day 38: 寿阳 (shouyang) – 太安驿 (taianyi) = 25,2km

The world has two faces:

the city…

…and the countryside.

It seems as if more and more people are living in more and more populated places.

- A part of the world with nobody inhabiting it?

Beautiful, yet scary thought.

I mean, I like the countryside. It can be great for taking pictures.

But to me it’s not just nature itself, it’s the interaction of man and nature that is most fascinating:

Big bull, little man.

Empires have been built on this.

…

Anyways, I’m walking, and I’m at an altitude of over 1100m now. Yesterday’s 40km are really wearing me down, and it just isn’t that much fun this way.

I have told you about the malicious mongrels on the road. They are everywhere:

This was actually a stray dog family I think. They were just quietly feeding on a pile of garbage and didn’t even take notice of me.

“Goooooood boy!”

By the way, I stayed in a hotel with floor heating and a pool last night. Awesome place.

Well, this shack on the side of the road also calls itself “Grand Hotel”:

I doubt I would find a pool in here though. How about floor heating maybe?

On the way I found someone else who wasn’t exactly living up to the expectations either:

崩溃. Falling apart.

Well, no. It’s not that bad with me. I’m in a small private guesthouse in the countryside, there is a (working) radiator next to my bed, and I am watching a Chinese TV series about women in the military.

I have banana chips.

Nothing to worry about.

Soundtrack: Nappy Roots feat. Barkays – “Ho Down”

—total: 568,6km