Archive for February, 2008
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day 85: somewhere in the fields – 临猗 (linyi) = 21,5km You’ve probably guessed it: Last night was pretty cold. [...]
Friday, February 1st, 2008tea
day 86: 临猗 (linyi) = 0km What a mess: I laid all my stuff out to dry in my hotel [...]
Saturday, February 2nd, 2008misconceptions 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, 2008the 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, 2008salt 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, 2008my firecrackers
day 90: 运城 (yuncheng) = 0km I got out of bed and spent some money on personal armament: 10.000 – [...]
Wednesday, February 6th, 2008games (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, 2008transformers
day 92: 运城 (yuncheng) = 0km Most doors remain closed these days, no matter what: Lots of people are trying [...]
Friday, February 8th, 2008c.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, 2008cakes, 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, 2008tattoo 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, 2008like 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, 2008sneakers
day 97: 解州 (xiezhou) – 虞乡 (yuxiang) = 27km Someone had left his sneakers outside, on a wall next to [...]
Wednesday, February 13th, 2008spring 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, 2008afraid 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, 2008love 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, 2008visiting 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, 2008funny 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, 2008the 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, 2008noodles
day 104: 华阴 (huayin) = 0km The mountain is calling. My plan is to start the ascend in the midnight [...]
Wednesday, February 20th, 2008cool 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, 2008heat 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, 2008stones 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, 2008weather 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, 2008sharks & 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, 2008simple?
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, 2008old 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, 2008different 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 [...]
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