day 85: somewhere in the fields - 临猗 (linyi) = 21,5km

You’ve probably guessed it:

Last night was pretty cold.

Getting into those frozen shoes, then packing up the tent and walking through the crackling snow… really not that nice.

Anyways I warmed up a bit after a distance, and at some point got to a small settlement next to the highway:

The kid in the middle had “movement” written on his sweater. With the masks and the somber expressions on the other people’s faces, I kinda liked that.

But what’s more important, this place was an opportunity to get FOOD:

After cookies and lemonade for the last twenty four hours, I didn’t care much:

It just had to be food, and it had to be hot.

Maybe that was a mistake?

They had a plastic rocket in that little town by the highway:

I had something else going on in my bowels.

The highway just rushed by:

…as I hurriedly made my way towards my destination.

Really I didn’t want to walk anymore.

There was something else on my mind:

But I knew I had to get to my hotel asap - don’t wanna be stuck out there with a bad case of gippy tummy!

Eventually I made it to 临猗 (linyi) though.

I kept up the pace, shot a picture where I was trying to artistically express my criticism towards the massive littering in public places:

When I got to the hotel, there was no haggling, I just accepted their rates and rushed up to my room.

I could hear them behind me: “他在哪个学校教英语?” - “At which school is he teaching English?”

But I had no time for explanations.

Soundtrack: Hatebreed - “Beholder Of Justice”

—total: 1177,7km

Posted on Friday, February 1st, 2008 9:00 pm ;Filed under walk.