A trip to Tibet

Since my father bought his first car, a SUV,in 2008, he have told me that he would take me to Tibet in my coming summer holiday for hundreds of times. But this never came true.It’s a drowsy afternoon, I was chatting on the internet with my father and asked him for where to go this summer as usual.And he answered ‘Tibet’ as usual, too.Of course I didn’t take that seriously.’I look forward to that’ I replied.

Two days after the conversation.He called me ‘hey, son, prepare your baggage, we are going to Tibet!’. ‘Are you sure? I can’t trust you.’.‘Yes, I bought the tickets already!’‘Oh,great!’

Another two days passed.We took the flight to Xining first and then drive to Lhasa, the capital of Tibet, about 1200miles.

The trip seemed not to be as exciting as I thought.The view is gorgeous. I can have a wide sphere of vision through the windows. The sky was limpid , countless sheep were running on the grass land. But it’s boring too. I can only sit in the car and watch, then feel sleepy.

My father felt bored too. He and his friends started playing poker, in fact gamble,  in another vehicle and in the motel in the night . Unfortunately when the police came to do the routine check,  they were spotted and taken to the police office.  It’s not funny for them to be arrested for gambling in the country which has the biggest gambling destination in the world.  It could be worse if they failed to bribe the police with the bet spotted by the police.

I felt excited because I’ve never experienced that before.

I had lived in plain for my whole life before.  As the altitude rised to 4000 meter,the altitude sickness started to affect others us.  And the weather there sucks.  Fierce sunshine and squall with snow take place alternatively  .That’s the excruciation of naturel.  Headache made me hard to think about anything. I vomited and had no appetite at all.  I was weak and sufferd insomnia.  Got arrived in the hotel , lying in the bed ,I felt dying.

I didn’t get rid of that statement until we arrived Lhasa.Lhasa has plenty of trees that produce enough oxgen. There are many temples there including he most famous one Jokhang Temple.On my way Lhasa I saw batches of votaries go on pilgrimage, take a bow per 3 steps and a kowtowing per 9 steps.And their destination is Jokhang Temple.In there, you can feel the solemn and respect of religion, and get a release from the annoying world.

After leaving Lhasa, here came my unforgettable 19-year-old birthday.It was stranded in the mountains by mud and rock flow.It’s rainy day ,we were driving on a narrow road beside the cliff. Suddenly we heard some horrific noise, and after several minutes driving, we found the way was cut by mud and rock flow.As people with spirits of adventure, we made a worst choice ever.We tried to across the mud and water on road and ONE of our cars succeeded. While our second car was just going to across it , a little vehicle belong to somebody else took an trial , and it got mired down. The road was totally jammed by that vehicle.We were divided into two groups.The vehicle tried once and once, but still can’t get out of the mud. As the darkness is coming, The situation became even worse.The rain didn’t seem to stop and the sound of rocks falling kept coming. Nobody knew when and where would the debris flow happen again.

Two girls and I had no choice but to abandon our tour guide and the driver of the SUV, pass the mud and then jump into the car on the other side of the mud.The mud is thick and sticklike, once stepped into that, the mud would submerge crus , I had to pull my leg out hardly. And keep running on that is really exhausting. In addition, I must be very careful because the rock would fall from upside anytime!

After got into the other car, we drived backward without hesitation.And finally found a little motel on the way.

That’s my birthday in Tibet.

And that’s Tibet, a fantastic place fulfilled with adventure and incredible beauty.