Chapter 56: Dolma's Invitation
When they checked in Garmu last night, Lao Liu drank the magical spring water of the three of them with "added ingredients". What they were afraid of was that the three of them would have a higher rebellion as soon as they entered the plateau.
The reason given by Lao Liu is also very simple. This is a prescription learned by the second uncle from a mysterious Tibetan doctor a long time ago, which is specially designed to resist altitude sickness.
The three of them didn't doubt that they had him, and they drank water and went to bed.
As a result, when Wudaoliang passed the next day, none of the three people had altitude sickness. This surprised the three people.
Although they had never been to the plateau, the three of them knew the famous plateau reactions clearly. Especially before they came, they had made up for a lot of knowledge related to the plateau, so they naturally knew the power of the Wudaoliang, known as the "Gate of Hell".
After easily passing Wudaoliang, the next journey will be no more difficult.
Because the four of them drove on, the four of them unanimously decided to go straight to the hotel, and there was no accommodation in the middle.
As a result, man's calculations are not as good as God's calculations. When passing by Tanggula Pass, I encountered a traffic jam.
There is nothing else. The climate of Tanggula Mountain Pass, which is more than 5,200 above sea level, is changing. When Lao Liu and his friends stayed in Garmu the night before, it was raining and snowing here, and it was not small.
As a result, the road surface formed a layer of dark ice that night.
A 17-meter flat-head trailer with a license plate for Jincheng, the capital of Xilong Province overturned while avoiding a private car. The front of the car was tied to the side of the road, and the huge trailer lay directly on the road, blocking the entire 109 line tightly.
Although the driver was fine, such a large trailer had cargo traversing across the road. In addition, the terrain here was quite special and could not get around on both sides, so even if the dark ice melted quickly after the sun rose, the road was still blocked.
Everyone knows that the Qinghai-Tibet Highway connects tourists from south to north, and carries out the important transportation of materials to Tibet, which is the most important passage to Tibet. However, the Qinghai-Tibet Highway only has two lanes in both directions, and large traffic flow can easily cause traffic jams.
The traffic flow on the Qinghai-Tibet Highway is actually very large. With a slight traffic jam, a long list can be blocked in a short while.
Especially at the Tanggula Pass, traffic jams are common due to climate problems, and it is strange to not be stuck in traffic.
Especially once there is a traffic jam, some low-quality drivers will randomly plug in, which will make the traffic jam worse.
Anyway, after Lao Liu and the others were blocked here, they got off the car and took a look. The end of the convoy was not seen in front and the tail of the convoy was not seen behind. The blocked vehicles had to be at least ten kilometers in front and behind!
In fact, the scene of a car accident is nothing. The main reason is that more and more cars on the road are blocked, it is not easy to completely clear it.
Especially those large trucks that burn diesel are blocked in such high-altitude areas, the car is prone to problems.
Lao Liu saw with his own eyes that many trucks were in traffic jams, and the drivers carried the quilts in the cab and wrapped them on the fuel tank.
It is summer now, and the diesel label added by the driver of the truck is not high. Once traffic jams in such a cold area, the diesel in the fuel tank will become viscous and even unable to use due to the low temperature...
Fortunately, there is Tanggula Bing Station here and road shift workers. With the joint efforts of everyone, it took more than six hours to clear the road.
This is already very fast. If it is winter, it is not uncommon for those drivers to get blocked here for three or two days.
But even so, after more than six hours of delay, the original plan to rush back to the hotel tonight was completely failed.
When I arrived at Pana, it was already past twelve o'clock at night. In fact, if I didn't delay these six hours, I would have arrived at the hotel.
When we arrived at Pana, it started to rain lightly again. The temperature on the plateau was low at night, and it would become unsafe once it rained lightly. In addition, driving at night, it would be even more unsafe, so the four of us simply stayed in Pana.
The conditions in Pana are much better than those in small towns such as Yanshiping. At least the hotels here have standard rooms with separate bathrooms.
However, accommodation in hotels in Pana is not cheap. Any standard room with a separate bathroom and self-service oxygen supply equipment starts at more than 300 a night, and a slightly better one is more than 400.
This price is available for accommodation in a standard room in a four-star hotel in Dongshan.
Fortunately, my uncle and the other three drank spring water while in Garmu, and there was no altitude reversal along the way. So even if they stayed in Pana, which was 4,800 altitude above sea level, the three of them were not uncomfortable.
On the contrary, because of the first time I stayed on the plateau, even my oldest uncle was so excited that he couldn't sleep.
"Xiao Ang, how far is it to your hotel?" My uncle who was lying on the bed toss and turns and couldn't sleep, so he chatted with his nephew who was browsing his phone.
"There are more than 350 kilometers left. If tomorrow goes well, I will leave at 6 o'clock in the morning and get home at 12 o'clock in the afternoon. Well, if we don't delay those six hours this afternoon, we will be home now."
"How is the cleaning up in the hotel?" Mo Long was so pure that he had nothing to say now.
"I guess the tidying is almost done. Maybe the bungalow in the back courtyard has not been cleaned up yet, but the store building in front should be ready. My uncle, don't worry about going to a place where you don't live. Before we set off, Brother Jeb had already notified me that several rooms have been cleaned up on the second floor and that there will be a place where you can live. However, the heating is not yet safe, and it will be colder to sleep at night."
When Mo Long heard this, he was amused, "Hehe, I am afraid of heat. It doesn't matter if it's colder, just stop being hot."
Old Liu laughed, "My uncle, this is the air conditioner at our house to sleep at night, but here, look at you, you are still covered with a quilt."
Mo Long was stunned, "Yes, this is really amazing..."
"Didi..." Old Liu's cell phone rang, and the sound was the familiar reminder of the message from WeChat.
I picked up my phone and looked at it and found that it was a message from a guy from "Sacred Lake Gesang Flower".
When you look at the name, Lao Liu will know who it is, because there is a note behind it - the girl Zhuoma on the lakeside.
"I saw the circle of friends you just updated and knew you weren't asleep yet. When will you come up?"
The beautiful and cheerful young lady appeared in Lao Liu's mind. She pulled her mouth slightly and pressed her hands on the screen of her phone, "I'm in Pana now. I left home two days ago. I originally planned to arrive at my hotel tonight, but I encountered a big traffic jam at the Tanggula Pass, so I had to stay in Pana."
"Really?" The reply from Zhuoma girl was very fast. Even through the mobile phone screen, Lao Liu could even feel Zhuoma girl's surprise.
"Is this fake?" A few smiling faces were added to the back.
"That's great! Brother Liu, come to my house as a guest tomorrow. My house's Solang and Nobu miss your white lions very much."
Old Liu was stunned and then realized that the invitation from Zhuoma girl could not be pushed any longer. Last time, because he was in a hurry to travel, it would be bad if he used this reason again.
After thinking about it, it would be nothing big to go back tomorrow. Besides, when I broke up with Zhuoma girl last time, I promised to visit someone on my way back. In order to visit Zhuoma’s house, I even prepared some local specialties from Tianqu.
Thinking of this, Lao Liu typed a few words: "Okay! I will arrive at your place on time at 10 o'clock tomorrow morning!"
Chapter completed!