Planned route:
Kunming ~ Dali ~ Zhongdian ~ Deqin ~ Mangkang ~ Nyingchi ~ Lhasa ~ Geelong ~ Shiquan River ~ Ngari North Line ~ Namtso ~ Lhasa
vehicle:
New generation Transit long height B type, 2.2T diesel manual, 2 people, 200 liters of water, 10 kwh electricity, molecular sieve oxygen generator, diesel heater, 48V parking power supply system, the whole car is equipped with stainless steel skeleton + paint-free board + structural glue fixed.
I drove the LC80LC100 Mitsubishi Jinchang and ran the Sichuan-Tibet line, the Yunnan-Tibet line, and the Xinzang line. I haven’t gone through the Great Northern Line, so I changed to a car and ran. In April, I just saw the peach blossoms on the Sichuan-Tibet line.
Talk about the vehicle configuration:
1. The new-generation 2.2T manual, long axle and high roof, weighs about 3 tons with water and fuel, light weight, and powerful. It is a new car that was launched in 2018.
2. Power, 48V parking battery system, two 48V100AH iron-lithium batteries, 3KW high-frequency inverter, electric water heater, 1KW driving charging + 600w photovoltaic hard board, no external AC charging module (Chinese characteristics).
3. Water, 150L+50L clean water tank, 40L+20L gray water tank
4. Fixed closed toilets and mobile toilets.
5. In the kitchen, a set of induction cooker + electric pressure cooker + electric kettle is the main force, and a set of outdoor stove + pressure cooker is the backup.
6. Heating: domestic fuel oil heater + 700W electric heater, no air conditioner
7. Plateau equipment: one 3L/min oxygen generator and one oximeter. The oxygen concentrator is silent, 10kg heavier and 1,000 yuan more expensive than ordinary ones. I used to buy two 4L oxygen cylinders when I drove an off-road vehicle into Tibet to run Mount Everest. Now that the vehicle has been upgraded, the cylinders are given away.
8. Observation and recording equipment, mirrorless camera + SLR + Cinda Hoshino equatorial mount (shooting the starry sky), it is rare to go to such a good dark night environment to take pictures of the starry sky and the Milky Way.
The air pump has a belt, but the tire pressure detection is not installed. Tomorrow I will go to worship at Nanhua Temple. I have to go there at least once a year. I have returned to my hometown during the Spring Festival this year, but I haven’t been there yet.
The tour guide of the Jokhang Temple said that the vows made in front of the 12-year-old Sakyamuni Buddha statue in the Jokhang Temple can be fulfilled in temples all over the country, and there is no need to go to Lhasa to fulfill the vows, because the old man is the ancestor of the Buddha, and all the Buddhas will be there report to him.
Material list, 48 liters of drinking water (96×0.5), 5KG of Wal-Mart’s own brand dried noodles, 30 packs of instant noodles, 5KG of rice, 3KG of pork ribs (pre-marinated with soup), 2KG of raw pork belly, 30 eggs, 1KG of coffee beans, milk 24 boxes, 1.5KG crude fiber biscuits, some onion, ginger and garlic, 20 cans of beer. My wife and I basically don’t eat out, we cook in our own car, even in prosperous places, not to mention Ali, who is in a difficult situation. Vegetables are bought locally in Lhasa and Shiquanhe, and I don’t bring too much. The refrigerator is only frozen, not refrigerated.
Departure today, the destination is Baise, the whole journey is high-speed, and the journey is about 900 kilometers. The people of Guangxi are hospitable. From April 1st to 9th, all tolls on passenger license plates in the surrounding provinces are half priced. Today, the highway is half priced. The 600 kilometers in Guangxi only charged me 132 yuan. Give the people of Guangxi a thumbs up!
On the second day after entering Tibet, I woke up in the morning and found that the humidity inside the car was 100%. I slept with the doors and windows closed last night, and only turned on the small fan in the bathroom to ventilate. There must be slits in the windows.
Get up in the morning, brush your teeth, wash your face, eat biscuits, drive 80 kilometers first, and then find the service area to boil water and make a cup of coffee. Life in the RV is much more free.
I never use the boiled water in the service area, and I only drank bottled water when I didn’t have an RV.
In the afternoon, I arrived near Kunming Airport normally, and lived near the airport. I want to complain about the expressways in Yunnan. Many of the old expressways that were repaired early have steep slopes and sharp bends. When going downhill, fifth and sixth gears often can’t hold the speed. They need to cooperate with the brakes. In addition, there are many trucks. Feeling nervous on the slopes, especially with a truck behind you. It is raining in Kunming today, and the air is very good. It is said that the smog was severe a few days ago, and the mountains were burned in Southeast Asia, and the smog drifted over.
Leaving Kunming, the luxurious service area.
The panoramic view of the Erhai Lake in Dali was always taken in Haixi before, but this time it was changed to Haidong, halfway up the mountain, to take a panoramic view.
On the 4th day, from Lijiang to Deqin, we made a turn at Tiger Leaping Gorge in the middle, and the water was not strong. The road conditions are very good. The Baima Snow Mountain has a tunnel. You only need to climb to 4,000 meters above sea level to enter the tunnel. Meili Snow Mountain is full of clouds and you can’t see anything.
The scenery along the way to climb Baima Snow Mountain is not bad.
The white horse snow mountain just finished snowing a few days ago, and the scenery is good. I copied a few pictures from the driving recorder.
On the fifth day, the sun rises in Meili, and luck is good today.
One of the advantages of traveling in Tibetan areas is that there is little light pollution at night, and you can see the stars. The picture shows a beautiful starry sky, taken on the side of the road a few kilometers away from the town.
Such as the beautiful starry sky, there are many stars, and the background is dyed red by the lights of the town.
Today’s itinerary, such as Rumei ~ Basu, I went to Jueba Mountain, Yela Mountain, and Dongda Mountain. I made a pot of rice in the car at noon, Northeast rice + leftovers from last night. .
The biggest change found in the counties of Tibet this time is that each county has built large-scale government-invested housing, moved Tibetans out of the mountains to live in, connected to water, electricity, and the Internet, and the medical and educational conditions are much better. Urbanization is An effective means of poverty alleviation, give the party and the government a thumbs up!
Coming out of Deqin, there was a quicksand where the road was broken, and a side road was opened on the side, and the car was no problem. I saw a front-wheel drive GL8 struggled and went up. At 3000 rpm, it will go up steadily, and the Yufeng of your front drive should not be a big problem. But if it is raining, it is estimated that it will be choking. In addition, the Pengdong near Ranwu Lake is prone to traffic jams, because now there are too many large trucks, it is difficult to miss a car in Pengdong, and there are many small tourist cars, which are often blocked. We were stuck in traffic jams for 2 hours today.
When I arrived at Bomi’s place at night, I found that the left rear wheel was out of air. After a quick look, a large screw was inserted, and the leak was quite severe. I was too lazy to replace the spare tire. I used a jack to hold it up, and tomorrow morning the tire was filled with air and went to the county to repair it. Tires, with an electric air pump.
On the seventh day, Basu ~ Bomi, Ranwu Lake is still so amazing!
In the morning, I found that the axle head covers of the two front wheels were all off. It can be seen that the bumps along the way are quite acceptable. Although they are all asphalt roads, there are many potholes, especially the water culverts of the Tibetan roads. shock. But the furniture in the car has no abnormal noise at all, thanks to the stainless steel frame.
On the 9th day, Lin Zhi went to Lhasa and stayed at Lao Chen’s 8844 Hotel. The Binhe Road in front of the hotel was repaired, so it was difficult to park, so we had to park on the sidewalk.
Lin Zhi’s peach blossoms are still as stunning as ever.
The Nyingchi-Lhasa expressway has been fully repaired, but the Mila Mountain Tunnel is currently under maintenance and is closed to traffic. It takes a short section of the national highway to cross the pass. In fact, even if the tunnel is open to traffic, we will also take the old 318 to cross the pass.
