day 204: 古浪 (gulang) – 黄羊镇 (huangyangzhen) = 23,5km

Sorry for being such a slack arse about posting these last couple of days, but things had gotten a bit chaotic on the way.

- more petty excuses tomorrow -

Right now though, we’re still on May 30th, and it’s the weekend around Children’s Day:

…kids everywhere, some dressed up…

…others just having a good time:

Today’s theme doesn’t seem to be about kids though, instead it’s about one side of a speedway, a side that I would stay on all day:

Rarely would I get a chance to peek at the things that lay there in western half of the valley.

A weird feeling.

…then of course I could have found a way to cross the road – but the walker’s freedom is only as big as his motivation, and I just wasn’t motivated enough today.

Instead I enjoyed the sights on my side of the highway:

Like this tractor that had something mysterious in Arabic written on it:

I imagined it to be something religious, maybe a blessing of some sort. Really, it could have been anything – maybe someone can tell me?

…

One time, I walked past this family who were apparently coming home from the market, and the asked me right away: “what you doin’ with that big camera lad – why don’t you take a photo of us?”

So I did, and oh boy, was there some hihi and haha when I showed them their picture!

I could still hear them laughing long after I had continued to walk down the road. Nice.

…

Then I ran into these little ones:

The tiny girl in red with the pigtails!

…kind of reminded me of my little sister when she was very little. :)

Soundtrack: Ice Cube – “The Product”

—total: 2559,1km