountain was extremely bald and steep, and a few scattered trees ended up being bumped into. This was no one's idea. At first, my husband and I climbed the mountain together. We tried several times and changed several routes but failed. There are no objects that can be grasped by hand on this mountain. The rocks are very loose and will slip and slide down as you climb. There are many plants growing on the mountain, which are less than one meter high. Unfortunately, these plants are covered with small thorns. Not only can you not use force, you have to find a way to hide. In addition, the mountain has poor adhesion. I really wanted to give up at that time.

I had no choice but to go down the mountain first, thinking about asking the Tibetans living on the roadside if there was any other way up. They said that no one had ever climbed this mountain because it was too steep. A Tibetan driver passing by heard about our story and said he could help us climb up to look for it. However, my husband was on the mountain at the time and was unsure of the situation, so I didn’t let the Tibetan go.

This is the mountain. Doesn’t it look okay? Isn’t it as hard to climb as I said?

Selfie taken on the mountain when my husband picked up the plane.

This is the photo I took of him at the foot of the mountain. The little black dot in the red circle is him.

In the end, my husband used a roundabout way to climb to a nearby place where it was easy to climb, and then used his hands and feet to move sideways to the place where the drone exploded, and finally brought it back.

Our drone almost ended up here.

The whole process was thrilling for me to watch from the bottom of the mountain. Looking at from the bottom of the mountain, he was really too small and so steep. Every time I saw him blocked by a tree, I felt so nervous , watching him worry that there is no cover when he comes out again, fearing that he will fall.

Go to the hotel to rest (hold it in, don’t laugh! )

The famous Seventy-two Turns, we are here again.

The one thing that remains the same on the route into Tibet is that the temperature keeps changing. One moment the sun is so scorching that it makes people unable to open their eyes, and the next moment they are plunged into the vast snow.

It is strange to say that two children who were born and raised in Northeast China are still so fascinated by snow. Whenever they see snow or snow-capped mountains and glaciers on the road, they will be very excited.

Yela Mountain Yakou, with an altitude of 4658 meters.

It didn't take long for the entire road to turn white.

Going down the mountain, spring blossoms bloom again (*^__^*)

On April 15th, we arrived at Basongcuo. We didn’t go there when we first left Tibet because the tickets were too expensive and because we often encountered such Cuoso on the roadside in Ali. I went this time because Tibet has held free winter admission events in recent years, which is probably from December of the first year to April of the following year. Of course we have to take advantage of such a bargain. Let’s see what the scenic spot with a 120 yuan ticket looks like.

In fact, free tickets are only free. You still need to purchase tickets for the sightseeing bus entering the scenic area. If a private car enters, the driver will also be charged. We found a B&B owner at the entrance of the scenic spot. The price was 100 yuan a night. We felt pretty good, so we followed him. When we arrived, we found that the conditions were a bit poor, but this was not a problem for us. We can find hotels in Tibetan areas that are similar to city chain hotels, and the prices are very high, so we can save a lot by just one night.

The owner of the B&B recommended us to visit the "Xincuo" in Basongcuo. It is a newly developed place and has not yet built roads. The owner said it was not bad, so we drove to this Xincuo in the afternoon when we had nothing to do.

If you drive to Basongcuo by yourself, I really don’t recommend going to Xincuo. There are two main reasons. First, the road conditions are very bad. Most roads can only be driven by one car. If a car comes from the opposite direction, either you or another car will hit you. , the second is the scenery of Xincuo, sorry about the road conditions.

The road conditions just going to Xincuo were still okay, at least the two cars could slowly stagger each other. I remember that we just went up a rather steep hill, so steep that we couldn’t even see the oncoming car. We only saw a car on the other side when half of the car was already up. We were walking close to the center of the "road", so it was difficult for that car to pass. Normally, our car is hanging in the air, and the car on the other side only needs to back up, and wait until our car is on a level road, then it can stagger away. I went down to tell the driver of the oncoming car, but the oncoming car refused to let me go and didn't move. I was really pissed off. There is no need to remain in a stalemate. My husband gradually released the brakes and adjusted the direction. Since the "road" was full of mud and extremely slippery, he kept swaying left and right during the reversing process.

At this time, a Tibetan man riding a motorcycle came from above and stopped next to our car. From the rearview mirror, we saw him get off the car in a hurry, and then bent down to carry something. We were shocked at the time and thought we had hit something. We quickly asked my husband to step on the brakes. I got out of the car to see the situation. After we got to the car, we discovered that the Tibetan thought our car had no power and was rolling away. He was afraid of danger. He had been moving large rocks nearby to place them on our wheels to stop the car.

This time I was struck again by the Tibetan people's simplicity. I explained the situation to him, and he moved the big stone away again with great difficulty. It wasn’t until we finished taking the wrong bus that the Tibetan got on his motorcycle and left without even bothering to thank him.

The road after that was to pass through various woods, walk on various bridges that felt like they would fall off at any time, and climb various mountains without guardrails. At first you could still see some ruts, but later there were no ruts at all. Finally, we found a Tibetan to ask for directions. The Tibetan said that we were taking the right route and that we would be there in a few kilometers. I was going to give in, but I heard that there were still a few kilometers left, so I thought about it and endured it, so I drove forward again. After driving for half an hour, I still didn’t see anything. I went around asking Tibetans for directions, and they all told me the same thing. They said it was only a few kilometers away. I simply didn’t ask and kept moving forward. open it.

In fact, the distance from where we started to Xincuo was only about 30 kilometers. However, due to poor road conditions, the overall feeling was lengthened. In fact, it only took about two hours.

Finally we drove to a place with no sign, no road signs, just a few simple wooden houses. The Tibetans told us that the car could only drive up to this point, and the rest had to be done on foot, on horseback, or in a go-kart. I Girl, what kind of place is this? There are go-karts?

We chose to hike. The Tibetans said that the round trip was about six or seven kilometers, which was very far! Hmph, I don’t believe it, you have no concept of distance! This hike was quite nice. Although it was full of mud and snow, it felt great to be able to freely travel through the primitive jungle. We walked for a long time before arriving at Xincuo. I don’t know what words to use to evaluate the Xincuo we saw at first sight. If I had to use one word to express it, it would be “come in vain” and return immediately.

I have to say that this time the Tibetans really did not fool us. The round trip took more than two hours and our legs were getting thin.

But it is worth mentioning that the hike to Xincuo is really beautiful. The reflections of alpine meadows, jungles and snow-capped mountains in the water made us unable to help but take pictures.

Enjoy multiple pictures👇