day 254: 玉门 (yumen) = 0km

We eventually took the train back to 玉门 (yumen), the place where I had left off several days ago (July 11th 2008).

A car took us to the hotel:

But we weren’t allowed to rest for too long, because we needed things.

We needed a hat to fight off the sun:

And a hat to fight off the bees:

We also needed a method of transportation for Robozwerg, and there was apparently only one place in town to get it:

The 农机市场 (tractor market) had petty 三轮车 (three-wheel bikes) that were old and weak:

What’s worse: they sold them at high prices and they wouldn’t even haggle.

Punks, we thought, and spent the rest of the day looking around town for an opportunity to get our hands on a decent affordable bike.

But of course there was nothing.

…

No long faces though!

The supermarket gave us two tasty water melons as a gift to our purchase (we had gotten some groceries and a badminton set):

Two watermelons … for free!!

Life is beautiful.

Robozwerg says:

“Check out the feet!”

Soundtrack: Bad Brains - “Long Time”

—total: 3286,2km