Chapter 161 The first pass of the Sichuan-Tibet Highway
Zhang Bing's driving skills made Lao Liu very impressed. Without asking more questions, just take the car he drove and you can completely understand what the meaning of "old driver" is.
Well, don’t think so wrongly. A person like Zhang Bing is indeed an old driver who has really been ground through kilometers.
Zhang Bing drove the whole journey from Rongcheng to Ya'an. He overtook the car when he should be on the road, and slowed down when he should be slowed down. He had a very good judgment on the timing. And as he walked along the way, Lao Liu found that he almost didn't step on the brakes when driving on the highway, and he relied on the accelerator to control the speed...
Anyway, Lao Liu thought he could not do this, or he could do it but he would never be as ease as Zhang Bing.
The car walked along the Jingkun Expressway through Ya'an city, and after crossing the Qingyi River, it turned on the Yakang Expressway, which was not long after the entire line was officially opened.
This section was changed to Guo Yanping.
It just so happens that everyone is running on the expressway now, so she also wants to show Lao Liu some driving skills. The car owner, Lao Liu, has an opinion.
As a result, after Guo Yanping took the steering wheel, Old Liu was also very embarrassed...
A female driver is even smoother than her own driver!
"Sister-in-law, how did you practice your driving skills?" Old Liu couldn't help asking.
"It's just driving all day long." Guo Yanping skillfully passed an Iveco and controlled the car to return to the driving lane smoothly. "After I graduated from college, I did a few jobs, but it was not very smooth, so I opened an online store by myself with the help of my friends. But it was quite difficult at the beginning. Later, after two years of persistence, my small online store business gradually improved, allowing me to leave some money after deducting all the fees. At that time, I bought goods on an electric bike."
"Electric car?" Old Liu asked in confusion.
"Well, it's just a three-wheeled electric car with a rear bucket. It costs more than 2,000 yuan per car, and it can bring a lot of goods."
After Guo Yanping said this, Lao Liu understood. In his Tianqu, there were three-wheeled electric vehicles running all over the streets, and many business people used this three-wheeled electric vehicles to transport goods and deliver goods.
"Although it was very hard at that time, I was still very excited. After all, the business was getting better and better every day." Guo Yanping smiled on her face.
"But one night about three years ago, something happened to me. A Bing, tell me about it for Brother Liu."
Zhang Bing nodded, "That day, Yanping's best friend celebrated her birthday. After delivering the goods in the afternoon, she rode her electric bike to her best friend's house. As a result, she ate very late in the evening, and it was past ten o'clock, but Yanping didn't drink that day. But even so? On the way home on the electric bike, she was wiped by a guy who was racing."
"I happened to finish work that day and was about to go home, but I saw Yanping lying on the side of the road with blood on her face? Her electric car also overturned. So I took her to the hospital? I paid the treatment fee and stayed with her all night in the hospital..."
Guo Yanping's face showed a warm smile? "If it weren't for A Bing, I might have died on the street that night. I only remember that I was wiped by a high-speed car when I was passing the intersection? Then the car overturned? I didn't know anything. When I woke up, I was already lying on the hospital bed. At that time, the first person I saw was A Bing..."
The two looked at each other affectionately, and then Guo Yanping focused on the road ahead again.
Zhang Bing smiled and continued, "We met like this, and then we didn't know why we got to know each other. I drove a taxi in Xingcheng at that time? I had been in this business for more than two years after the demobilization. But because of that car accident? I think it is dangerous for Yanping to ride an electric bike like this, so I suggested that she buy a car and drive the goods to deliver goods."
Guo Yanping took over the conversation, "I listened to A Bing's suggestion, and then we raised money to buy a Wuling Hongguang? I drove that car every day to pick up goods and deliver goods in the streets and alleys of Xingcheng. I drove for three years as soon as I drove it. This driving skill was naturally honed."
Old Liu covered his forehead and said, "Brother Zhang, sister-in-law, I think you two are not talking about how to hone your driving skills? You two are showing me the food!"
The three of them laughed happily together, and Guo Yanping said, "Brother Liu? Why is this showing off your food? Don't you have a girlfriend? You are already out of single..."
"Can't you be able to get a dog-feed if you get out of singleness? Don't forget that I'm alone in the car now. Oh? If I had known this, I wouldn't have known you two as partners. I should have found two single dogs to drive in with me so that I can show them food..."
Zhang Bing and Guo Yanping laughed again.
The newly opened Yakang Expressway has excellent road conditions. Although the speed limit is relatively low, compared with National Highway 318, this expressway is undoubtedly very good.
You should know that the entire Sichuan-Tibet Highway is not only full of natural dangers, but also famous natural danger sections such as Haitonggou. In fact, the Sichuan-Tibet Highway will encounter a dangerous section that makes people feel unforgettable from the beginning, that is, the section between Ya'an and Luding, especially near Tianquan...
The Tianquan section of National Highway 318 not only has the famous Erlang Mountain Tunnel, but this section is also a famous landslide area. Landslides and landslides are common on this section of the road.
Some people even say that the road conditions on this section of the road are even harder to run than Haitongdeng...
But no matter what, with the completion and opening of Yakang Expressway, Lao Liu has no chance to run that dangerous section.
After passing through a series of tunnels in succession and finally passing through the 13.4-kilometer Erlang Mountain Tunnel on the Yakang Expressway, the car finally got out of this natural dangerous section.
As soon as I drilled out of the Erlang Mountain Tunnel, what I came towards was the deep Dadu River Canyon, and at the exit of the tunnel was the Luding Exit Interchange.
"Sister-in-law, let's go down and have lunch in the county town."
Since you have arrived in Luding, it would be regrettable if you don’t take a look at the famous Luding Bridge.
Guo Yanping glanced at the rearview mirror, turned on the turn signal and began to move closer to the right.
After paying the fee at the exit, the car got off the expressway from the expressway north of Luding, turned south and then passed through a long tunnel. Out of the tunnel and walked a distance along the east bank of the Dadu River. After passing a tall dam, it entered the county town.
Like most counties located in plateau areas, Luding is also built along the river, long and narrow.
There is really nothing we can do about this, who made the place so big?
After three hours of trekking, Bai Shi was familiar with Zhang Bing and Guo Yanping.
After getting off the car, I first visited the hero's iron chain bridge. After taking photos and videos, I left a lot of souvenirs. Then I found a restaurant that looked good and had a meal, and then went on the expressway and headed straight to Kangding in the west.
After getting on the Yakang Expressway again and crossing the Dadu River from Xingkang Bridge, the group of three finally realized what the terrifying high-tunnel bridge ratio on the Yakang Expressway looked like.
If you can see the sky light and the sun on the road before the exit of Luding, then after crossing the Dadu River, even seeing the sky light has become a luxury.
On the road about 40 kilometers from Dadu River to Kangding, there are only tunnels and bridges. Simply put, it is the kind of "no foot touching the ground" situation where you go out of the tunnel and enter the tunnel after you cross the bridge.
Lao Liu even checked the information on this section of the road and found that the bridge-tunnel ratio of this section of the road was as high as 96%!
With such a terrifying bridge and tunnel comparison, it is much more difficult to repair a subway!
The car arrived in Kangding at around 2:30 pm, but none of the three planned to get off in Kangding. Instead, they planned to cross the first high mountain pass of the Sichuan-Tibet Highway with an altitude of more than 4,000 yuan, and stay after arriving at Xindu Bridge.
For Zhang Bing and Guo Yanping, it is definitely a very cost-effective thing to be able to drive into the plateau with Lao Liu's car.
Their trip was actually equivalent to a honeymoon trip.
Originally, they arrived in Chengdu by high-speed train, and then planned to join a self-driving tour group in Chengdu and follow the bus to the plateau. Unexpectedly, they were looking for a suitable group group online, and they saw the information posted by Lao Liu.
There is no fare or fuel fee, only food and accommodation, and the car is a high-end Road Cruiser! This is simply a good thing that a pie falls from the sky.
If there is anything wrong, it is that it takes a long time to drive.
But is this a matter? Is driving such a high-end car itself a kind of enjoyment?
If he was a group driving, the couple would have to at least 10,000 yuan this time. But what if he could go up with Lao Liu? The cost of his couple was at most 3,000 yuan on the way, which was a luxury for food and accommodation.
If you save some money, the couple will not even use 2,000 yuan.
Although I had agreed from the beginning that I would try not to stop at the scenic spots on the road, is that a problem? The Sichuan-Tibet southern line is known as "the most beautiful landscape avenue in China". All of this scenery is on the road. It is actually not necessary to visit those famous attractions or not.
And there are many attractions that are actually on the side of the road and you can see them by passing by. It doesn’t matter if you don’t go to those attractions on purpose.
It is precisely because of this idea that the three of them don’t care about not staying in this city famous for “Kangding Love Song”.
But no one of the three expected that this mountain pass, known as the first pass of the Sichuan-Tibet Highway, would be so difficult to climb.
When I passed by Kangding in the bottom lane, it was so clear that the sky was clear. Although it was a bit cold, the sky was so clear that it was fascinating.
But not long after leaving Kangding, when we started climbing Zheduo Mountain, all kinds of situations came.
When snow that had not melted yet began to appear on the hillside, dark ice began to appear on the road surface. Lao Liu even saw two cars plunging into the cement drainage ditch on the side of the road one after another.
Although the drainage ditch is not wide or deep, the wheels are stuck in, and if you want to come out, you can only wait for the rescue vehicle.
Obviously, the drivers of these two cars suffered "scene" because they did not notice the dark ice on the road.
In the open space in front of a Tibetan resident on the hillside, more than a dozen cars were parked, including large trucks, long-distance buses, and self-driving vehicles.
Most of these vehicles are installing anti-slip chains, and some cars that have just gotten off from it are removing the anti-slip chains.
Lao Liu's car stopped and installed anti-slip chains. Zhang Bing and his wife handled the job, so Lao Liu didn't have to worry about it at all.
Old Liu took the white lion and went to the public toilet opened by the Zangzi family to solve the physiological problems, but he didn't expect that a urination would be required for two yuan...
This made Lao Liu very helpless because this was the most expensive urine that Lao Liu had ever urinated in his lifetime!
But no matter how expensive it is, you have to go to the toilet. You can't just pee like a white lion?
After leaving the toilet, Lao Liu came to a Land Rover with a cigarette in his mouth, which was dismantling the anti-slip chain, and pulled out another Huazi and said, "Hey, brother, please take a break from a cigarette, what's going on?"
The driver was a man in his thirties. He looked up at Lao Liu and the cigarette in his hand, then patted his hands and stood up straight and took the cigarette, protecting the lighter with both hands to light it. "It snowed in Zheduo Mountain yesterday morning, and the road was closed for a day yesterday, and it was only unblocked today. However, the situation on the top of the mountain is not very good. The snow is quite deep and the road is slippery. You must pay attention when you go up."
“Can you still see the surrounding scenery at the Zhedao Mountain Pass viewing platform?”
The guy shook his head and said, "I guess it's a big deal today. Anyway, when I passed by Zheduo Mountain Pass just now, there were snowflakes floating on it, and the visibility on the top of the mountain was very poor."
Old Liu said with some disappointment: "Okay, thank you."
The man nodded and continued to bend down to remove the anti-slip chain.
Old Liu took Bai Shi back to the parking position, helped Zhang Bing and his wife put up the anti-skid chain, and then began to climb the mountain.
When I arrived at the Zheduo Mountain Pass at an altitude of 4298, there were still snowflakes floating above it, and the visibility was very poor. However, there were still cars parked in the small parking lot on the side of the road. Parking here costs ten yuan per car, and then you can go up to the Zheduo Mountain Observation Deck at an altitude of 4340 along a stairs.
If the weather is sunny, Lao Liu said he would go down and see whatever he wanted. But in this kind of weather situation, it was purely a waste of time to go down, so the car did not stop and directly crossed the Zheduo Mountain Pass and started to go down.
Otherwise, many people said that the climate of Zheduo Mountain Pass was impermanent. It was snowing heavily on the top of the mountain just now. As a result, the sky returned to its clear sky again. Even if you look back at the Zheduo Mountain Pass, you can't see even a trace of clouds.
Ghosts know where the heavy snow at the pass just now fell from.
It was almost five o'clock in the afternoon. It took me only a few hundred kilometers of roads, and I had walked for more than two hours!
I found a spacious place to remove the anti-skid chain. When the car arrived at Xindu Bridge, it was almost dusk.
Because of previous experience, Lao Liu booked a hotel early. The price of more than 300 yuan a night is really a bit expensive, but compared to the hotel allowing large pets to be brought into the house, this little money is nothing.
What happened to the five-star hotel I stayed in Lulang? I had to pay an extra 400 yuan for Bai Shi...
Zhang Bing and his wife can accept such a price, and at least they have a three-star hotel...
During dinner, I poured a bottle of spring water on Zhang Bing and his wife, eliminating the arrogance they had.
After staying for one night, I set off early the next morning. Today's goal is Mangkang, 500 kilometers away. I just don't know if Haitong Gate has been repaired. If it has not been repaired, I have to stay in Batang.
Chapter completed!