Archive for July, 2008
please stop me when I get into a frenzy
day 236: 元山子 (yuanshanzi) – 清水镇 (qingshuizhen) = 38,8km Since I was recently feeling somewhat invincible with my newly acquired [...]
Tuesday, July 1st, 2008little miss sandstorm
day 237: 清水镇 (qingshuizhen) – 下河清 (xiaheqing) = 29,6km I woke up and I noticed there was this banner facing [...]
Wednesday, July 2nd, 2008the NYHC special move
day 238: 下河清 (xiaheqing) – 上坝 (shangba) = 19,4km I took a little detour and walked through the fields, because [...]
Thursday, July 3rd, 2008phobia
day 239: 上坝 (shangba) – 酒泉 (jiuquan) = 30,6km I am 26 years old, and I’m scared of bees. Anything [...]
Friday, July 4th, 2008嘉峪关 – Jiayuguan
day 240: 酒泉 (jiuquan) – 嘉峪关 (jiayuguan) = 24,6km I had just found out the Olympic Torch Relay was scheduled [...]
Saturday, July 5th, 2008torches
day 241: 嘉峪关 (jiayuguan) = 0km I had to get up at six and run outside if I wanted to [...]
Sunday, July 6th, 2008when known becomes unknown
day 242: 嘉峪关 (jiayuguan) = 0km I had been to this place before, in the summer of 2006, although that [...]
Monday, July 7th, 2008if we’re going into the same direction at the same time, why don’t we just go together?
day 243: 嘉峪关 (jiayuguan) – [somewhere in the desert] = 34km Today I crossed paths with my old self. …I [...]
Tuesday, July 8th, 2008overlooked & unexpected
day 244: [somewhere in the desert] – 清泉 (qingquan) = 29,1km The desert was so beautiful when we woke up [...]
Wednesday, July 9th, 2008ah, grandeur!
day 245: 清泉 (qingquan) – [somewhere in the desert] = 35km 2008-07-10.kmz show on larger map I’ve had some problems [...]
Thursday, July 10th, 2008a natural fool
day 246: [somewhere in the desert] – 玉门 (yumen) = 41,5km 2008-07-11.kmz show on larger map We broke camp and [...]
Friday, July 11th, 2008walkin sux, srsly, les jus tek da train
day 247: [嘉峪关 - (jiayuguan)] = 0km I stored my caboose in a shop within the hotel: Then I went [...]
Saturday, July 12th, 2008the phoenix foundation
day 248: [嘉峪关 - (jiayuguan)] = 0km Guess what… I sat in my room all day, waiting: Watching MacGyver. Soundtrack: [...]
Sunday, July 13th, 2008touchdown
day 249: [嘉峪关 - (jiayuguan)] = 0km I had been waiting just about long enough, when suddenly some dudes showed [...]
Monday, July 14th, 2008the cry-train
day 250: [嘉峪关 - (jiayuguan)] = 0km We slept until lunchtime. Then we had some food and some tea, and [...]
Tuesday, July 15th, 2008my own truth
day 251: [嘉峪关 - (jiayuguan)] = 0km It’s not what it looks like: We didn’t watch TV all day. Instead, [...]
Wednesday, July 16th, 2008coffin nail
day 252: [嘉峪关 - (jiayuguan)] = 0km It’s slow, it’s tiresome, and it doesn’t even pay any money – walking [...]
Thursday, July 17th, 2008the girl with the bird
day 253: [嘉峪关 - (jiayuguan)] = 0km It usually doesn’t rain much in this part of the country – but [...]
Friday, July 18th, 2008straw hats and watermelons
day 254: 玉门 (yumen) = 0km We eventually took the train back to 玉门 (yumen), the place where I had [...]
Saturday, July 19th, 2008Cucumber II
day 255: 玉门 (yumen) = 0km I still didn’t think much of the idea of my little brother walking through [...]
Sunday, July 20th, 2008five wheels better than no wheel
day 256: 玉门 (yumen) – 疏勒河 (shulehe) = 30,9km We tied the caboose and the cucumber together and put our [...]
Monday, July 21st, 2008pancakes
day 257: 疏勒河 (shulehe) – 布隆吉 (bulongji) = 42,4km It was a long yet easily winding road: We were able [...]
Tuesday, July 22nd, 2008turning heads
day 258: 布隆吉 (bulongji) – 双塔 (shuangta)= 32,8km We had spent the night in a small private home that was [...]
Wednesday, July 23rd, 2008songs about sh…
day 259: 双塔 (shuangta) – 安西 (anxi) = 41,7km We said good-bye to the family we had been staying with: [...]
Thursday, July 24th, 2008the fruit basket
day 260: 安西 (anxi) = 0km I think some of you have been with me long enough to know what [...]
Friday, July 25th, 2008wildstyle
day 261: 安西 (anxi) = 0km We were still hanging out, and even though we knew that we needed to [...]
Saturday, July 26th, 2008whey yuh a seh!
day 262: 安西 (anxi) = 0km Yaga yaga, coo pon dat bwoy: A fe mi bredda: Ya nuh see? No [...]
Sunday, July 27th, 2008the best of all melons
day 263: 安西 (anxi) – [somewhere in the desert] = 32km We knew things weren’t going to be easy during [...]
Monday, July 28th, 2008if you can’t fight it – jump on it
day 264: [somewhere in the desert] – [somewhere else in the desert] = 45,3km Yesterday had been a disaster, but [...]
Tuesday, July 29th, 2008敦煌 – Dunhuang
day 265: [somewhere else in the desert] – 敦煌 (dunhuang) = 43,8km In the morning, Robozwerg‘s eyes were much better, [...]
Wednesday, July 30th, 2008pull back the curtains
day 266: 敦煌 (dunhuang) = 0km Hey, check it out: I think we’re in the desert! Robozwerg says: “Whaaat?” Soundtrack: [...]
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