This is the 297th unique traveler's story pushed by Goba.com
Guest of this issue: Qin Si
Qin Si, a native of Beijing, 65 years old, is a female driver who lacks self-driving travel experience, and has only driven 500 kilometers of self-driving "Xiaobai" in a single way, and in June 2023, he participated in the 6th (2023) Chinese Dream Tour of Goba.com, in one go, 110 days of single bicycle, 35,000 kilometers of self-driving, Qin Sijie set a record of 5 single bicycle female drivers who are the oldest (65 years old) in one go!
Q1: It's a great honor, today we invited the 65-year-old Sister Qin Si who drove the Chinese Dream Journey on a single bicycle to come and have an appointment, it is indeed quite difficult to accomplish such a feat at this age, please introduce yourself to the fans before the interview.
Hello friends of Goba.com, I'm Qin Si from Beijing, a retired staff member, I'm about to be 66 years old, in June 2023, I participated in the journey around the Chinese Dream organized by Goba.com, before that, I didn't have much self-driving experience, but this time the single bike completed the whole journey of more than 35,000 kilometers at one time, and it is said that it is also the oldest female driver to complete the whole journey of a single bicycle in the previous activities of Goba.com.
Q2: Why did you want to participate in the Chinese Dream Tour, and when did this desire originate?
In fact, after buying a car, I have this idea, that is, I drive a car where I want to play, but because of the situation at home, I have not been able to drive around, although the time to get a driver's license is very long, but the opportunity to travel by car is relatively small, the farthest long-distance self-driving is the National Day in 2017, driving to Shandong Shouguang, a one-way high-speed of about 500 kilometers.
In October 2022, I heard a group friend in a flying friend group talking about the journey around the Chinese dream of walking on the bar network, and then I followed Brother Chu and began to watch his live broadcast, and gradually became interested, and asked a lot of questions in the live broadcast room, and later because of the epidemic, in December, my father passed away. In 2023, I will continue to watch the live broadcast, in fact, I have no experience in self-driving tours, and I have not done any homework at all for driving around China, but because my father passed away, I was in a bad mood, and I just wanted to go out to change my mood, so I signed up without hesitation, and then I thought that I had paid all the money and must complete this trip.
Because when I went to Guizhou to rent a car for a self-driving trip, there was a little bit of motion sickness, in fact, there were many friends who advised me to return the money and don't go, along the way it is high anti, and you have high blood pressure or something, afraid of problems. But I was determined to go, and if I didn't retreat, I just wanted to go. As for the bad roads that Brother Chu said in the live broadcast room, I couldn't imagine what it was like at the time, I just said that I wanted to go, and I didn't leave if I couldn't do it. So for me, what feelings, the borderline, I had no concept at all, no experience and no homework, I just wanted to finish it.
Q3: 110 days, more than 35,000 kilometers, and you are 65 years old, a single bicycle in one go to complete the journey of the Chinese dream, the difficulty of which can be imagined, have you often traveled by car before?
I rarely travel by car, and there is almost no long-distance self-driving experience, the farthest one has driven hundreds of kilometers, so when I set off from Beijing, I was not sure if I could drive to Shenzhen, and I set off with my brother in Beijing, he is also a single bicycle, we used three days and two nights, the whole journey is 2300 kilometers, all the way to Shenzhen, all the way to Shenzhen. After entering Guangdong, it was raining heavily, and I couldn't see the car in front of me at all, but I couldn't stop on the highway, so I could only rush through, and I was very nervous all the way. After arriving in Shenzhen, I felt that I was very remarkable, and I was able to drive to Shenzhen by myself, so I continued to walk forward, so I started the journey around the Chinese border.
Q4: What difficulties did you encounter during the 35,000-kilometer journey around the Chinese Dream and how did you overcome them?
On June 22, I set off from Shenzhen, on June 30, I almost collapsed for the first time, that day was on the way into Tianjin Tanggu Port, crowded with large trucks and fuel tankers, there was no dividing line on the highway, a chaos, there were very tragic traffic accidents on the opposite highway, I didn't dare to look, and then before entering Tanggu Port, our convoy was washed away, front and back were tall tank trucks blocking me, I was very nervous, especially scared, at this time there were teammates to shout to me not to worry, and then they helped me block the tank truck, let me break out of the encirclement. Due to the high level of nervousness, when I arrived at the hotel, I had a terrible headache, my eyes were swollen and painful, and I guess my blood pressure must be high.
It happened to be my birthday that day, my mother called me ** and asked me where I was, saying that I don't forget to eat noodles on my birthday, in fact, I was afraid that she would worry, and I didn't tell her about driving around China, so I went out to participate in an activity of a friend, and I was a little broken when I heard **, and my blood pressure may have to be 180, and I didn't want to move when I was lying in bed. The team leader, Sister Flame, also called ** to let me go down to eat, I said that I had high blood pressure and didn't want to eat, which was very uncomfortable, and then the riders also sent me a birthday cake. After that, Sister Flame also talked to me and asked me if I could stick to it, if not, I would take the car, I didn't agree, I said that it was better to go and try it, and finally the team of Let's Go Network also agreed to let me continue to walk after negotiation, let me follow the pilot car.
On the way, everyone took special care of me, I remember once on the highway in the Northeast, my mobile phone was out of battery, and then the car charging could not be charged, the front of the large army also went far, and there was no car behind, I was anxious, because the navigation was gone, I didn't know that I had gone to **, and then I walked and walked, and saw that there was a car in front of me, and the car sticker was like a car that walked the bar, and when I got closer, I saw that it was the car of Brother Huang on the 19th, and then he took me out of the highway in front, if I crossed the highway, I would be completely out of line. At this time, I felt that this team is so good, it is good to follow the team, everyone takes care of each other and helps each other, and I am very touched in my heart.
Another time, before arriving at Mohe, when we went to a scenic spot, we went to the parking lot to pick up the car, at this time there was a car reversed out, the speed was very fast, and it hit the right rear of my waist at once, I immediately lay there, I was stunned, my teammate Lan Lan Sister shouted to the driver next to the car to stop, hit someone you hit someone, and then everyone came around, asked if you want to help me up, I said don't move first, I am a medical worker, let them help me see if there is any trauma or something, and then I stayed on the ground for a while, before slowly getting up。
The staff of the scenic spot also pushed a wheelchair and asked me to sit in the wheelchair, and it was two female drivers from Hangzhou who hit me, they were also very nervous, and the team leader and riders were also nervous, asking me how I was doing. I don't think I should have a fracture, but everyone said that they would call 120 to take me to the hospital, I didn't really want to, because that scenic spot to Mohe for several hours of mountain roads, and the next morning we were going to Mohe, I thought of Mohe and then said. But my teammates were worried that it would be delayed, and then they also called the police, and the police also suggested calling a 120 car, because it was too far, and finally the police coordinated the 120 car from Mohe Hospital to drive this way, and then the police car took me to Mohe, so as to save time. At that time, I couldn't help crying, in fact, it didn't mean that I was hit and hurt, I thought to myself that I had been walking for so many days, and I had completed two journeys around China, and I had persevered along the way, if I couldn't go, what should I do. I am very grateful to Dong Ge, the assistant team leader, for accompanying me to the Mohe Police Station, Mohe Hospital and escorting me back to the hotel where my teammates were staying.
Q5: You took a book from your father on a journey around the Chinese dream, can you tell us what is the story behind it?
My dad is a retired veteran, I grew up in the barracks since I was a child, my dad is a garrison guard division of the first division, has been doing security work, although I am the eldest in the family, but the courage is relatively small, more afraid of things. I have a very good relationship with my dad because I am the eldest and he spoils me more. In 2004, after SARS, my dad had a heart attack, and I spent more than three months with my dad in the hospital. During the three-year epidemic, we have been strengthening precautions, just afraid that he would not be able to stand it, but as soon as he was released, the epidemic still took him away, so I was in a very bad mood at that time and was depressed all day. I said I couldn't go on like this, I had to go out for a walk and take a break in a different environment. I didn't tell my family before I left, and my daughter only told her halfway through, and my mother never said it, because she always told me, why don't you come back, don't go to dangerous places, I thought to myself, there are many dangerous places on my way.
I took my father's autobiography with me along the way, and I thought that although my father was gone, I would bring this book he wrote to us, which would increase my confidence, and with my father by my side, I would be able to keep going through this journey. I was accompanied by my dad along the way, although I encountered a lot of difficulties on the road, and there were problems with the car, they advised me to simply send the car back to Beijing, you take a car, don't drive yourself. But I think, since I am driving around China, I want to drive by myself, what is the journey of driving around the Chinese dream, so I have to persevere when I encounter difficulties, and if the car breaks down, I will repair it, and after repairing the car, the team leader Sister Flame helped me find a local team leader, accompanied me over the Tianshan Mountain, and finally caught up with the big army, and everyone converged, I was very proud that day. Along the way, my father's autobiography was with me, which was a great moral support for me.
Q6: Along the way, it can be said that you have seen the most extreme beauty of the motherland, which ones are the most memorable for you?
To be honest, I have been to Xinjiang before, at that time it was arranged by a travel agency, and I saw Kanas, Nalati, Sailim Lake, Devil's City, these scenic spots, although the scenery is particularly beautiful, but at that time it was a bus, the distance between the scenic spots is very far, motion sickness along the way, no matter how beautiful the scenery, I can't stand it on the way, at that time I said that I will never come to Xinjiang again.
At that time, I didn't walk the mountain road like this time, I crossed the Daban, and most of the roads were flat, and I rushed down to take pictures when I arrived at a scenic spot, and I left after taking pictures, and I didn't feel much scenery on the road, which was completely different from the feeling of driving through Xinjiang this time. This time I drove through these places, I think Xinjiang is too beautiful on the way, others used to say that the scenery is "photo fraud", but after this time, I found that it is not at all, the scenery on the ground is more beautiful than the **, and the clouds seem to be able to reach out as soon as you reach out.
There is also when I arrived at the border port between China and North Korea to check in, I saw the boundary monument for the first time, and felt that the national emblem on it was particularly solemn and sacred, and when I took a photo with the boundary monument, I suddenly said that I wanted to salute, because I grew up in the army since I was a child, and I had been a soldier, and I took a photo with the boundary monument of the motherland, which was a very solemn thing.
When I saw the boundary monument, I thought of our border guards, it was their dedication that allowed us to enjoy a peaceful life, so I spontaneously had an emotion, along the way I was particularly interested in the border line, looking for the wire ring on the border line everywhere, at first everyone felt incomprehensible, how could they be interested in a wire ring, I said this is not the border line, I also took a photo with the wire ring. Along the way, I admired the border wire ring as a kind of art, and the wire ring sparkled in the sun, building the silver Great Wall of the border line!It feels particularly beautiful.
There is also a time I went down to the riverbed on the side of the road, and saw that the pebbles were very good-looking, so I picked up some pebbles, I had never been interested in pebbles before, plus my granddaughter liked beautiful stones and the like, and then along the way, when everyone was resting and drinking water on the side of the road, I got out of the car with my teammate Sha sister-in-law to pick up stones, and picked up a lot of stones along the way, they said Xinjiang ** Some of them are good-looking stones, you are not allowed to pick up a cart of stones, I said it's okay, when the time comes, I will send my luggage back, pull a cart of stones back, and finally I also led several sisters to pick up stones together. They said you pick up so many stones, you don't look good, you throw it away, I think it's all good, in fact, this stone is more commemorative for me, I think when I'm old, I can't move, I just look at these stones and recall, where did this piece pick up, where did that piece pick up, the scene at that time can be recalled, anyway, the stone can't rot, looking at the stone I can recall the bits and pieces of the journey around the Chinese dream.
I also like flowers very much, when I was in Heihe, I saw that there were several kinds of flowers that I had never seen in the market, so I bought a few pots and put them in the car, and took them out to bask in the sun from time to time along the way, they said that this flower is not going to follow you around, really, these flowers followed me for most of China. Because every time I stayed in the hotel, I took out the flowers and put them on the side of the car to bask in the sun and blow the wind, until I went to Haikou to stay in the hotel, it is estimated that the cleaner threw my flowers away as garbage, and I looked for several hours the next day and did not find them. At that time, I was so distressed, I was so awkward that day that I couldn't sleep.
These are some of the things I remember along the way, such as the marching salute and taking pictures of boundary monuments, finding the border wire ring, picking up stones, and carrying those pots of flowers.
Q7: What do you think is the biggest gain for you personally through such a long-distance and ultra-long self-driving trip?
The biggest gain is that I think there are too many interesting places on the way, the scenery is too beautiful, although some places are just in a hurry, and it costs a lot of money, I buy a lot of things, anyway, I have a single bicycle, things can be loaded, to Kashgar, I also consigned back two large boxes. I felt that this trip was especially worthwhile because I had never been anywhere before. What, I've never heard of these before, and after walking through it, I realized that I can see the most beautiful scenery without taking the national highway at high speed, and the worse the road, the better the scenery.
I used to go out less, I haven't been to many places, this way is like Grandma Liu into the Grand View Garden, like a countryman, they say you are a Beijinger has never been anywhere, I also wrote down a lot of interesting places, thinking that I will stay here for a few more days in the future, have a good time.
Q8: What do you think is the help of the Chinese Dream Tour organized by Goba Network to realize the dream of driving around China, and what can be improved?
After such a trip, I particularly sighed, along the way kept shooting**, I like to shoot**, like dynamic images, two mobile phones and an action camera are full, and I specially bought a large-capacity hard drive. I feel very satisfied to be able to see the great rivers and mountains of the motherland in my lifetime, China is such a vast land, there are all kinds of beautiful scenery, and it is not inferior to foreign countries at all, so I think I am very profitable this time, I have been to so many places, it is especially worthwhile.
I think it's really good to follow the net, they organized this trip around the Chinese dream, not only to open people's eyes, but also to exercise willpower, but also to exercise driving skills, really exercised, teammates can't believe that I was the farthest drive before 500 kilometers, back and forth only more than 1000 kilometers, but also all high-speed self-driving white, after returning safely they feel incredible, they said you come back in a circle, there is no problem with driving any road in the future.
I was able to complete this lap, relying on the encouragement of my teammates, relying on the help of the team, team leader, pilot, escort, and the first brother, although I didn't go with us, but often gave me encouragement in **, and my teammates took care of each other, so I think the harvest is very big, I am especially grateful to the organization of this activity, I have the honor to participate, it is really unforgettable, this is a valuable asset in my life journey.
I would like to thank Goba.com, the brothers and sisters who are traveling with me, and the members of the Goba.com team, including the team leader Sister Flame, the pilot car Bo Ge, and the escort car Dong Ge ......, I thank them, special thanks!
If you want to give some opinions, I just think that the Chinese Dream Tour activity is still a bit too rushed, every place is in a hurry to check in, and I don't have a good taste of the local scenery, customs, and many meaningful places should stay overnight. Also, sometimes I am in a hurry at night, my driving skills are also poor, there are no street lights on many national roads, and my teammates are relatively old, so I think it is a bit dangerous, and I hope to reach my destination before dark as much as possible.
Q9: Thank you Sister Qin Si for accepting the interview of "Let's Go and Have a Date", and finally please say a few words to the fans.
I hope that the Chinese Dream Tour will get better and better, so that more people can feel the beauty of the motherland.
Let's go, there is a talk about Brother Chu
Hello everyone!
I'm the co-founder of Goba.com, and my dream has come true
She was 65 years old. Self-driving white.
The distance is 500 km.
Lack of experience in road trips.
Didn't do a strategy. There are no feelings.
It's just to distract people.
Sign up resolutely. Just go.
110 days. She drove 35,000 kilometers.
Around the borders of the Motherland.
Walked in a big circle.
Got it.
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I've seen countless beautiful scenery along the way.
Leave a lot of stories along the way.
It's worth a lifetime.
A trip of memories.
It's worth it. 100 days and 30,000 kilometers, driving the journey of the Chinese dream, can be called the most heroic journey in life!
Would you like to come too?
2024 Journey around the Chinese Dream
Will beMay 23rd(Sentimental Edition),June 16th(Dream Edition) assembled in Shenzhen.
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