From Suzhou to Xinjiang, a 20,000-mile extreme self-driving tour in northern Xinjiang

In the minds of the Chinese people today, there is always a place that has fallen, either Tibet or Xinjiang. This is a common disease that belongs to the nation. Once infected, it cannot be cured. If you don’t say that the Great Wall is not a hero, then life is not complete if you don’t go to Xinjiang. This plan can be described as a long-planned plan. I coordinated with my wife early on to ask for leave, brought my children on summer vacation, and even called my best buddies in the army. Dongfang, 4 people, a car, just right.

From Suzhou to Xinjiang, a 20,000-mile extreme self-driving tour in northern Xinjiang

D01: Suzhou – Nanjing – Chuzhou – Fuyang – Zhoukou – Pingdingshan – Luoyang – Sanmenxia

Gather at 7 o’clock in the morning on July 7 and get on the bus. The car is a Ford-Raptor F150, a handsome royal blue pickup. , heading west-north, the second stop is Nanjing.

From Suzhou to Xinjiang, a 20,000-mile extreme self-driving tour in northern Xinjiang

From Suzhou to Xinjiang, a 20,000-mile extreme self-driving tour in northern Xinjiang

The weather is beautiful, the first day of the “Xinjiang Great Escape” in the past half month was a sunny day, the blue sky and white clouds accompanied us all the way, and the trees on both sides of the road quickly passed into a curtain of virtual and real.

From Suzhou to Xinjiang, a 20,000-mile extreme self-driving tour in northern Xinjiang

Maybe it’s the city’s reinforced concrete and glass walls that look numb, and when you see the earthen buildings with caves on the highway, you will let out a low exclamation, and then turn on your phone and take a quick photo.

From Suzhou to Xinjiang, a 20,000-mile extreme self-driving tour in northern Xinjiang

Songs were playing in the car, clouds were flowing outside the car, and I ran to my destination with ease all the way, except that the child who was still in junior high school was forced by his wife to recite the “Chinese Archaeological Poetry Booklet”, which was repeatedly read, recited, and spot-checked along the way. Guan Guan Jujiu, in the continent of the river. ? Fair and fair lady, a gentleman likes to eat. ??Scattered Nymphaeum, flow from left to right. ? Fair and fair lady, longing for it. …

After the whole day, Dongfang and I were able to answer a few words. The drive along the way was very smooth. After all, the pickup’s comfortable driving experience and powerful performance are not just bragging. There is a feeling of “with the pickup, I own the world”.

From Suzhou to Xinjiang, a 20,000-mile extreme self-driving tour in northern Xinjiang

As the evening approached, I was quite tired. I went to the reserved hot spring hotel to take a rest as planned. The hot spring relieved the fatigue. The hotel room can also be highly praised, Chinese style, clean and tidy.

From Suzhou to Xinjiang, a 20,000-mile extreme self-driving tour in northern Xinjiang

From Suzhou to Xinjiang, a 20,000-mile extreme self-driving tour in northern Xinjiang

From Suzhou to Xinjiang, a 20,000-mile extreme self-driving tour in northern Xinjiang

From Suzhou to Xinjiang, a 20,000-mile extreme self-driving tour in northern Xinjiang

At 8 o’clock in the evening, it was already in the territory of Henan in the middle reaches of the Yellow River. When buying mineral water, I asked the boss about nearby restaurants and was recommended to come to “Kitchen Monster”. This two-story building decorated with brick houses, with red neon lights and big red lanterns, has a local taste in the north. At the entrance, there are hanging large woven frame plates and a neat stove, as well as local special noodles in baskets. point.

From Suzhou to Xinjiang, a 20,000-mile extreme self-driving tour in northern Xinjiang

From Suzhou to Xinjiang, a 20,000-mile extreme self-driving tour in northern Xinjiang

Big sauce bones, big chicken wings, big pots of green vegetables, big pots of lemon stone pot fish, once the dishes are on the table, you will have a feeling – big, sigh the boldness and simplicity of the northern people, and start to feast on them. The green vegetables are refreshing and seasoned, and the sauce bones are mellow. Even the taste of the fish soup was different from what I had eaten before. Opening another bottle of the local Yangshao Xiaojiao, it was really tasty and mellow enough, and I was satisfied when I got up from the bottom of the 6 dishes.

From Suzhou to Xinjiang, a 20,000-mile extreme self-driving tour in northern Xinjiang

From Suzhou to Xinjiang, a 20,000-mile extreme self-driving tour in northern Xinjiang

From Suzhou to Xinjiang, a 20,000-mile extreme self-driving tour in northern Xinjiang

DAY02: Sanmenxia – Xi’an – Lanzhou! Visit the first bridge of the Yellow River!

Along the Yellow River, out of Henan is Shaanxi, and the first stop is Tongguan. Tongguan is the east gate of the Guanzhong area and the hub of the three provinces of Shaanxi, Shanxi and Henan. The Yellow River, Weihe River and Luohe River meet here. , “Crossing the Guandong”, which caused the whole people to chase dramas, started with this.

From Suzhou to Xinjiang, a 20,000-mile extreme self-driving tour in northern Xinjiang

Crossing another province, one step closer to Xinjiang! ! !

From Suzhou to Xinjiang, a 20,000-mile extreme self-driving tour in northern Xinjiang

The peaks and ridges are like clusters, the waves are like anger, and the mountains and rivers are outside and inside Tongguan Road. Looking at the western capital, he hesitated. Sadly, where the Qin and Han scriptures traveled, thousands of palaces and palaces have been made of earth.

The most indispensable thing in Xi’an is history. It has a history of more than 6,000 years as a city and a history of 1,200 years as a capital. There have been 21 dynasties and regimes established their capitals here, known as the “Eleven Dynasties Ancient Capital”. This knowledge point can be glimpsed at the toll station in the shape of the Tongguan city wall. It was raining at the time. Although it was not as hazy as the misty rain in the south of the Yangtze River, it also added a bit of infinite charm to this historical ancient city. Under the dark blue sky in the distance is Just like the mountains outlined by ink and wash, “the Wei River collects the evening rain, and there are many new lakes everywhere. The palaces and gardens are surrounded by the mountains, and the cloud forests bring the blue sky”, which has a certain charm of Chang’an.

From Suzhou to Xinjiang, a 20,000-mile extreme self-driving tour in northern Xinjiang

Immediately Fengling looked at Hanguan, and Yunfeng was higher than the white clouds. A bend of Kunlun water from the west cuts through the middle Taihua Mountain.

From Suzhou to Xinjiang, a 20,000-mile extreme self-driving tour in northern Xinjiang

Stopping for a while at the supermarket in Weinan West Service Area, I found that the supermarket also sells instant Roujiamo. I bought one and tasted it, and the taste was excellent. It is indeed the “origin” of Roujiamo There are no side dishes in pure Roujiamo.

Tongguan, Changwu, Fengkou, all the way “cut the pass and seize the pass”, it can be regarded as Gansu in the northwest, just entered, even the weather is different, the blue sky is full of white clouds, blown by the wind It is blown into various shapes, and there are layers of green hills below. There is no second color, but it is purely refreshing.

From Suzhou to Xinjiang, a 20,000-mile extreme self-driving tour in northern Xinjiang

Enter Gansu

From Suzhou to Xinjiang, a 20,000-mile extreme self-driving tour in northern Xinjiang

Entering the northwest, green mountains and green waters, blue sky and white clouds all the way~~