Day 3 Itinerary: Jiangda County - Changdu - Wuqi County, the whole journey is about 320 kilometers, the driving time is about 6 hours and 30 minutes. Overnight stay: Like Uqi County.
Self-driving route and road conditions: 317 National Highway, Boyou Road.
Altitude change: 3100-4240-3800 meters.
Highlights: Mt. Shejira and the scenery along the way.
Today's trip is a safe and smooth arrival in The County of Ruewuqi. At 9:00 a.m., we headed along the 317 National Highway towards Wuqi County, because we were not in a hurry, so we drove slowly all the way, stopping from time to time to enjoy the scenery along the way...
In the early morning of Jiangda County, the streets are quiet and there are few pedestrians
The sparsely vehicleed National Highway 317 is a scenic ride along the way
Overlooking the Shejira Mountains
Overlooking The Shejira Mountains, National Highway 317 stretches across the mountains
Scenery along the Shejira Mountains
Located in Tongpu Township, Jiangda County, Tibet, Shejira Mountain is the first high mountain pass on National Highway 317 after the northern line of Sichuan and Tibet entered Tibet (The Dwarf La Mountain was originally the first high mountain pass to be crossed after entering Tibet, with an altitude of 4245 meters, and a tunnel has been built), with an altitude of 4240 meters.
Road signs at the mouth of the Shejira Mountains
Scenery along the way
Canyon scenery along the way
Overlooking the temple
The road is full of greenery
After nearly 7 hours of driving, we arrived at 5:10 p.m. in Uqi County, known as "Little Switzerland" in eastern Tibet. The Uqi-like Tibetan word means mountain, and its mountainous landscape is comparable to that of the Alpine landscape.
Day 4 Itinerary: Wuqi County - Dingqing County, the whole journey is about 145 kilometers, the driving time is about 3 hours. Overnight: Dingqing County.
Altitude change: 3800-4652-3912 meters.
Highlights: Camado Tallinn, Bhutto Lake National Wetland Park, scenery along the way.
From Kawuqi, drive 17 km west along National Highway 317 for about 22 minutes before we reach Camado Tallinn.
Karmado Tallinn Temple
Kamado Tallinn is located on the right side of National Highway 317 in Uqi County, the whole of Tallinn is built on a mountain, and the square monastery is next to the road, only to see the golden roof shining golden in the sunlight.
Camado Tallinn
Kamado Tallinn comes in all shapes and sizes, and the square shape of the early stupas, built on top of each other by wooden strips and dirt, is interpreted in Tibetan as a tower like a house. These ancient buildings, built more than 800 years ago, originally had 130 stupas, but after the destruction of time and man-made destruction, only 108 have been restored after reconstruction, and now these 108 stupas have been baptized for more than half a century and still stand, and the mottled pagoda body records the traces of time.
Camado Tallinn in the blue sky
Mani stones stacked in front of Camado Tallinn
Feel the vicissitudes of time in front of Camado Tallinn
Standing in front of the tower and looking up at the towering tower, touching the dirt, masonry and wooden strips, the boxy shape is really like a house, they are very different from the circular white towers often seen now, and feel more beautiful in the art of construction.
Camado Tallinn Mani Pile
Around Tallinn are huge mani piles, which are engraved with six-character mantras and Buddha statues, which are very exquisite.
After viewing The Camado Tallinn, we continue along National Highway 317.
Multicolored prayer flags fluttering in the wind at the mouth of the Syrgara Pass
Passing through the Sygurat Mountains, which are located between Wuqi County and Dingqing County, yakou is 4652 meters above sea level.
Strange peaks and rocks along the way
Amazing earth colors along the way
We arrived at Dingqing County at 12:35 p.m., and after a short break from lunch in the county seat, we drove to Bhutto Lake National Wetland Park.
Gate of Bhutto Lake National Wetland Park
From Dingqing County to Bhu Lake National Wetland Park about 38 kilometers (instead of Baidu Encyclopedia introduced about 25 kilometers from the county seat), you can use the AutoNavi navigation belt, but the navigation can only take about 16 kilometers, the back of the road can continue to climb along the road, this road is basically a mooring oil road, during the driving to the slope section when there are two narrower, can only pass a car (on both sides of the road on the mountain, the other side is a cliff), the narrow road conditions are more dangerous. After completing the berth road, it is necessary to travel about 3 kilometers of dirt road to reach Lake Bhutto. Lake Bhutto does not currently charge for tickets.
Introduction board of Bhutto Lake National Wetland Park
Established in December 2017 by the State Forestry Administration, the Buto Lake National Wetland Park is located in the shangyuan lake basin area of the Sequ River, a tributary of the Lancang River, in the northeast of Dingqing Town, Dingqing County, Changdu City, Tibet Autonomous Region, and the administrative area belongs to Bhuto Village and Zhongbai Village in Dingqing Town, Dingqing County.
Scenery of Lake Bhutto
Lake Bhuto is the collective name of two alpine lakes of different sizes, Butotsoqing and Butotso Pak, located about 38 kilometers north of the county seat of Dingqing. It is two alpine lakes in the upper reaches of the Sequ River, a tributary of the Lancang River, with an east-west distribution, with an altitude of 4560 meters and 4600 meters respectively, and the two lakes are about 5 kilometers apart.
Lake Bhutto Profile Board
To the east is Bhuttsok phan, a lake that can be seen just after entering the gate of Bhutto Lake Park, with an area of about 6 square kilometers.
To the west is Bhutokso Tso Ching, with a lake length of 6.4 km, an average width of 1.4 km, and an area of about 9 km².
Cascading clouds over Lake Bhutto
Bhuttoksokan and Bhutoksoqing are surrounded by snow-capped glaciers that melt and become the main source of the lake's water. The lake freezes in November and begins to melt in April. The lake is rich in fish, and more birds such as swans and wild ducks inhabit here. The lake is surrounded by a wide valley basin with open terrain and abundant water and grass, and is a natural summer pasture for several townships near Dingqing County.
Scenery of Lake Bhutto under the clouds
Lake Bhutto has a beautiful view, but it was not beautiful that day. We just arrived at the lake on the clouds and heavy rain, the beautiful Bhutto Lake instantly lost its color, we can only sit in the car and wait for the rain to clear, with the passage of time, the rain gradually weakened, we immediately looked for a position to take pictures, to retain the beautiful scenery of Bhutto Lake after the rain...
Then the rain began to fall again...
Occasionally a bright window opened in the dim sky of Lake Bhutto
Scenery of Lake Bhutto in the rain
The lake is littered with scattered white tents
Bhutto Lake National Wetland Park under clouds
Scenery of Bhutto Lake National Wetland Park
Yaks dot the prairie by the lake like black pearls
The rain has been intermittent, we can only appreciate the rain in the Bhutto Lake, the plateau climate makes people uncertain, there is no tourist lake view makes people nervous, and worried that the road down the mountain will collapse due to rain, considering safety first, we had to rely on Beibuto Lake and returned to Dingqing County.
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