Notes on a seven-day trip to Altay and other places in Northern Xinjiang in 2020 (3) The second day (September 25) National 5A Scenic Area—Baisha Lake (1)

3 The next day (September 25)

National 5A-level scenic spot - Baisha Lake (1)

3.1 Picking up stones on the Gobi Desert

September 25, 2020, was the second day of our trip to Altay and other places in northern Xinjiang.

At 8:00 in the morning, we set off as planned to visit the 1st and 3rd companies of the 185th Regiment. Looking at the white fish belly exposed in the east in the car, I couldn't help but sigh that we really followed the ancient saying: "We work at sunrise and rest at sunset."

Figure 1 Morning light

9:30, passing through Tacheng area and Utubrak service area of ​​Buxel Mongolian Autonomous County.

Figure 2 Service area

Passed through the border checkpoint with Buxail County at 10:00.

At 10:40, we passed through the Gobi Desert. Team Wang arranged 40 minutes for us to pick up stones here.

At 11:30, we continued to drive forward in the car. Although the objects outside the window flashed by like lightning, the scenery along the way was still unforgettable.

I put headphones in my ears and listened to the popular song "We Are All Lonely" sung by Hua Chenyu. I looked at my teammates in the car and thought, maybe we are just a group of lonely people, so we meet each other. Travel around by car together.

Figure 5 Horses foraging leisurely

Video 1 On the way to Baisha Lake

we are all alone

"...he was tired of it,

So live in your own world,

Innocent!

He understood,

God closed the window for him,

Open another door.

Waiting

…”

3.2 Bus wheel collapse

At 13:15, the bus entered Tirekti Township, Habahe County, Altay Prefecture.

Figure 6 Haba River

Team Wang arranged for the cooking class to fry fried pancakes and prepare dry food for tomorrow's trip to Baihaba. At this time, driver Xiao Hao drove the car into a grassy beach on the roadside in order to make it easier for his teammates in the cooking class to pick up food. What looked like a grassy beach was actually sand, but as you can imagine, the wheels of the bus sank into the sand. No matter how the driver operated, the bus couldn't exert its force, and it sank deeper and deeper.

Figure 7 wheel sink

Faced with this unexpected incident, Team Wang here began to organize the team members to eliminate danger, and Team Mei led the members of the cooking team to continue frying pancakes. The team members here brainstormed ways to think of ways - putting rocks under the wheels, putting wooden boards on them, organizing team members to push carts, etc. They tried every method they could think of, but to no avail.

Figure 8 Teammates help

Finally, Team Wang mobilized their interpersonal relationships, found a car filled with construction bamboo rafts from Habahe County, and rushed towards the accident site. On the other hand, he and several teammates stopped vehicles on the county road and requested foreign aid.

Figure 9 The large carriage road next to the Tashara Bridge

At about 15:15, teammate Mei Keqin called a bulldozer from the highway. The driver was from Nanyang, Henan Province. When he learned that our bus was stuck in the swamp, he expressed deep sympathy and drove the bulldozer to come to our aid.

Figure 10 Help from noble people

Xiao Hao connected the two vehicles with a traction rope, got on the bus and started the engine. The bulldozer master also stepped on the accelerator and let the bulldozer move forward at a low speed. The traction rope was tight, and then the bus was slowly pulled out of the pit. Toward the road.

Figure 11 Wang Aiying leads the team

The bus was finally out of trouble, and the bus driver had something to leave. Captain Wang felt very sorry and wanted to thank the master. The chef refused to accept the money Team Wang gave him. Finally, Team Wang forced the chef to give him two bottles of Luzhou Laojiao as a thank you.

Video 2 Bus wheel collapse

3.3 The unforgettable Tashara Bridge

We stayed here for about 3 hours. When the car was in danger, no one cared about the environment here. Now that the car was out of danger, we realized that this place is really picturesque .

Figure 12 Author

Figure 13 Works of photographer Zhang Guobin

In front of us is a green grassland, with a river running through the north and south. The water in the river is singing cheerful songs and running into the distance. Herds of cattle and horses are wading through the river, and white clouds are floating in the blue sky.

Figure 14 is simply an oil painting

Teammates who like photography raised their cameras and kept taking pictures, while teammates who liked taking pictures posed in various poses for photographers to capture their images at the moment.

Figure 15 Mei Mengyun’s teammates appear on camera

The teammates in the cooking class have already fried the pancakes, and everyone got 10 pancakes.

Figure 16 Results of the cooking class

Around 16:00, we left this unforgettable land - Tashara Bridge.

Figure 17 Bridge logo