Preparation:
Maintenance of the car, a full inspection, change the three filters, oil change, brake pads.
Organize ETC card, recharge it.
Buy emergency starting power, tow rope.
Buy car mp3, download favorite songs.
Buy food, mineral water and so on.
Buy car inflatable mattress, I am used to taking a nap, I plan to be able to take a nap every day on the road, just half an hour.
Online booking Mogao Grottoes tickets, Northwest attractions in many, this is the only need to book in advance, booked on July 13th.
Before leaving, it occurred to me that I should have brought a fire extinguishing bottle with me, and I bought a small fire extinguishing bottle for 26 yuan, which proved to be a wise decision.
Body condition:
Nearly 2 months, stomach and intestines have been bad, in the adjustment, which is my biggest worry, then, the journey is honest, eat more of their favorite pasta, to the northwest of the various kinds of food, or to stay away from the good.
Brought gastrointestinal drugs, cold medicine, as for anti-reflux rhodiola rosea, a small box of more than a hundred, this is to prevent, I think it should be fine, did not buy, prepared a box of glucose.
Determination:
Despite the fact that I am alone, despite the fact that none of my family and friends are in favor of it, and despite the fact that my physical condition is not ideal, I have decided to go! People have to have some pursuits, some hobbies, some color in their lives, some adventures, not just eating and sleeping well In short, I'm going!
Completion:
The first step is the most difficult to take, once you bravely take the first step, go out, you will find that the difficulties are always thought of too big, the outside world, which has so much hardship and danger!
From July 8 to July 27, lasted twenty days, my single person single car driving tour of the Great Northwest successful and smooth. Before going, there is just a rough planning route, adjusting as you go, and eventually the whole journey of more than 9200 kilometers, travel
Roadmap see below:
Detailed travelogue:
Day 1, .07.08 (Changzhi-Dingbian
The night before the trip, and did not sleep well, which is my practice, may be affected by the mood, that kind of anticipation and excitement are I can't help it, I have no control over it, I can only go with the flow.
July 8, 5:00 a.m., I woke up, got up to pack things, to the car. I'm not sure if I'm going to be able to do this, but I'm not sure if I'm going to be able to do this, but I'm not sure if I'm going to be able to do it. Adjust your mindset, be a little confident and go enjoy a solo drive!
After breakfast, 8:10am, from Changzhi, drizzling, out of the city, all the way to the green light. Along the two wide highway north, in the Yushe south turn Qingyin highway, turn to the west. 11 o'clock, to Pingyao south service area, 12 o'clock, to the Wucheng service area, eat lunch. After the Jundu toll station, into Shaanxi territory, this is the loess plateau, gullies and ravines, kilns and caves can be seen everywhere. I wondered if those hills could be leveled and the gullies filled in, could this place be turned into good land?
3:00 pm, Zizhou service area, spread out the mat, want to take a nap in the car, the car stifling heat, simply can not sleep ah! Before leaving, also thought that every day must be a beautiful nap, I really think too much! Lying half an hour, continue to rush. Almost to Dingbian, the roadside to see the grassland, but this grassland is not flat, lumpy, covered with small green mounds. In life, I'm always excited when I see another new landform.
6:30 to Dingbian, from Yinchuan there are more than 100 kilometers, the first day of the rush, don't be too tired, tonight will live Dingbian it. Down the highway, did not go far, booked the Zhongxin Express Hotel, 108 yuan, conditions are not bad, the backyard is very large, parking is convenient.
The first day of the trip, walked more than 6 hundred kilometers. The mood is good, driving the car, driving in the wind, listening to music, singing, happy to bubble.
Dinner to the opposite side of the road, fried noodles, 16 yuan, quite taste. The night watching TV, almost 12 o'clock before going to sleep, sleep is not good, wake up early, even two nights, are the top of the sleep 5 hours or so, worry about the individual!
The next day, .07.09 (Dingbian - Northwest Film and TV City - Zhongwei
Morning wake up, head foggy, obviously sleep deprivation ah! During the trip, it is important to have a calm mind, not to be overly excited by the anticipation of the scenery; to take things as they come, not to be anxious by worrying about the difficulties of the trip; to live a regular life, for example, I watched TV last night before going to bed too late, which is extremely inappropriate. Only in this way, can play well, sleep well, travel can be "sustainable".
No breakfast, set off, on the highway, see the entrance to the long line, and I through the ETC channel, unimpeded, more and more feel that this Etc is really convenient ah! 7:30, in Caijaliang service area, eat breakfast, instant noodles.
9:30, to Zhenbei Castle Northwest Film and Television City, the original plan to go to the sand lake, but also 5A attractions, but also to the north, its style is estimated to be similar to the Shapotou bar, think about it or give up.
Northwest Film and TV City, has become a symbol of Yinchuan attractions, some people say, to Yinchuan less than the film and TV City, basically equal to white. Northwest Film and Television City is built by Zhang Xianliang, he is a famous writer, was a "rightist", decentralized labor, the situation was once quite miserable, and then reversed, film and television city has his memorial hall.
The film and television city, including Qingcheng, Mingcheng, the old Yinchuan Street **** 3 areas, just went in, feel very fresh, quite big! Turn a circle down, in fact, there is nothing, earth walls, earth houses, there is a sign labeled, this is a film and television drama of the scene, and so on. Look and feel, but so, the old Yinchuan Street is not much to see, to the back, many houses simply not interested in going in to see.
But the Northwest Film and Television City did accomplish a lot of "business card famous director and actor", which is a blessing for film and television people. There is a gate in Qingcheng called "Lucky Gate", which is said to be the gate where many of the productions filmed here have become a big hit, and it is the gate where the Supreme Treasure and the Purple Haze Fairy stood face to face.
Northwest Film and TV City
Lucky Gate
In the eighties, Xie Jin's "Horse Herder", Zhang Yimou's "Red High Beam" and so on, so that the Northwest Film and TV City, reputation, and "Westward Journey of the Lies", really let the film and TV City red all over the world, visibility to reach its peak. Film and television city also counts "Journey to the West with Big Lies" filming location logo the most, the most eye-catching. That's right! The "love you 10,000 years" of the back garden, you go to know how small.
Backyard garden "love you 10,000 years" filming location
12:30 pm, out of the scenic area, go to Yinchuan City to buy goji berries, this is the wife's task, the afternoon to rush to the city of Zhongwei, I don't want to be delayed for too long in Yinchuan City. Internet search, authentic Ningxia goji berries to the big supermarket to buy on the line, so, Baidu map search large supermarkets, find a recent large supermarket, more than ten kilometers away, go over to see, small can not be a small supermarket, goji berries naturally is not. Your grandmother's leg! So small supermarket, you also dare to label a large supermarket in Baidu map!
To the east, to Yinchuan city, and looked at the two small supermarkets, there are no wolfberries. 1:30 pm, asked the locals, said the nearby Tongxin Road Comprehensive Market has wolfberry, cheap, quality is okay. I let go of my heart, first eat a big bowl of chow mein, taste good, the amount is really big. Subsequently, quickly to the concentric road market, successfully completed the task.
2:30 p.m., set off to Zhongwei City, plenty of time, I decided not to take the highway, take 751 County Road, said to be the desert highway. First take the Yinchuan ring city highway, turn Yinba highway, Ningxia is really too small, did not go far, into the territory of Inner Mongolia. Roadside is the Helan Mountain, barren mountains, in this everything is born in the summer, the mountain here is bare, earth color, sand red, stone color, just can not see the green. I noticed that at the foot of the mountain, you can often see cemeteries, very simple, with small stones in a circle, a tombstone in the center of the circle, these cemeteries should not have to pay for it, right?
County Road X751
Over the mountains, the desert is visible in the distance, and you get off the highway at Barrunbeili. Along the 751 County Road southbound, said the desert highway, in fact, on both sides of the road is not considered a desert, or grasslands, occasionally see sheep, but this grassland is not dense, mottled, half grassland half desert landscape.
This section of the road is being repaired, and should be repaired as a highway, the road condition has been very good, and even better is that there is no monitoring, so you can drive as you wish, and feel that it is more enjoyable than walking on the highway. Go to the end of the road repair, is a fork in the road, to go to Zhongwei City, then turn left, turn right can lead to Shapotou scenic area. I chose to turn left, and then take 004 country road, the road is narrow but the road condition is good, and there is very little monitoring.
6:30 to Zhongwei city, directly to the speed 8 hotel red sun parking lot. I was really lucky to follow the cell phone navigation, seven turns, and eventually the darkness of the village, successfully found the parking lot, or a free parking lot. I didn't find the Speed 8 Hotel, I booked the nearby Jinjiang Hotel, 147 yuan, the conditions are quite good.
And tired and sleepy ah! 7:30 downstairs to eat, I feel I should have to eat some meat, supplement the physical ah, ordered porridge and meat sandwich. After dinner walk to the Red Sun Plaza, so lively ah! There must be more than a dozen groups of square dance it, each with their own music, each jumping each, do not affect each other, do not interfere with each other, will be quite a big square occupied by a full. Inquired about the next goji berry store, the price is really higher than the Yinchuan concentric road market, the quality is also general, fortunately they bought in Yinchuan.
Zhongwei City, red sun square dance crowd