Archive for May, 2008

new shoes new shoes new shoes new shoes new shoes new shoes new shoes new shoes new shoes

day 175: 兰州 (Lanzhou) = 0km Oh yeah, finally: New trekking poles: And NEW SHOES: They feel lighter than my [...]

Thursday, May 1st, 2008

au bord de l’eau

day 176: 兰州 (Lanzhou) = 0km I took my new shoes for a little stroll downtown today: Walking without constant [...]

Friday, May 2nd, 2008

what am I going to call this one?

day 177: 兰州 (Lanzhou) = 0km I’m not sure why, but it was already past four in the afternoon when [...]

Saturday, May 3rd, 2008

pure love

day 178: 兰州 (Lanzhou) = 0km My ticket was made out for May 5th at 08:10 in the morning, and [...]

Sunday, May 4th, 2008

her

day 179: [in the air] = 0km I had to get up at 5am to make it to the airport [...]

Monday, May 5th, 2008

dr. pepper

day 180: [München] = 0km Blue skies, easiness. The city had a nice and clean feel to it: While grocery [...]

Tuesday, May 6th, 2008

home tourism

day 181: [München] = 0km There’s a large public park in the northern part of the city: It’s called “Englischer [...]

Wednesday, May 7th, 2008

2 appointments & an opinion on bread

day 182: [München] = 0km I went to my orthopedist today to have him check on my joints and my [...]

Thursday, May 8th, 2008

rhubarb

day 183: [München] = 0km I think it’s pretty obvious by now: My posts in Germany are mainly about food. [...]

Friday, May 9th, 2008

oh, how I love a good barbeque

day 184: [München] = 0km In the green outskirts of the city: (oh, how I love a good barbeque) …not [...]

Saturday, May 10th, 2008

only the brave

day 185: [München] = 0km München is definitely renown for its Biergarten-culture: large people sitting around large tables drinking ridiculously [...]

Sunday, May 11th, 2008

sadness in a cookie

day 186: [München] = 0km It was time to go. We had made spaghetti: And we sat there, talking. Then [...]

Monday, May 12th, 2008

above shaking grounds

day 187: [in the air] = 0km The news about the earthquake disaster had overshadowed our last hours together – [...]

Tuesday, May 13th, 2008

souvenirs

day 188: 兰州 (Lanzhou) = 0km In the People’s Republic of China, if you want to photograph cultural relics (like [...]

Wednesday, May 14th, 2008

last one with a zero

day 189: 兰州 (Lanzhou) = 0km The world is out there: And tomorrow is the day. Soundtrack: Black Uhuru – [...]

Thursday, May 15th, 2008

one would dream (Yellow River hop 2)

day 190: 兰州 (Lanzhou) = 22,2km Anxiety caught up with me again; no sleep until five in the morning. I [...]

Friday, May 16th, 2008

for what they are

day 191: 兰州 (Lanzhou) – 西固 (xigu) = 19,7km Walking didn’t go so bad today. One of the first things [...]

Saturday, May 17th, 2008

primal scream

day 192: 西固 (xigu) – 河口 (hekou)= 26,5km I safely got out of the power plant and found the river [...]

Sunday, May 18th, 2008

good food poor loo

day 193: 河口 (hekou) – 土槽湾 (tucaowan) = 15,6km See the green thing I’m crossing through on the map? Well, [...]

Monday, May 19th, 2008

dizzy in pink

day 194: 土槽湾 (tucaowan) – 红城 (hongcheng) = 18,4km What a bad night: not only had there been at least [...]

Tuesday, May 20th, 2008

new people

day 195: 红城 (hongcheng) – 永登 (yongdeng) = 37,2km From what I could see on the map, 永登 (yongdeng) seemed [...]

Wednesday, May 21st, 2008

phenomena

day 196: 永登 (yongdeng) = 0km My hotel sucked – big time. I think the least I could have expected [...]

Thursday, May 22nd, 2008

a gift from Grandpa Li

day 197: 永登 (yongdeng) – 武胜驿 (wushengyi) = 22,5km Ever since 兰州 (Lanzhou), the road has constantly risen up to [...]

Friday, May 23rd, 2008

“I Can’t Hear You!”

day 198: 武胜驿 (wushengyi) – 天祝藏族自治县 (Tibetan self-governed township of Tianzhu) – = 14,6km I felt like I was really [...]

Saturday, May 24th, 2008

the white yak, the majestic, and the worm

day 199: 天祝藏族自治县 (Tibetan self-governed township of Tianzhu) – = 0km 尕藏 (Ga Zang) got a couple of friends in [...]

Sunday, May 25th, 2008

two hundred by two hundred

day 200: 天祝藏族自治县 (Tibetan self-governed township of Tianzhu) – = 0km When I had come back from dinner late last [...]

Monday, May 26th, 2008

same old story: rain to drizzle

day 201: 天祝藏族自治县 (Tibetan self-governed township of Tianzhu) – 打柴沟 (dachaigou) = 20,6km I put on my jacket today. Unfortunately [...]

Tuesday, May 27th, 2008

a hard pass

day 202: 打柴沟 (dachaigou) – 安远 (anyuan) = 29,9km Who could have thought that today would turn out to be [...]

Wednesday, May 28th, 2008

night music

day 203: 安远 (anyuan) – 古浪 (gulang) = 32,9km Luckily I didn’t get sick last night, otherwise I would have [...]

Thursday, May 29th, 2008

my side of the road

day 204: 古浪 (gulang) – 黄羊镇 (huangyangzhen) = 23,5km Sorry for being such a slack arse about posting these last [...]

Friday, May 30th, 2008

misled

day 205: 黄羊镇 (huangyangzhen) – 武南镇 (wunanzhen) = 35,8km I didn’t know what the hell I was doing. But first [...]

Saturday, May 31st, 2008
 




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