On April 26, 2024, my self-driving trip destination was Shangri-La, Yunnan, and at 6 o'clock in the morning, we set off from the checkpoint in Mangkang County, Tibet, and the navigation destination mileage was 401 kilometers.
Mountain dwellings in Mangkang County, Tibet
The car passed the Jinsha River Bridge, entered Batang County, Ganzi Prefecture, Sichuan, turned right through navigation, passed through a tunnel, I found that the scenery on the other side of the reservoir of the Jinsha River Power Station was special, the morning sun illuminated the top of the mountain into gold, and the mountain and the village reflected in the lake, so I stopped to take pictures.
Reflection of the landscape of the Jinsha River Reservoir
After taking the photo, I started the car again, and when I passed through the second tunnel, the car navigation started to shout: "You have yawed, you have re-routed, please make a U-turn in the appropriate position." ”
In-vehicle navigation is introduced into rural roads
The navigation is just right, this is a single road, and there is no fork in the road, I checked the number of kilometers displayed by the navigation, at this time, it has risen to more than 460 kilometers.
Because there was a similar problem with navigation a few days ago, I continued to move forward, and after 5 tunnels, the navigation returned to normal, and the number of kilometers returned to more than 330 kilometers.
Then cross the Jinsha River
After 13 tunnels, I saw that there were only two bars of fuel in the car's fuel tank, so I asked my wife to use her mobile phone to find the gas station in front of me.
Shashi Road on the east bank of the Jinsha River
The mobile phone navigation shows that there is a gas station in Zhongwe Township 8 kilometers ahead. At this moment, a fork in the road appears ahead, and the car navigation points the arrow to the right.
Shashi Road on the west bank of the Jinsha River
I followed the directions and turned right, crossed a concrete bridge across the Jinsha River, passed through a small village, and navigated the car into a country gravel road.
The car detoured for dozens of kilometers and got on National Highway 215
The road is narrow and potholes, go down the west bank of the Jinsha River, about 10 kilometers, the navigation turns the car left again, introduces another cement bridge across the river, and the car returns to the east bank of the Jinsha River.
Scenery on the road
The car followed the navigation instructions, turned a few turns up the hill, and came to a dead-end road. Several workers are building roads, and there is no way out. Driving on the Tibetan Plateau can only be navigated. This "joke" of navigation was not lightly opened, and I was so angry that I smoked.
Scenery along the way
I had no choice but to turn the head of the car and prepare to return to the original point, but as soon as I made a U-turn, the navigation began to call "You have yawed, please turn around in the appropriate position......
Scenery on the way (Derong County)
At this time, there was a black SUV climbing up the hill from another gravel road. I thought that only local cars would be able to take such a dangerous road, so I followed the black car and went up.
See the Monkey (Batang)
It turned out that this was an engineering road, oversized trucks hauled sand and gravel, pressed the road out of deep pits, after several twists and turns, from the broken road to about 3 kilometers, the car on the 215 National Highway.
Jinsha River scenery (Derong)
Our car walked about 20 kilometers on National Highway 215, and I asked my wife to use my mobile phone to navigate the gas station, and the results showed that 6 kilometers ahead was the gas station in Zhongwe Township.
Jinsha River scenery (Derong County)
Sure enough, after walking 6 kilometers, I came to the gas station in Zhongwe Township, Batang County, and added gasoline. I could have arrived in downtown Shangri-La at 2 p.m., but I didn't arrive at my destination until 4:30 p.m.
(The pictures in the article are all taken by Liu Hongjin, Strange Commune, Yichang, Hubei)