Chinese Touring Motorcycle︙ Chuanzang Middle Line (川藏中线) ︙BENELLI 702︙E14
In this episode we will see stunning twisting roads in Tibet how Tibetan people hang prayer flags epic highland tracks, fox, remote Tibetan pasture barley harvesting a magnificent temple remote villages and counties most importantly I eventually camped together with pristine Tibetan nomads and experienced how they end their grazing day of course I will also introduce the most beautiful Tibetan lady I have ever seen Today's ride was in Tibet starting from JOMDA, and ending between GONJO and CHACYAB covering nearly 170 km Temperature 7, altitude 3564 now let's get today's journey started Well, this is the hotel I stayed yesterday evening Youqing Kezhan (Friendship Hostel) that's a hostel, actually, today is good weather blue sky, without any patches of clouds, ahh, really nice I bet should be summer holiday why these students, right now, are going to school 9:00 in the morning in some eastern cities, at this time suppose to be hustling and bustling congestion, and all busy things but here, the people, seems like they are living an idle and relaxing life ritual ceremony, every morning, for them rotate to those wheels Now get into the prairie again all green, verdant, lush grass Well, the twisting road takes me to this mountain top almost the mountain top it's a mountain pass, and a small hill over there if I climbed up to that hill there will be mountain top attitude of this one is 4240 meters it got a name XUEJILA mountain established in 1994 now let's go to the mountain top the first platform here, with altitude 4250 meters established in 2012, July there is a solar-powered player, some Buddhism music but for this, this is not rubbish Tibetan people call this as FENGMA in English, means like windy horse I don't know the exact translation of this one but they just throw this into air for a better future like blessing, or sort of things and a lot of prayer flags Tibetan language textbook, and here's the name I don't know why they threw textbook here another textbook, but for this one, is Chinese textbook They're trying to hang the prayer flags new ones start to puff, attitude is too high it's a challenge, right? well, that slope is just too deep never thought that could be this high the scenery is gorgeous oh on the highest part of this mountain and behind me all prayer flags they're trying to replace these colorful ones with these white ones I talked with one of them handsome, very handsome he is friendly and gave me this water Tibet's best water they need to work there the whole day still they gave me one of this he just graduated this year got salary more then 10 k per month here told me if he works, you know, in eastern cities rather than here, in these highland areas his salary is gonna be no more than 4 k per month so, that's a bonus for working here for example, like a teacher for elementary school in some eastern cities or some advanced cities you can only have salary of 4, 5 k or less but here, more than 10 k is quite normal I saw another motorcycle, two motorcyclists I think he is a father, with his son, 7 years old that's the best way to explore the world they gather together for party, Tibetan people Oh, vast area of photovoltaic boards I think it's a power station here check the scenery, it's so beautiful these blue flowers, whoa what a wonderful scenery the smell is I can feel the smell so beautiful, gotta say Well, again, I'm the only one on this road I don't see a second rider a biker another photovoltaic station, a lot of panels wow, well charming of choosing backroad, only one here serenity, only you can feel some gentle wind, all the rest... I saw a fox, I'm gonna show you a very cute fox Tibetan foxes had once been hunted almost to extinction due to human's pursuit of their fur now protected by the Chinese government as one of the key protected Wildlife Species if you notice these holes, here and there actually, it's for prairie mouse if there are too many of them they can interrupt the eco-balance unnoticeably just check carefully These eagles or falcons can be really important to maintain the balance of the ecosystem on this prairie also the fox if there are too many mouses they just dig many holes beneath, you know, the surface then the grass cannot survive then can lead to desertification stay away from this kind of dog can be really dangerous wow, check the the hillside, it's really beautiful wow, loads of yaks but considering there are Tibetan dogs I'd better stay away from them then release my drone from distance what a beautiful scenery I think these people are truly nomadic people they live in nomadic way black tents, yaks, tractor, motorcycle all these elements, very simple just several elements, contribute to their life here actually, want to visit some of them but I'm not sure if there are dogs or not don't piss off dogs here I don't think these people want to be disturbed I don't want to go inside because of there're Tibetan dog Tibetan mastiff special kind of Tibetan dog, can be really fierce that kind of creature can even battle with with wolves and bears this is a really remote area, not so many tourists left side, highland barley, right side, grassland Mountain pass, altitude 4200 meters now descending down wow, just check the valley and now patches of clouds can be seen and dense clouds, in the distance that's a reason why you need to do motorcycle adventure don't go to those tourist sites with tickets, but be here true side of nature without any artificial refurbishments take full use of a motorcycle Okay, stop here for lunch and a short rest, already 2 PM instant noodles and in the distance there are some farmers who are reaping the highland barley harvesting Well, this crane just uh lost its balance, tipped over I think it's a serious problem it's been abandoned for quite a time it's a sad story and with the, with the truck Another unknown village but with a gorgeous temple, I'm gonna show you well, this temple paves the half of the mountain side gorgeous, right? I think the function of each building is the same with the other temples dormitories, where they study where they do the thesis defense based on what I've learned these days I think the function of a temple is almost same with a university and there're some people teach inside, for junior monks for nuns, and also top level but you know some monks if they get graduated there're also defences for them they can serve as teacher here and to continue you know, as a lecturer or just like associate professor, etc. just like that, but probably, I think the name should be different, here compared with university because they are special terminologies, I think just noticed the introduction here of this temple Tangxia temple, a small one it was a constructed up to 1988 and some relicus inside back to YUAN dynasty or MING dynasty covers an area of 54,000 square meters yeah, that's it, let's go still, beautiful shiny golden roofs Hi no matter how busy they are when they spot you, they will stop their work and trying to wave you and smile to you -Goodbye -Hey there's a stone coffin tomb Hi, where is the stone coffin tomb? Just here inside? Well, two ladies came by, and tried to help me find the place it looked alike they hadn't heard of it before, either they chatted for a bit and eventually point to me in a general direction of the village center Yeah, this village is rather special but I don't think there will be a stone-made coffin here I asked some people they knew nothing about the stone-made coffin really feel sorry for these cows, scavenge rubbish couldn't find it, so, I'm turning around some monks here don't see too many people in this small village some eateries, a bank government and public toilet elementary school As I was turning right here, I met the two ladies again -Failed to find it -The one as indicated 200 meters on the board -Just up to the slope -Just up over there? -Where are you from? -Jiangsu -How do you think of Xizang (Tibet)? -Ahh? -Aren't you experiencing any altitude sickness? -No, always tour around here -I will do a U-turn below -Okay -Thanks -Our pleasure -Thank you -You are welcome very nice ladies -Hi -Goodbye Okay, bye still couldn't find it, I quit, and then turn around -Don't you go to school today? -Saturday Checkpoint Well, they got road maintenance here for motorcycle, you can pass but for others, you can't one good thing of motorcyclist they just paved this, tarmac, it's fresh Road blockade at the other end so many vehicles, could be a boring work for him probably they need to wait it to be solidified before letting people go the construction style just started to change here not carmine anymore Considering that, right now it's 4 PM still gotta... here the darkness starts at 9
so still gotta like five hours probably I will not stay in this town I'll just move to the next one Just bone-dry landscape, but this side, kind of better but, not that better here the temperature is also very high not so, not so much to eat, right? overgrazing can lead to desertification I'm gonna get some water here is the water here drinkable? thank you seriously is this water truly drinkable? sorry? still, it's not very good I think over there should be the top yeah, check this twisting road well, I think, almost to the mountain top right now, the attitude is 4349 (meters) wow, beautiful right wow, so beautiful, just check the pink flowers this vast landscape what a magnificent view I spotted the two white tents in the distance decided to camp nearby, will be safer with nomads considering the bears and wolves in the area and barely any phone signal out here Hi, hello can I pitch up tent down below there? what a nice day I got a companion, a very cute sheep, or calf my bike is here, so beautiful Since her husband still had some time before coming back with the yaks she invited me into the tent to try some highland barley flour also known as roasted flour which is a really important food in Tibet -That's our burning ash -Why does the horse eat the ash? -I don't konw -I think it's okay now -Yes, yes, please taste a bit -Most Chinese Han people can't try this -Emm.. (Chuckles) -Give it a thumb-up. (Chuckles) She later served me this air-dried yak meat which was pretty tough and chewy, almost like wood and for this SLR, gonna share the story in the next episode and now time to help her gather the yaks All yaks've been mixed together, from different owners, so right now, the challenge is to separate them I'm trying to help them get all the cows separated yaks, sorry Yeah, she's trying to separate yaks even with his (her) one year and a half I don't see any differences among them I just think they are all the same and that boy use uses a rope and on the ground, all wet land, a lot of bogs yeah, that rope can throw rocks, 200 meters away yeah you see just hit that one yaks separated, what an amazing work it really confused me about how they separated the yaks just in 20 minutes what an amazing work She told me that for the night thse yaks will just huddle together adults will stay together with the calves you control the calves, you control everyone you see, tether them and then these old yaks will just stay together with the young ones I truly admire this lady with a boy one year and a half, piggybacked, but still can do work as such Well, looks like we've got another stubborn calf with its mom again let's get him back to the pen I'm helping him (her) catch the last one almost done, but still, we can't find another two two missing calves black with a little patch of white where are the two calves? they are fighting, a black one these two are still fighting with each other hey, look this one, it's very funny it prevents him from, you know, milking hey hey hey you wet me not shy? 8:20 in the evening, she is still counting well she asked me to check if there any yaks inside it but I don't think so nope another nomad noticed some dangerous animals in the distance and asked me to release drone for a closer look well I spotted this, for what animal 8:40 still counting the yak numbers, confused they're still working on that, unfortunately kid is crying now so, the lady went inside the tent trying to comfort the kid I bet today, the scenery's gonna be very beautiful Milky Way, because I see no cloud, only moon, crescent also the dew starts to accumulate on my tent you can see here, now it's all wet We have limited resources here, so... (simple life)
2025-01-08 15:49
