Archive for February, 2008

pressing

day 85: somewhere in the fields – 临猗 (linyi) = 21,5km You’ve probably guessed it: Last night was pretty cold. [...]

Friday, February 1st, 2008

tea

day 86: 临猗 (linyi) = 0km What a mess: I laid all my stuff out to dry in my hotel [...]

Saturday, February 2nd, 2008

misconceptions in foreign media

day 87: 临猗 (linyi) – 运城 (yuncheng) = 31,3km The news in Europe and the States seem to make it [...]

Sunday, February 3rd, 2008

the late bird

day 88: 运城 (yuncheng) = 0km I found myself in a car today, looking at downtown traffic rushing around me: [...]

Monday, February 4th, 2008

salt lake city

day 89: 运城 (yuncheng) = 0km We went back to 关帝庙 (guandi temple) the next day, and this time, we [...]

Tuesday, February 5th, 2008

my firecrackers

day 90: 运城 (yuncheng) = 0km I got out of bed and spent some money on personal armament: 10.000 – [...]

Wednesday, February 6th, 2008

games (or: the boring German)

day 91: 运城 (yuncheng) = 0km The first sunrise and sunset in the Year of the Rat, and here are [...]

Thursday, February 7th, 2008

transformers

day 92: 运城 (yuncheng) = 0km Most doors remain closed these days, no matter what: Lots of people are trying [...]

Friday, February 8th, 2008

c.r.e.a.m.

day 93: 运城 (yuncheng) = 0km I needed money. Somehow none of the local ATM’s seemed to be willing to [...]

Saturday, February 9th, 2008

cakes, carousels, and captive canines

day 94: 运城 (yuncheng) = 0km This is my friend 王嫣 (wang yan)’s Grandma: It was her birthday today, and [...]

Sunday, February 10th, 2008

tattoo with blade

day 95: 运城 (yuncheng) = 0km It’s really about time I get going again – add some mileage to the [...]

Monday, February 11th, 2008

like to want to try to do sth.

day 96: 运城 (yuncheng) – 解州 (xiezhou) = 26,3km Oh, so good to be on the road again! Or so [...]

Tuesday, February 12th, 2008

sneakers

day 97: 解州 (xiezhou) – 虞乡 (yuxiang) = 27km Someone had left his sneakers outside, on a wall next to [...]

Wednesday, February 13th, 2008

spring again

day 98: 虞乡 (yuxiang) – 永济 (yongji) = 20,5km There’s a foreign photographer (I forget his name) who has published [...]

Thursday, February 14th, 2008

afraid of heights

day 99: 永济 (yongji) – 蒲州 (puzhou) = 23,5km There is an aeroplane on a square in a public park [...]

Friday, February 15th, 2008

love locks

day 100: 蒲州 (puzhou) – 河东农家 (hedong farmhouse) = 18km This is my friend 常海强 (chang haiqiang): Awesome guy; fixed [...]

Saturday, February 16th, 2008

visiting the fat lady

day 101: 河东农家 (hedong farmhouse) – 风铃度 (fenglingdu) = 32,8km You see the blue stream on the map? That’s the [...]

Sunday, February 17th, 2008

funny faces

day 102: 风铃度 (fenglingdu) = 0km I ran out of clean socks today. (Yes, even though I might look a [...]

Monday, February 18th, 2008

the Yellow River hop

day 103: 风铃度 (fenglingdu) – 华阴 (huayin) = 36,9km I finally crossed the Yellow River and made it into the [...]

Tuesday, February 19th, 2008

noodles

day 104: 华阴 (huayin) = 0km The mountain is calling. My plan is to start the ascend in the midnight [...]

Wednesday, February 20th, 2008

cool mountaineers

day 105: 华阴 (huayin) = 0km I got to the foot of 华山 (mount hua) at around one in the [...]

Thursday, February 21st, 2008

heat in the working unit

day 106: 华阴 (huayin) – 罗夫 (luofu) = 18,7km Not much happened today, except for one thing: temperatures were rising, [...]

Friday, February 22nd, 2008

stones to pebbles

day 107: 罗夫 (luofu) – 华县 (huaxian) = 21km Today might have been even hotter than the day before; I’m [...]

Saturday, February 23rd, 2008

weather conditions are subject to change

day 108: 华县 (huaxian) – 渭南 (weinan) = 30,1km I told you it had been pretty hot the last two [...]

Sunday, February 24th, 2008

sharks & coupons

day 109: 渭南 (weinan) = 0km Yesterday had me going through some moments of undignified, intense stomach-unrest, so today I [...]

Monday, February 25th, 2008

simple?

day 110: 渭南 (weinan) – 兵马俑 (Terra Cotta Warriors) = 31,4km Another night of the elevator-symphony had gone by, and [...]

Tuesday, February 26th, 2008

old friends better than merry warriors

day 111: 兵马俑 (Terra Cotta Warriors) – 临潼 (lintong) = 18,6km When I woke up in my PLA bed, I [...]

Wednesday, February 27th, 2008

different degrees of deluxe

day 112: 临潼 (lintong) – 灞桥 (baqiao) = 20,6km I was going to walk to 西安 (Xi’an) today, but in [...]

Thursday, February 28th, 2008

西安 – Xi’an

day 113: 灞桥 (baqiao) – 西安 (Xi’an) = 18,8km The first thing in the morning – lazy cats on the [...]

Friday, February 29th, 2008
 




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