Archive for March, 2008

looking for a connection

day 114: 西安 (Xi’an) – 西安 (Xi’an) = 12,6km Today saw me and my tour guide run around 西安 (Xi’an) [...]

Saturday, March 1st, 2008

Muslims and water fountains

day 115: 西安 (Xi’an) = 0km The province of Shaanxi (陕西) belongs to the Chinese West. This also means I [...]

Sunday, March 2nd, 2008

illin’

day 116: 西安 (Xi’an) = 0km I got an itchy rash on my foot, so I went to see the [...]

Monday, March 3rd, 2008

foot/dish

day 117: 西安 (Xi’an) = 0km Wanna see my foot? I’m afraid there’s actually not that much to see, it’s [...]

Tuesday, March 4th, 2008

some words

day 118: 西安 (Xi’an) = 0km When I woke up this morning and felt my foot, I decided it was [...]

Wednesday, March 5th, 2008

signs

day 119: 西安 (Xi’an) – 咸阳 (xianyang) = 25,4km It has taken me quite a while to come up with [...]

Thursday, March 6th, 2008

tiny riots

day 120: 咸阳 (xianyang) – 咸阳 (xianyang) = 3,1km I don’t exactly understand how, but my computer died on me [...]

Friday, March 7th, 2008

running inversely

day 121: [北京 (Beijing)] = 0km Beijing?? WTF just happened? I got up at 6 in the morning, dropped my [...]

Saturday, March 8th, 2008

lounge and destroy

day 122: [北京 (Beijing)] = 0km Sunday – no passport applications today. So basically all I did was hang around [...]

Sunday, March 9th, 2008

silly asinine

day 123: [北京 (Beijing)] = 0km I got up early (noon) and took a forty minute cab ride to the [...]

Monday, March 10th, 2008

rounding up the capital

day 124: [北京 (Beijing)] = 0km I got a ticket to fly back to 咸阳 (xianyang) tomorrow. Wanna know all [...]

Tuesday, March 11th, 2008

it’s nothing, just a flight back

day 125: 咸阳 (xianyang) = 0km So I get on an airplane: …sit in an airplane: …and get off an [...]

Wednesday, March 12th, 2008

“witness a decline”

day 126: 咸阳 (xianyang) = 0km Not much to say: I’ll just leave the words to the Ramones then. Soundtrack: [...]

Thursday, March 13th, 2008

my cave

day 127: 咸阳 (xianyang) = 0km Well, well, well, if it isn’t Christoph the Adventurer! I’m still in the same [...]

Friday, March 14th, 2008

time can what time doesn’t

day 128: 咸阳 (xianyang) = 0km Time can only do one thing: it can pass. And it doesn’t seem to [...]

Saturday, March 15th, 2008

walk

day 129: 咸阳 (xianyang) – 店张 (dianzhang) = 23,5km Oh yeah, I’m finally doing what I had originally set out [...]

Sunday, March 16th, 2008

kids & apples & the gift of pain

day 130: 店张 (dianzhang) – 礼泉 (liquan) = 15,7km Today was a warm day – what am I saying – [...]

Monday, March 17th, 2008

watch my back, Lord

day 131: 礼泉 (liquan) – 乾县 (qianxian) = 19,3km “Traffic in Asia always looks so chaotic, but there hardly ever [...]

Tuesday, March 18th, 2008

the prime target of the dumb

day 132: 乾县 (qianxian) – 永寿 (yongshou) = 26,2km Chinese history has seen families rise and dynasties fall, it has [...]

Wednesday, March 19th, 2008

just how old do I look?

day 133: 永寿 (yongshou) = 0km I left my stuff at the hotel and went out to ask someone for [...]

Thursday, March 20th, 2008

50k – a beginner’s guide

day 134: 永寿 (yongshou) – 彬县 (binxian) = 47,2km Okay, two things up front: 1) I never walked 50k, but [...]

Friday, March 21st, 2008

speacial or what

day 135: 彬县 (binxian) = 0km Just like I had promised myself: I didn’t do any walking today. Instead I [...]

Saturday, March 22nd, 2008

revenge of the prime target

day 137: 彬县 (binxian) – 亭口 (tingkou) = 19,8km This part of the province heavily depends on coal mining – [...]

Sunday, March 23rd, 2008

the knots

day 137: 亭口 (tingkou) – 长武 (changwu) = 22km See the curve right at the start of the red line [...]

Monday, March 24th, 2008

day 138: 长武 (changwu) – 飞云 (feiyun) = 25,5km My last day in Shaanxi (陕西), my first day in Gansu [...]

Tuesday, March 25th, 2008

questions unasked will remain questions unanswered

day 139: 飞云 (feiyun) – 泾川温泉 (jingchuan hot springs) = 22,5km The backyard of the pharmacy I stayed at last [...]

Wednesday, March 26th, 2008

inner linings

day 140: 泾川温泉 (jingchuan hot springs) – 泾川 (jingchuan) = 7,2km I walked such a short distance today! Basically just [...]

Thursday, March 27th, 2008

1 good thing, 4 nice people, 1 bad thing, and a possible solution to a problem

day 141: 泾川 (jingchuan) = 0km I had a nice big fat 火龙果 (dragon fruit) for breakfast: Da most prettiest [...]

Friday, March 28th, 2008

leaders of the valley

day 142: 泾川 (jingchuan) – 王村 (wangcun) = 17,2km First of all, here’s my shoe after the repair (1 good [...]

Saturday, March 29th, 2008

babies walk on roads inclined

day 143: 王村 (wangcun) 白水 (baishui) = 21,1km It’s not the shoes, it’s the road: Looks like a nice strip [...]

Sunday, March 30th, 2008

平凉 (Pingliang) – Angus

day 144: 白水 (baishui) – 平凉 (pingliang) = 43,4km They had given me the very best room in the little [...]

Monday, March 31st, 2008
 




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