Things You Should Know When Cycling to Lhasa Tibet

I set off after breakfast. There are about 57km to ride. Although the mileage is much less than days before, it is all uphill slope! OMG, ~TT~

After cycling slowly for about 3km on the slope, in a sudden, a downy squirrel jumps out in a flashing from the bush like a small umbrella. To tell the truth, at the first sight, I did not recognize this cute animal but only saw an umbrella. It was so fast that I had no chance to take out my DC and give it a shot. Although I was not lucky to encounter the Chinese national treasure, the Giant Panda, I still felt I was awarded by this squirrel.

However, after a shot while, I was shocked and felt depressed and down to the earth!

One mile away, there is a dead body of another squirrel. I guess that it was 30 minutes age when it was going to get across the road, a car came and rolled over its tiny body. The fresh blood mingled with its big tail. I felt sad, very sad. I think I should respect it, and have no thinght of photo taking. I prayed for it a better life next samsara. It should be euqual to every life even everything, including water, trees, rocks etc.

Another thing I have to mention is, in the area of Tibet, there are numerous stray dogs. And basically, I was feeding dogs along with my way. Once I gave my foods to those dogs and left myself hungry for a long distance. You can imagine how tough it was to ride on the uphill slope with an empty belly.

And for sure, you should not feed every dog and play with them. I was chased by 6 - 7 dogs with them shouting and roaring closely running after me! Fortunately, it was sloping down and I was only thinking of surviving my life thus I did not have such time and passion to count the number of dogs out.

Here is another interesting story want to share with you. You will see crowds and crowds of bees along the road especially on the section three km away from the E Lang mountain tunnel. What are they for? They come from many small apiaries where bees are kept and produce honey for beekeepers. You may know it is expensive to buy honey, especially the real and pure honey.

But here I am not going to talk about the honey. You have to cover yourself well, wrap your head like a Zong zi -- you get the idea.

Er Lang (in Chinese, it means the second son) mountain tunnel is 4170km long, and the air inside is stale and polluted and slightly lighted thus it was not so fearful. At the end of the tunnel, the darkness has completely gone. A bright and open plateau shows up before my eyeballs. The sky is blue and the sun is burning. Then I get the idea of the reason that people call Er Lang tunnel the "Yin Yang Cave" (literally means a cave where the inside is the hell (Yin), and the outside is our world (Yang).

Just 5 km away from Er Lang tunnel, a super-long truck and another truck crashed. The scene was so terrible that I should not to describe here. I pray for them. And from the second day on, I can see lots of car accidents every single day! The name of the Sichuan-Tibet line matches the reality.

Remind you again, if you decide to cycle to Lhasas, Tibet, you'd better buy yourself a policy, good for both of you and your family members.

I finally arrived at Lu Ding county, I went out to visit the famous Lu Ding bridge, and step on the road where the Red Army marched in history.

Report: Xin Gou - Lu Ding, 57 km

Milestone: 299 km, 1855 km left to Lhasa