August 4 Sunny Gongbu Jiangda - Songduo Village 100km
Leaving the county seat of Gongbu Jiangda, continue to follow the Niyang River, the two sides of the mountain are covered with dense primary forest, ancient trees towering in the sky, thousands of valleys and waves, and pleasant scenery. The forest is rich in ganoderma lucidum, poria, fungus and matsutake mushrooms. The Tibetan horse chicken and the red-bellied horned pheasant live in the forest. The white-bellied pheasant occasionally appears in the roadside grass. Thrushes in the woods flew around, their cries moving. The water of the Niyang River is still clear and green, but the river surface is getting narrower and narrower, and the water is getting more and more rapid. More than 20 kilometers ahead, a landscape on the Niyang River - "mainstay" appeared in front of the eyes, where the mountains are deep and deep, the stone walls are sharp, and the river is turbulent, which is the first grand canyon of the NiyangYang River. A huge stone in the middle of the river stands in the heart of the river, with its back to the god Buddha Mountain. The ancient suspension bridge and the Linla High-Speed Viaduct are soaring over the Niyang River, and the Linla Expressway winds forward on the edge of the cliff. The ancient city of Taizhao is located in the valley 300 meters away from National Highway 318. Xiuba Castle is located on the secondary terrace on the banks of the Niyang River, and the castle is all made of stone blocks, which is tall and solid. Majestic.
This morning I and the Henan boy basically set off at the same time, the way is also staggered back and forth, you chase me, when he smokes and rests, I will go ahead; when I sit down to drink water, he ran to the front again. Travel more than 40 kilometers and arrive at Jinda Town at noon. In front of a noodle restaurant on the street, there was a Henan boy's bicycle, I also parked in the noodle restaurant, the young man saw me come in, said: The beef ramen here is good, plus ten yuan of beef, more affordable. He had already eaten it, so I came with a bowl of ramen with meat, and the taste was ok. Arrive at the village of Songdo at four o'clock in the afternoon. The streets of Songta Village are wide, about 400 meters long, and the 318 National Highway passes through the village, and two rows of houses are neatly arranged on both sides of the street. Entering the village to find a place to stay, only two or three inns were open, and finally stayed in the Yangmen Inn, and once again shared a room with a Henan boy. In the evening, when I come to the street to eat, the restaurants, shops, and inns along the street are next to each other, but most of them have long been closed. The top of the door is flat and dilapidated, the front door is overgrown with weeds, and there are only three or four restaurants left in the whole village. The once bustling village of Songduo has become deserted. The opening of the Linla Expressway was a major factor in the closure of shops in the village. In the past, vehicles and pedestrians going to Lhasa had to pass through Songduo Village, where accommodation, meals, and supplies were a good stop. The Linla Expressway now passes by the Niyang River behind the village, and although there is a gas station at the head of the village and a highway entrance, there are still very few vehicles stopping here. The decrease in footfall has made it difficult for many shop operators to maintain their livelihoods and close their doors. Only a few stickers are left here to provide accommodation and catering services for cyclists. The only few restaurants left to make the meals taste very bland. For example, a bowl of braised noodles is cooked in a pressure cooker (or machine noodles), noodle soup with soy sauce, edible salt, and two pieces of boiled greens, the price is 28 yuan!
Songduo Village Yangmen Inn is 27 kilometers away from the Mira Pass, and the altitude here is 4223 meters, so the Songduo Yangmen Inn has become the highest inn on the 318 Sichuan-Tibet Line. Tonight was a room for four people, the door was closed at night, the air was thin, the quality of sleep was exceptionally poor, chest tightness and shortness of breath, and breathing difficulties. I woke up at one o'clock in the middle of the night, turning over and over without any sleep. Thinking in my heart, tomorrow's cycling of about 180 kilometers to Lhasa, first of all, we must cross the Mira Pass above 5,000 meters above sea level, plan to get up at four o'clock in the morning, and leave on time at five o'clock, you can complete the 180-kilometer ride relatively easily. However, a rider in the same room said that the rider who rode to Lhasa in front of him sent a message that the checkpoint checks along the way were very strict, and to enter Lhasa, he had to hold a nucleic acid test report within 48 hours. Otherwise, all interceptions will not allow passage. It seems that tomorrow I will go to Lhasa, and the nucleic acid test report done at Nyingchi People's Hospital has exceeded the validity period, and I can only change the plan and wait for dawn before leaving. On the way, I went to MozhuGongka County for a second nucleic acid test. With the rebound of the domestic epidemic, all localities have strengthened the prevention and control of the epidemic, and the management of epidemic prevention and control in Tibet has become more stringent. Checkpoints along the way discourage tourists from traveling to Lhasa and demand that they return to the interior. The attractions in Lhasa city limit the number of tourists, shorten the tour time, strictly check the travel code and nucleic acid test report, therefore, the plan to play in Lhasa for a few days is not realistic, can only change the original plan, so I let the riders in the same room help to buy a train ticket from Lhasa to Lanzhou at 6:30 p.m. on August 8. Go home as soon as possible and add less unnecessary trouble to the people in Tibetan areas.