Archive for November, 2007

Touchdown in Beijing

Things are slowly coming together. I think I can start soon. Tweet

Friday, November 2nd, 2007

The Polaroid

It’s 00:29, with 2 days to go. I’m running about the place doing petty little things, trying to pull everything [...]

Tuesday, November 6th, 2007

last tv supper

There is Seinfeld on the tv, though on the box it’s called “Seimfeld”. Whatever. I got myself some chips, coke, [...]

Wednesday, November 7th, 2007

bald = bold?

I got my head shaved today. 20 yuan and 20 minutes – and the fluff was history. Jay and Hernando [...]

Thursday, November 8th, 2007

the first day

day 1: 北京市海淀区罗庄西里碧兴源3号楼2106室 (beijing bixingyuan) – 卢沟桥 (lugouqiao) = 26,7km The original plan was to get up “as early as [...]

Friday, November 9th, 2007

quest for country

day 2: 卢沟桥 (lugouqiao – Marco Polo Bridge) – 良乡 (liangxiang) = 19,4km I woke up with an aching back [...]

Saturday, November 10th, 2007

wheels and wheels and hot water in the end

day 3: 良乡 (liangxiang) – 琉璃河 (liulihe) = 23,8km “Early in the morning, rising to the street…” – Who could [...]

Sunday, November 11th, 2007

poor dogs and lucky dogs

day 4: 琉璃河 (liulihe) – 涿州 (zhuozhou) = 19,7km Start off with some happy stuff: 大姐 and the rest of [...]

Monday, November 12th, 2007

学生日 – student day

day 5: 涿州 (zhuozhou) – 高碑店 (gaobeidian) = 24,6km 朱辉 decided to try out the walking thing today and softly [...]

Tuesday, November 13th, 2007

崩溃 – things falling apart

day 6: 高碑店 (gaobeidian) – 定兴 (dingxing) = 11,2km Today I didn’t walk much, because eventually some things fell apart. [...]

Wednesday, November 14th, 2007

world in a tube

day 7: 定兴 (dingxing) – 固城 (gucheng) = 19,3km First the bad news: My wide angle lens is definitely broken [...]

Thursday, November 15th, 2007

help from inside and outside

day 8: 固城 (gucheng) – 保定 (baoding) = 39,3km I got help today, and I needed it badly: Waking up [...]

Friday, November 16th, 2007

health points +10

day 9: 保定 (baoding) = 0km We stayed in today, in that green hotel room on Middle Sky Goose Road. [...]

Saturday, November 17th, 2007

跆拳道 – Taekwondo

day 10: 保定 (baoding) = 0km Today I finally realized what 朱辉 had been talking about all this time: Taekwondo! [...]

Sunday, November 18th, 2007

friends go and friends come

day 11: 保定 (baoding) – 保定 (baoding) = 5,8km Last night, 朱辉 and I had a last TV supper: Chicken, [...]

Monday, November 19th, 2007

Mary’s Eternal Lotus Pond

day 12: 保定 (baoding) = okm 白昕 and the twins decided to stick around and do some sightseeing today, so [...]

Tuesday, November 20th, 2007

bad news

day 13: 保定 (baoding) = 0km This is my room number in the basement hotel I am staying at. As [...]

Wednesday, November 21st, 2007

play day (the donkey shuffle)

day 14: 保定 (baoding) = 0km Today was a day of leisure, and today was the first time I ever [...]

Thursday, November 22nd, 2007

back on the map

day 15: 保定 (baoding) – 方顺桥 (fangshunqiao) = 23,2km I woke up and I continued to walk. Not much landscape [...]

Friday, November 23rd, 2007

the fog

day 16: 方顺桥 (fangshunqiao) – 望都 (wangdu) = 13,9km I couldn’t see. Everything was white, and it wasn’t snow: Holding [...]

Saturday, November 24th, 2007

no love today

day 17: 望都 (wangdu) – 定州 (dingzhou) = 28,4km The reason for today’s title is this: “今日不爱” -”no love today” [...]

Sunday, November 25th, 2007

class

day 18: 定州 (dingzhou) – 定州 (dingzhou) = 3,3km At 9am I looked at my breath: a white miniature cloud [...]

Monday, November 26th, 2007

farewell in blue

day 19: 定州 (dingzhou) – 承安铺 (cheng’anpu) = 24,7km The sky was azure and looked like Indian summer today: I [...]

Tuesday, November 27th, 2007

good news

day 20: 承安铺 (cheng’anpu) = okm My hotel room has orange curtains: I have spent a whole day in this [...]

Wednesday, November 28th, 2007

faces and the birth of man

day 21: 承安铺 (cheng’anpu) – 新乐 (xinle) = 18,3km Today was all about people: I wandered around fairly relaxed, except [...]

Thursday, November 29th, 2007

leather & art

day 22: 新乐 (xinle) = 0km Today saw me hanging out with big brother wu. He had a friend in [...]

Friday, November 30th, 2007
 




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