Wandering on the highway, cars were sealed, and camping next to the toilet. The once enviable Tibet trip has now become a "escape". Entering Tibet in July, an epidemic broke out in August, and driving in September, Qinghai-Tibet Line left. The experience along the way is so magical, and I still feel like a dream when I think back to this day.
The first, second, third, fourth and fifth days travel notes please read the previous article in the collection.
September 10th sunny Ningxia Zhongwei Shapotou Service Area
Last night we finally slept peacefully. Although there were loud horns of trucks and roars of various cars on the highway from time to time, my heart was peaceful. There was no traffic jam for up to 16 hours, no police C "escort", no seals were posted on the car door, and I could go to the toilet freely. Although tomorrow is still unknown, I am no longer as worried as I did the previous few days.
When I woke up, the sun was almost sunny in the tent. After getting up and washing in the toilet, I started cooking noodles for breakfast (Mugong’s car has a gas stove and gas tank ).
Because I didn’t have to hurry, I suddenly felt that the day was quite long. At around nine o'clock in the morning, the sun was already very sunny, and the place where we set up the tent was almost unblocked, so we kept basking the sun for almost a day from the rise to the set.
At around 10 o'clock in the morning, Lina and I couldn't stand the sun, so we moved the tent to a cooler place on the other side. But it was past 1:00 noon and we started to bask in the sun, so we had to change another place.
Because I haven’t washed my hair for five days, I haven’t taken a shower or changed my clothes, I went to the service area in the afternoon to wash my hair in the washbasin, then filled the basin with water and took a simple shower in the toilet, and then washed the changed clothes as well. Fortunately, there are very few people in the service area. I don’t know if there are 10 cars passing by in a day, and I can’t see anyone all day.
Because there is no place to dry clothes, it is directly placed on the tent. The sun is very sunny and the climate in Ningxia is dry. The clothes are dry in half a day.
When I was online on the Internet on my mobile phone, I remember that today is the Mid-Autumn Festival. I remember that when I was a child, we would put Kongming lanterns there every Mid-Autumn Festival night. Many people who work outside would go home, and the moon was full and people would be reunited.
When I grew up, I felt that the festive atmosphere became less and less, and the festive atmosphere on the Internet became more and more intense. It seemed that everyone was used to sending mass messages.
I spent several Mid-Autumn Festival outside. This time is the most special time in my life. I spent it in in expressway service area. There is no big meal, no mooncakes, no relatives and friends, three people from different places (one in Guangdong, one in Inner Mongolia, and one in Hebei) meet by chance.
At around eight o'clock in the evening, the round moon slowly rose from the horizon. It was red at first, but then turned yellow and finally silver. If it were ancient people, we should be able to recite a few poems at this moment, "The bright moon is born on the sea, and the world is sharing this time", "I hope people will last forever and share the beauty of the moon from thousands of miles away", "Looking up at the bright moon, and thinking of our hometown," but we just took a few glances and took a few photos, and then we did our own things.
When you go to the toilet at night, you can look at the road under the moonlight, so you don’t have to turn on the flashlight.
Lying in the tent at night, recalling the experiences along the way, gradually fell asleep.
The ordinary day has passed.
September 11th to September 12th, sunny to darkness. Ningxia Zhongwei Shapotou Service Area
Life in Shapotou Service Area was calm and dull, and there were not many things to record, so I worked together to write them together for a few days.
Because I stayed in the service area for two nights, I met with the administrator uncle and aunt several times and became familiar with me. I learned that they were a couple, and they took care of the service area together. The aunt rode an electric bike to work every morning and went home from get off work in the evening, and the uncle slept in the service area.
The next afternoon, Lina gave us 50 yuan and asked the aunt to help buy vegetables. On the morning of the third day, the aunt brought us a large bag of vegetables, including cabbage, peppers, tomatoes, cucumber , which all looked very fresh. In addition to buying it in the supermarket, she also brought us some onions, garlic, , cabbage , etc.
In order to express our gratitude, we also bought them some drinks and snacks.
Because there are very few people in the service area, we took the computer to the table and chairs inside to sit and guide photos and videos. There happened to be hot water and sockets next to it, which is much more comfortable than sitting in the tent. Therefore, we did not return to the tent until the service area closed.
The aunt also sent us three slices of watermelon and a small bag of red dates, which moved us very much. When walking outside, the kindness and concern of strangers always make me feel that I am treated gently by this world. Sometimes, even a simple sentence can make people feel warm.
September 13th sunny to shade Shapotou service area to Yinchuan service area
The wind started to blow yesterday, and the wind was so strong that I was a little surprised. When we returned to the camping site from the service area, we saw the tent hanging on the car. If it weren't for the car blocking it, it would have been blown to somewhere. There was a sleeping bag, a quilt in our tent, and a bucket of 5L of water was pressed down, but it was still blown away.
When I went to bed at night, the wind whistled, and the tent cloth kept hitting my head. It felt like the roof of the tent would be overturned at any time. If it weren't for the two of us living people, the tent would have really flew into the sky.
Because the wind was too strong, I didn't sleep all night. When I woke up in the morning, it was gloomy and the wind was covered with sand. I stood outside for a while and felt that my hair was covered with sand. We packed up the things we had put outside before and put a lot of things into the tent, increasing the weight to prevent it from being blown away.
After washing up in the toilet, I took the computer to the service area after breakfast, intending to transfer the video materials that I had not finished before.
At almost noon, Mu Gong suddenly called us and said he was going to Shaanxi. I thought we were asking us to go over and discuss our next itinerary, at least we would make another meal at noon, but when I packed my computer and added it to the campsite, they had already packed up all the tents (I don’t know where the things inside were received), as if they were about to set off, so I hurriedly stuffed the things and got into the car.
When I was sitting in the car, I counted the refueling fee, highway toll, grocery shopping fees, etc. over the past few days, and then the three of them paid the same amount to Mu Gong.
At first I thought it was because there was an urgent matter at Mu Gong’s family, but later I found out that he was going to Shaanxi to meet his friend (after leaving us, he took a sister he met on the road to continue his own journey), so I couldn’t understand why he was so anxious and left immediately. On the way to
Lina discussed asking Mu Gong to take us to a service area in Yinchuan. She said that her sister was in Yinchuan, and our trip to Qinghai in Tibet would be eliminated, so she could ask her sister to pick us up. At first, Mu Gong was not willing to do so and said that it would be a long way to go. We opened the map of the mobile phone to navigate. The destination was Xi'an, and Yinchuan was added as the passing point, which was also considered a way, so Mu Gong agreed.
We borrowed Mu Gong his tent and moisture-proof pad from him, because Lina and I don’t have a tent, but just brought a sleeping bag.
When we arrived at the Yinchuan Riverside Service Area, we saw that there were restaurants, toilets, and boiling water rooms. There was no problem with washing. Then I took a walk around and found a quiet corner next to me to camp. It was two hundred meters away from the service area and was separated by woods in the middle, so ordinary people couldn't see us.
And there is a pavilion here that can block the sun during the day, there are stone tables and chairs, you can sit. It is surrounded by grasslands and woods, and the environment is good. In the distance is cornfields, which are far away from the village and have a wide view.
We moved the things from the car, and the Mu Gong left us the tomatoes and cucumbers, because these can be eaten raw, because there are no pots and pans, no gas, pressure cooker electric pressure cooker , etc. In the next few days, we can only eat instant noodles or self-heated rice, so we don’t have to worry about the insufficient quantity, we can buy it in the service area.
Checked it and there was no drop in anything, so Mu Gong drove away.
Lina and I started to set up tents and pack up our luggage, and then she went to the service area to instant noodles and recharge. I sat alone under the pavilion in a daze. I still felt a little confused. Somehow I suddenly arrived in Yinchuan, and only Lina and I were left with two girls who didn’t have cars. In the next few days, we two girls will have to camp in this wilderness for a few days.
I observed the surrounding environment. There were several types of s, jujube tree next to our tent. There were many golden fruits on the tree. I picked one and tasted it. It was astringent and not delicious.
Two hundred meters in front of us is the expressway, two hundred meters on the right is the service area, and a distribution room behind is a small road leading to nowhere.
Lina is not in the campground most of the time, and I spend most of the time in the campground. First, I feel that all our luggage is here and there needs to be someone to stay. Second, it is an extraordinary time, and I dare not and don’t want to walk around, and try to minimize contact with others.
The sun sets, making the dog tail grass beside the pavilion glowing golden yellow, and a few birds fly from time to time in the woods. There were cars whizzing by the highway next to me, but I still felt that it was very quiet, as if I was the only one left in the world.
Night fell, and the administrator in the service area also got off work. I took my wash bag to the bathroom to brush my teeth and wash my face. Compared with Shapotou service area, this service area is much more lively and cars pass by from time to time. There are also many cars parked in the parking lot of the service area, including big and small cars.
After washing up, I looked back at the service area and it was glowing red, which felt very similar to the lights in a horror movie. I turned on my cell phone flashlight, walked through the forest path, and returned to the campsite. It was pitch black all around, and only our tents glowed in blue.
Lying in the tent, with his eyes closed, but he couldn't sleep. Suddenly, he changed into a strange environment, and there were only two of us girls. He was always a little uneasy in his heart, not knowing what was waiting for us ahead.
To be continued, please pay attention to the next travel notes in the future~
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-