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Yajiang’s low altitude gains its reputation of being a nice stop between\u00a0Kangding (or Xinduqiao ) and Litang (\u7406\u5858) for G318 travelers including self-drive travelers, bicyclists, or hikers. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Yajiang is a modern town within the traditional Kham Region of the eastern Tibet, now under the administation of Ganzi Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture. Its splendid\u00a0history brings people back to\u00a0its prime days as\u00a0the important stopover and\u00a0ferry\u00a0point for the\u00a0ancient\u00a0Tea and House Route.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Driving over Gaoersi Mountain\u00a0Pass\u00a0at 4412\u00a0m<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Now we are on the way from Xinduqiao to Yajiang. The driving map tells we have to\u00a0get over\u00a0a high pass known as Gaoersi Mountain\u00a0Pass\u00a0at 4412\u00a0meters sea level\u00a0(\u9ad8\u5c14\u5bfa\u5c71\u6d77\u62d44412). Overcast and it is getting darker on the\u00a0road up to the Gaoersi Mountain Pass. It starts snowing on the higher mountain road due to the changeable weather and cool temperatures at high altitudes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/gaoersi-mountain.jpg\")
What makes things worse is the unrestored and unrenovated mountain road before and after the Gaoersi Mountain Pass and the terrible road turns out to be as long as 24 km! Actually you cannot call it “Highway” since it is very bumpy, muddy, messy\u00a0and some sections of the horrible road don’t have any guard rails\u00a0to provent vehicles from straying into the deep gorges.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
![\"Gaoersi](\"http:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Gaoersi-Mountain-Pass-Highway.jpg\")
At 4:30 pm, we reach the Gaoersi Mountain Pass and see a signboard standing on the top with the words “Gaoersi Mountain Pass 4412 meters Altitude” in Chinese. We stop and stay there just for a few minutes, taking a photo of the signboard as a rememory and pay repect to the simple Gaoer Temple nearby with our eyes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
![\"Gaoersi](\"http:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Gaoersi-Mountain-Pass.jpg\")
Driving over Gaoersi Mountain Pass, we find it is snowing heavily, making it even more difficult to drive along the muddy and bumpy road. We have to carefully steer clear of passing-by trucks, cars and even motorcyclists.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
![\"Drive](\"http:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Drive-on-Gaoersi-Mountain.jpg\")
Eventually the highway condition is getting much better, and back to the normal level of a standard highway, wide and with guard rails. The road descends fast from the over 4000-meter-altitude Gaoersi Pass to a little over 2500-meter Yajiang.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
![\"Highway](\"http:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Highway-Xinduqiao-to-Yajiang.jpg\")
Arriving at Yajiang County<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
At 6:00pm, we arrive at the downtown of Yajiang County. It is a modern town set in the deep valley of Yalong River (\u96c5\u783b\u6c5f) which gives rise to the name of Yajiang. It is a 1,323 km long river, a tributary of the Yangtze River. Its source is on the Tibet-Qinghai Plateau in southeast Qinghai.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
![\"Yanjiang](\"http:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/yanjiang-county.jpg\")
The town looks very much compact with crowded buildings cascading from the two sides of the river valley. It is a drab and dusty city but with some modern tall buildings standing here and there. There are also a few old side streets that betray an old town. Crowded buildings flank Yalong River cutting the town into two parts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
![\"Crowded](\"http:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Crowded-buildings-flank-Yalong-River.jpg\")
It doesn’t take much efforts to secure two rooms at a nice hotel in Yajiang. But we do suggest you’d better reserve your hotel in Yajiang during the tourist peak season.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Any questions on the drive\u00a0from Xinduqiao to Yajiang, just drop a line.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Add-On<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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