day 203: 安远 (anyuan) – 古浪 (gulang) = 32,9km

Luckily I didn’t get sick last night, otherwise I would have had to go to the place where many chose to rather relieve themselves outside:

- Only the very brave and the desperately needy would ever go in there:

A place better to be avoided.

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So anyways I was really happy to leave this hell hole and get out to where the winds played with the mountains:

- so fresh & so clean -

There were some encounters with people on the road, though not many, and it was all just kind of passing by.

This gentleman I liked because of the orange color of his suit:

This lady’s smile warmed me all the way across the 4-lane highway:

…and these folks were up there taking a break from work on a landslide fixture:

I asked them – this particular landslide hadn’t been because of the earthquake two weeks earlier.

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You can see the river bend on the map:

It was so boring to walk for miles and miles down there, so I was glad when I found a small temple in the hills:

I took my shoes off, sat down and thought about things.

Questions, and answers.

Then I got on my way again, and the road suddenly seemed much nicer:

When I got to 古浪 (gulang), it was already getting pretty late, but since I found myself walking right past a pagoda on a hill anyway, I decided to climb up and take some night shots:

So here’s the outcome – sound and pictures taken in the same location:

It’s called “night music” . . .

Soundtrack: Doc Gynéco – “Caramel”

—total: 2535,6km