On a more-touristy route 50 kilometers north, the car is waved to the side of the road by a portly policeman wearing a pistol on his hip and a red light on his bullet-proof vest.

• 往北50公里是一条旅行团常走的公路，可在那里我们的汽车又被一名挎着手枪、身穿防弹背心的大个警察示意停在了路边。