China has a charming self-driving tour highway called Shanghai-Nielamu Highway, which is often referred to as the 318 National Highway, which runs from east to west through East China, Central China and Southwest China, from Huangpu District of Shanghai to the Sino-Nepal Friendship Bridge in Nielamu County, Tibet.
National Highway 318
National Highway 318 has a total length of 5476 kilometers, passing through eight provinces and regions of Shanghai, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Anhui, Eyu, Sichuan and Tibet, and the main cities along the way are Shanghai - Suzhou - Huzhou - Xuancheng - Wuhu - Chizhou - Anqing - Huanggang - Wuhan - Jingzhou - Yichang - Enshi - Chongqing - Dazhou - Guang'an - Nanchong - Suining - Ziyang - Chengdu - Ya'an - Ganzi - Qamdo - Nyingchi - Lhasa - Xigaze, national highway 318 is China's longest national highway, also known as "Chinese landscape avenue".
National Highway 318 ends near Zhangmu, Nielamu County
The section of 318 National Highway from Sichuan to Tibet is also called Sichuan-Tibet Highway, along the way the scenery is ever-changing, self-driving tour on this road, you can experience the wonderful feeling of "different days across the mountain, a day has four seasons". However, this section of the road is very steep and difficult, and I feel that my mind is in heaven and my body is in hell during the drive, which is really tired.
If you want to fully experience the 318 National Highway self-driving tour from Shanghai to Nielamu County, it takes almost 30 days, and August-October is the most suitable season every year, and Nielamu County is waiting for you at the end.
Map of Neram County
Nielamu County belongs to the City of Shigatse in Tibet, next to Nepal in the south, with an area of 8,684 square kilometers, and a population of only 10,000 or 20,000 here.
It is about 443 kilometers from the county seat to Shigatse City, 780 kilometers to Lhasa City, and about 140 kilometers to Kathmandu, the capital of Nepal, which means that the closest city to Nelam County is Kathmandu in Nepal.
The county seat of Nielamu
The whole Ofelam County mainly has two small towns, Nielamu Town and Zhangmu Town, and Nielamu Town is the seat of the county seat, although it is the county seat, it is actually very small, only one or two streets, which is smaller than the small town on the roadside in the eastern area.
Topographic map around Neram County
Nielamu County is located in the Himalayas, bounded by the main ridgeline of the Himalayas, and the town of Zhangmu to the south of the ridge is highly temperaturey, rainy, and dense primeval forest. The climate north of the ridge is alpine, arid and rainy, and vegetation is relatively sparse. At 8,012 meters above sea level, Hishebambama Peak is the highest point in Nelam County, the 14th highest mountain in the world. It is also the only 8,000-meter mountain in our country.
National Highway 318 is also known as the China-Nepal Highway in Nelam County, which is not only a tourist hotspot, but also an important economic artery in Nelam County and Shigatse City. The zhangmu port at the end of national highway 318 is only more than 90 kilometers from zhangmu port to Kathmandu, the capital of Nepal, and is an important commercial and trade port between China and Nepal. Here is only 30 kilometers away from the county seat of Nelam, from here across the China-Nepal Friendship Bridge is nepal territory, the China-Nepal Friendship Bridge is on the Sino-Nepal boundary river, there is a rushing river under the bridge, witnessing the Sino-Nepalese friendship connected by mountains and rivers.
China-Nepal Friendship Bridge
Friends who come to Nielamu County, you can visit the mountains and rivers here, located in Nielamu County, Pekutso is the largest lake in Shigatse, with an area of more than 300 square kilometers, the lake is surrounded by mountains on three sides, there are many kinds of fish in the lake, there are wild horses, Tibetan wild donkeys, Tibetan antelopes, cranes, yellow ducks, gray ducks and other wild activities on the shore, here is their home for survival, need to be protected by everyone.
Zhangmu Town
Zhangmu Town, Nielamu County
When returning from Nielamu County, don't forget to buy some local souvenirs, including cordyceps, shellfish, angelica, snow lotus and other precious medicinal herbs, and the quality of medicinal materials in the Himalayas is particularly good.
This is the Tibet Nielamu County, only one or two million people of the place, here is the end of the 318 National Highway, 140 kilometers away from Kathmandu, if you have the opportunity, you can travel from Shanghai to Nielamu County once, in the case of complete documents, you can also go to kathmandu, the capital of Nepal, to take a look around, wait until the China-Nepal Railway is completed and opened, I hope that this place in Neram is known by more people.
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