Archive for April, 2008

inner peace – no more walking

day 145: 平凉 (pingliang) = 0km Almost 2000km, some fantastic 5 months – and now I’m not going to walk [...]

Tuesday, April 1st, 2008

I am the fool

day 146: 平凉 (pingliang) = 0km My attempt at an April Fool’s joke was a day too late, and nobody [...]

Wednesday, April 2nd, 2008

judging covers

day 147: 平凉 (pingliang) = 0km “You’ve never actually been to a place until you’ve walked there.” “It is only [...]

Thursday, April 3rd, 2008

yellow bags and the Internet

day 148: 平凉 (pingliang) = 0km See this person’s yellow bag in the picture? I’m led to believe that, whatever [...]

Friday, April 4th, 2008

a mountain left

day 149: 平凉 (pingliang) = 0km There was still a mountain left to climb. Me and my friend from destiny [...]

Saturday, April 5th, 2008

other lives – ç‚ç‚

day 150: 平凉 (pingliang) = 0km Talking about oneself can get pretty tiring… You guys remember ç‚ç‚ (keke – a [...]

Sunday, April 6th, 2008

the clouds in the air and the nights down here

day 151: 平凉 (pingliang) – 安国 (anguo) = 19km Finally, I got back on old highway 312 today: I had [...]

Monday, April 7th, 2008

Azzurro

day 152: 安国 (anguo) – 蒿店 (haodian) = 19km There’s a small mausoleum near 安国 (anguo): The main building holds [...]

Tuesday, April 8th, 2008

can danger be a middle name?

day 153: 蒿店 (haodian) – 六盘山 (Mount Liupan)= 17,2km I’m not much of an Alpinist. That being said, I didn’t [...]

Wednesday, April 9th, 2008

Scandinavia

day 154: 六盘山 (Mount Liupan) – 隆德 (longde) = 20,3km Waking up that morning in the tent was horrible: I [...]

Thursday, April 10th, 2008

boring, good

day 155: 隆德 (longde) = 0km Tent, shoes, sleeping bag: All these things needed some time to dry. So I [...]

Friday, April 11th, 2008

lost causes

day 156: 隆德 (longde) – 沙塘 (shatang) = 15,4km There have been times on this trip when my behind was [...]

Saturday, April 12th, 2008

2-0-0-0

day 157: 沙塘 (shatang) – é™å® (jingning) = 30,2km This is me after precisely two thousand kilometers: More hair (1-0-0-0). [...]

Sunday, April 13th, 2008

eat up

day 158: é™å® (jingning) = 0km My day revolved mainly around noodles: …and fruit: I’m not going to make much [...]

Monday, April 14th, 2008

use/disuse/thanks

day 159: é™å® (jingning) = 0km Yesterday and today. Two days of my long way home. I feel weary: Maybe [...]

Tuesday, April 15th, 2008

what is walking?

day 160: é™å® (jingning) – 界石铺 (jieshipu) = 24,5km I finally left é™å® (jingning) behind: Before, I had to fill [...]

Wednesday, April 16th, 2008

all the good under the clouds

day 161: 界石铺 (jieshipu) – é’æ±Ÿé©¿ (qingjiangyi) = 16,9km Cloudy weather isn’t necessarily pretty, but it’s good to get work [...]

Thursday, April 17th, 2008

east west north or south

day 162: é’æ±Ÿé©¿ (qingjiangyi) – 翟所 (zhaisuo) = 21,3km Like I said before, there was a pair of donkeys in [...]

Friday, April 18th, 2008

overtaken

day 163: 翟所 (zhaisuo) – ä¼šå® (huining) = 21,9 km I am so slow, I got overtaken today. Again, the [...]

Saturday, April 19th, 2008

little things

day 164: ä¼šå® (huining) = 0 km A day in a little town. I wander around looking for decent chocolate: [...]

Sunday, April 20th, 2008

cold

day 165: ä¼šå® (huining) = 0 km See the white stuff on top of the fruit-stands? The snow is back, [...]

Monday, April 21st, 2008

wieners

day 166: ä¼šå® (huining) = 0 km My hotel seems almost completely deserted during most of the day: There’s a [...]

Tuesday, April 22nd, 2008

another walk in the park

day 167: ä¼šå® (huining) – 西巩驿 (xigongyi) = 25,2km I’ve said it before: sometimes being bored in a nice way [...]

Wednesday, April 23rd, 2008

to each his own

day 168: 西巩驿 (xigongyi) – æ€å£ (chankou) = 43,9km Today was a bit too much for me: – the distance. [...]

Thursday, April 24th, 2008

tea & literature

day 169: æ€å£ (chankou) = 0km æ€å£ seems to consist of only two building rows hugging the highway: I spent [...]

Friday, April 25th, 2008

paws

day 170: æ€å£ (chankou) – 甘è‰åº— (gancaodian) = 29,1km You’ve seen it before on other pictures (things falling apart): Here [...]

Saturday, April 26th, 2008

self-proclaimed doors

day 171: 甘è‰åº— (gancaodian) – 三角城 (sanjiaocheng) = 21km I woke up early, then finished yesterday’s post and went out [...]

Sunday, April 27th, 2008

sunshine

day 172: 三角城 (sanjiaocheng) – 定远 (dingyuan) = 18km I had spent the night in a trucker motel right next [...]

Monday, April 28th, 2008

兰州 – Lanzhou

day 173: 定远 (dingyuan) – å…°å·ž (Lanzhou) = 26,2km Someone had lost his pig: Can’t see? Take a closer look: [...]

Tuesday, April 29th, 2008

guess what I’m doin

day 174: å…°å·ž (Lanzhou) = 0km That’s right: Absolutely nothing! With all my clothes in the laundry, the only thing [...]

Wednesday, April 30th, 2008
 




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