day 140: 泾川温泉 (jingchuan hot springs) - 泾川 (jingchuan) = 7,2km

I walked such a short distance today!

Basically just a stretch of clean road…

…had me limping into the center of 泾川 (jingchuan):

Limping?

Limping:

I know these blisters don’t look so bad, and the one on top is really nothing - but believe me, the bottom one hurts like a bitch!

Here’s why:

Guess I hadn’t always strapped my laces tight enough in the past, anyways this had cost me my inner lining and the happiness on today’s parade.

I got a room in a better hotel and thought about my options…

There wasn’t going to be a professional trekking shoe repair for the next 400km.

…the only thing I could do now was go to the market:

That’s where I found 吕先生 (Mr. Lü):

He explained how he would fix the shoe, what materials he would use and where he would glue and stitch.

Then I went back to my room to read up on the Internet, hoping to find some indication how to solve this problem.

I thought that was a smart move; first get educated, then make a decision.

Well, there’s other things you can only learn by try&error:

Cucumber flavored potato chips??

How disgusting!

I’ll get the shoe fixed tomorrow.

Soundtrack: Bob Marley & The Wailers - “I Shot The Sheriff”

—total: 1823,2km