2019 | Recording my journey

Yes, this is the second annual record of the official account.

Friends who are familiar with me will definitely guess that more than half of this annual diary will be about things on the road.

This year, I am twenty years old.

This year, I started to travel in a different way than before. The time and geographical span have changed. I will never carry a suitcase if I can carry a backpack. I will never take a taxi if I can walk. I will never charter a car if I can take a bus. I have basically no travel funds. They all earned it by working part-time and saving money from living expenses.

This year, I spent four months on the road.

January

Twenty days, from Chongqing to Chengdu, into western Sichuan, and then from Xiangcheng into Yunnan.

February

In order to eat braised pork rice from a late-night restaurant, I went to Suzhou twice. The first time I stayed overnight in Suzhou.

June-August

For two months, I traveled to Gannan and the Northwest Great Ring Road, entered Tibet from Xining, and stayed in Ladrang for more than a month.

October-November

One month later, I went to Nepal, completed the ABC trek, and experienced paragliding in Pokhara. The third time I went to Ladrang.

November-December

In five days, I came to Guangzhou for a football match, had morning tea and met old friends.

I like to collect all the traffic tickets related to the road. Every time I see them, I always think of many things that happened on the road.

I always thought that the most impressive trip for me this year would take place in the summer. The summer trip was the longest in time and the most visited Tibetan areas, and this time I also entered Tibet. The more than one month in Ladrang was also very unforgettable; or this time in Nepal, I realized my wish a year and a half ago and went to Nepal. Although I did not complete the EBC, I also completed the ABC hike in the plan.

But when I looked carefully at the traffic tickets in front of me, the one that shocked me the most was actually the ticket heading to Xiaojin. Maybe the story of being on the road for four months a year began with it.

In January, the Siguniang Mountain in Chongqing, Daocheng, Yading, Shangri-La, and Lijiang were hit by rain. The twenty-day trip started in the summer of 2018.

One day, I saw a set of photos of Yubeng on the Internet, and I thought, "What kind of magical place is this? I want to go!" I planned to spend a week in November to go to Diqing to see Meili Snow Mountain and hike. Rain collapses. After various considerations, I spent two months planning my itinerary, and finally included Chongqing, Chengdu and Western Sichuan in the plan. It was also the first time I made such a detailed plan.

So, in the winter of early 2019, we set out.

In the plan, Xiao Jin was the first stop on the plateau just to adapt to the plateau and had no intention of climbing. Maybe it’s because I looked too much like someone going to climb a mountain while carrying a 70L bag. As soon as I got off the car, I was approached by a girl, “Are you going to go hiking too?” “No”... but It wasn’t long before we were climbing buddies, changing our minds in less than ten minutes.

The next day, we applied for the mountain entry permit and set off. From ten o'clock in the morning to five o'clock in the afternoon, we climbed to the Dafeng Base Camp. In the cold night with no signal and no lights, we each began to have varying degrees of high altitude sickness. During the long and difficult twelve hours, the five of us talked a lot. There are many feelings. In the end, due to high altitude and weather conditions, none of us successfully reached the summit.

But if you asked me if you gave me another chance, would I still choose to climb Mount Siguniang? I will, I will.

At the same time in 2018, I also walked through Western Sichuan. The scenery along the way was too familiar, and one picture after another always appeared in my mind. However, this time I did not choose to charter a car even in the off-season, but shared a bus all the way.

Unfortunately, I hit a wall in Xinduqiao. Based on my memory and my trust in LP, I chose a hotel in Waze Township instead of a hotel in the town in Xinduqiao. That day, there was no hot water in the hotel and the electric blanket didn't work. The worst thing is that there is no car from Xinduqiao that can go directly to Shangri-La Town. It takes 2-3k to get there by chartering a car. After all, it is the off-season, and there is no return. I felt that my self-confidence was causing trouble for everyone, and I finally shed tears out of despair.

However, the problem still needs to be solved. After asking the hotel owner for a long time, I finally chose to take a bus from Waze Township to Daocheng, and then charter a bus in Daocheng to Shangri-La Town.

Daocheng Yading is a revisit to the old place. I came to Shangri-La Town again and met a Tibetan wedding again. Everything seemed familiar. On the way to the Milk Sea, I still encountered an icy road. Only this time, I was no longer afraid, and I didn’t meet the person who held my hand and walked with me. Experience can teach people so much.

January 26, 2018 - January 22, 2019, one year later.

Daocheng Yading, I will come again next time.

If you ask me, which is my favorite snow mountain? I will tell you with certainty, Meili Snow Mountain.

When I first met Meili, I thought she was beautiful and divine, giving me an awe-inspiring feeling.

It is said that if you can see the Rizhao Jinshan Mountain in the Meili Snow Mountain, you will be lucky for a whole year. I am often willing to believe these weird sayings. Moreover, I was indeed lucky this year when I saw the Meri Sunshine Mountain in January.

I hiked Yubeng as I wished. It was my first three-day hike in my life. I went in and out of Ninong. What impressed me most was the bowl of life-saving egg fried rice at Binghu Base Camp and the two nights in the hotel. Of course, the experience of crossing the river and falling into the stream on the first day of hiking was like a "well rope" that I will never forget.

At the end of the hike, we stayed in Shangri-La for one more day in order to go to the manor for another sumptuous meal and to take another look at the handsome Kampot. The manor is actually full of commercial atmosphere. A large number of tour groups and inns will arrange or recommend guests to book here for commercial performances and bonfire parties. However, the Tibetan costumes and dances and the atmosphere at that time still attracted me. My curiosity about Tibetan humanities also started from that time. started.

From that time on, there was another favorite place on my life map, Shangri-La.

Twenty days, this is the longest time I have ever been out, and it is also this time that breaks any of my previous travel methods, backpacking. Precisely because this time gave me a lot of courage, taking the long-term approach will have a stronger visual impact and give me more feelings.

Only with this time did I have the confidence to take the long term in the next one or two months.

In the summer, there is a beginning and an end from Gannan to the Northwest Great Ring Road, then to Lhasa and finally back to Gannan. From the age of nineteen to twenty, he was also a labrang in Dunhuang.

I remember that before I set off, I was still debating whether to go to Guizhou to teach or to apply for a ten-year backpacking volunteer service. But on the twelfth day of my departure and the fifth day after I first left Lhasa, I bought the backpack from Lhasa. After flying to Xining, I decided to go to Ladrang to volunteer. Not only did I give up on volunteering as a teacher in Guizhou and volunteering as a backpacker for ten years, which I had struggled with for the better part of a month, I also gave up on my plan to go all the way east from Lhasa to Yunnan and then to Diqing.

Maybe it was a less than calm decision, but I don't regret it at all. I dare not say that my time as a volunteer teacher in the backpack was not as happy as my ten years as a volunteer here, but every minute and second in Ladrang was happy enough.

Nepal, come for hiking and paragliding. But what I didn’t expect was that I underestimated the difficulty of ABC, which also led to six days of hiking. I injured my foot and fell, hurt my butt and thighs, and had lactic acid accumulation for several days. But being able to walk with a weight of 30 pounds shows that I The limit is not here. I can still take EBC again. I will definitely take EBC next time.

The unexpected reward of coming to Nepal was meeting Gedral Rinpoche at the airport and spending the last two days and one night in the Buddhist academy.

Guangzhou, here comes the second time. I met the same people both times, but the situation was no longer the same. On the first day, Lao Sheng took us to eat and drink. We went to Seagull Island and cycled for a walk. It was so pleasant.

In the 30th round of the 2019 Chinese Super League, come to see Shenhua but not the result. On the eve of the 2017 Football Association Cup final, Ah Z sent me a Evergrande n98 from Guangzhou. It didn’t take long for Shenhua to win the championship. I didn't get to meet Ah Z this time. I hope the next time we meet will be in Shanghai.

2019 is the year to say goodbye to student work completely. In May, I said goodbye to the WeChat department and the elf.

Little Elf is a new media center under the Propaganda Department of the school party committee. But because the instructor is Teacher Yan, I never feel restrained. I like spending time in 306 every Tuesday afternoon. In half a year, I went from being a member of the department to being a deputy department member and then to being a director, which meant that I was the strangest person in 306 at first. After another half year, I became familiar with everyone, including Teacher Yan.

After dinner, Teacher Yan said, "You belong to a distant place." I will always remember it in my heart.

I don’t want to regard the Basketball Referee Association as a student job because it seems to be different from any other association. Sister Haitang led a few of us to establish it single-handedly. This is also the first year.

From the initial Glory Cup 3V3/5V5 one-day game to off-campus whistleblowing to cooperating with the school student union for the Freshman Cup, the association has grown little by little, and I feel happy too. (Inner os: But! I’m the only one still staying in place!)

Because of my ambition, I will miss a lot of time working with you. I don’t know if I will have time to spend time with you next year, but if I can, I am willing to stay here until graduation. There is a lot of pure happiness here.

Yes, of course I can’t forget Ladrang. I visited this place three times in half a year, for a total of two months. After returning from Ladrang in the summer, I wanted to write an article for a long time, but I didn’t know where to start. I still thought I would write it after I came back for the fourth time.

You ask me what exactly I learned there. Cook? I see Brother Haitao and Aga Caicai asking me to cook every day, but I still can’t even pick and buy vegetables. I seem to only know how to eat, and I can still eat three bowls of rice in one meal. drink wine? My ability to drink was so bad that Brother Tao and Cai Rang didn't dare let me touch another drop of wine after they saw me drunk. Ability to take care of oneself? Oh, don't think about it, I'm still not good at putting on sheets and quilt covers. I am like a "problem girl" asking all kinds of questions every day, and I can always ask all kinds of questions, many of which I do not think through my brain.

I get along with a group of people whose average age is over 30 years old every day, and I come into contact with many guests from different provinces and cities every day. I still don’t seem to have learned any common sense about life, but I have gained insights, and these insights have changed me in a subtle way. , which happens to be the most useful.

If you want to ask me, where was the most precious period of time in these four months?

In Xiahe, in Ladrang.

During this year, I learned how to communicate with my parents. I would tell them my plans, tell them my original intention of traveling, and tell them that I want to do self-media in the future and continue to be on the road. Obviously, communication works. Without their understanding and support, I would not have had the opportunity to be on the road for four months.

This year, Egg Roll began to plan to take the postgraduate entrance examination for his major. Gou Mao is now working at Adidas but is also working hard to become a fitness coach in the future. Cai Guang seems to be still confused, but I believe he will also have it when he graduates. own plan. There are four people in the dormitory, Lulu plans to take the civil service exam, Qiyao has been preparing to study in the United States, Caocao also has his own clear goals and works hard for them, and I want to be a self-media. It seems that everyone is growing up individually.

I also understand that being consistent in three views among friends does not mean having common hobbies, but that you and I pursue different needs but still understand and respect each other.

In 2019, backpacking on the road for four months broadened my horizons and my heart. In this year, I have seen seas, wastelands, deserts, jungles, grasslands, mountains, lakes and snow-capped mountains. I have met many people from different places. What remains in my heart is the deepest feeling in my heart.

People often ask me how I find travel companions. My method is very simple. When I have a rough itinerary plan, I will find someone to travel with in my circle of friends. I can run around and play alone, but I would be much happier if someone could accompany me.

During this year, I met many people on the road, ranging in age from 20 to 50 years old. We could climb mountains and hike together, drink together in bars, and chat about various things together. I am too I like this kind of ageless relationship.

In fact, what is more important than the destination is the people we travel with and the people we meet along the way.

On my nineteenth birthday, I set a small goal for myself. At the age of nineteen, I would go to Tibet, Gannan, Yunnan, Meili, and Yubeng. I did it.

In my diary of 2018, I hope that in 2019 I can maintain my passion for my interests, successfully obtain my driver's license, and work a part-time job seriously. In this year, four months on the road, thousands of films, the Basketball Referees Association, a driver's license, three part-time jobs, yes, I did everything except study.

This year, my ability to execute on the things I want to do is almost 100%, including the laser surgery that I have always been afraid of.

At the end of September this year, I successfully removed my lens! Taking off the glasses is to fulfill a dream I have had since childhood, but I don’t know if I can fulfill my wish. This time I have no confidence in myself at all, but even if it doesn’t succeed, it is good to take off the glasses.

During this year, I realized how important it is to be financially independent. Although I am not yet able to be completely financially independent, I have almost entirely financed my trip this year by myself, and I can feel the happiness that this kind of financial independence brings. It’s really tiring to work part-time and rely on physical strength instead of mental energy to earn travel expenses, but when I rely on my own efforts to go where I want to go, and when I still have spare money to buy gifts for my family and friends before the trip is over, I am Happy.

2019 is my first year of backpacking.

Carrying a large 38L/70L bag and leaving may seem cool, but in fact it is very embarrassing and tiring. I walked for 15 kilometers in Lijiang with a 20 kilogram weight, with a camera bag hanging around my neck; I walked along the Salt Lake with a backpack and camera bag on my body, which was incompatible with pedestrians; I dragged a 40 kilogram bag in my hands and rushed in embarrassment In the last five minutes of the train ride to the airport, I felt like a person rushing to catch the Spring Festival with a big bag.

In fact, I have always been a very timid person. I am afraid of the dark, walking at night, insects, wild dogs, any horned animals, pain, dirt, and smells. I am afraid of many things, and I am also a crybaby. ghost. It may be hard for you to imagine that I would cry and laugh at the same time because my finger was cut by a fruit knife, or that I would run around because I was stung by a bee. Can you imagine that I am a person with extremely poor ability to take care of myself, and I have no common sense in life. I will be full of doubts about many things that are common sense. I can trust Lu Yu 100% when I go out. people without any doubt. Some friends think it is a miracle that I can survive until now, but I have indeed lived well until now.

Even if I am timid, love to cry, have no common sense about life, and have poor ability to take care of myself, I can still be an independent person. From the moment I put on my backpack, it gave me a different meaning. It taught me how to face setbacks and fears, and it gave me the courage to walk to the end of the world with my sword.

Independence and courage are the most precious things that 2019 taught me.

I am very lucky in 2019. I want to give all the credit for my luck to Rizhao Jinshan in Meili Snow Mountain. It has given me hope and fulfillment this whole year.

In 2019, thank you to everyone who is reading this tweet, thank you for your attention and for not unfollowing me.

Happy 2020 and wish you happiness.