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walk
day 129: 咸阳 (xianyang) - 店张 (dianzhang) = 23,5km
Oh yeah, I’m finally doing what I had originally set out to do: walk!
The last three days had seen me looking outside my window like a sick dog (March 15th 2008) - but today I packed up, went out, and walked down that road I had been staring at for so long:
Beautiful!
Okay well, with almost all cuticle shred off from my feet due to that vicious treatment a week ago (March 9th 2008), I felt like today’s joy was really more of a mental than of a physical nature:
But still I somehow managed to cover a decent distance, and I even came across a historical relic on the way:
To be totally honest I’m not so sure about what exactly this is, but I am led to believe that it could be a burial mound from Imperial China, much like the one I’ve seen earlier (February 27th 2008).
Whatever, it might as well have been the world’s largest molehill for all I care - I was so happy to be back on the road anyways!
So many interesting people to look at:
So much concrete winding through the countryside, waiting for me to gently put down one foot, and then the other one:
…and then the first foot again, and then the other one…
My original plan was to walk all the way to 礼泉 (liquan) today, but when I asked this friendly old farmer about his expert opinion, he just laughed:
He told me to forget about 礼泉 for today and just settle in at itsy-bitsy 店张 (dianzhang) instead:
And I did just that.
And you wanna know another thing? Two dudes at the place where I just had dinner told me that this particular 店张 used to be the very first stop on the Silk Road coming from 西安 (Xi’an). Magic!
There’s really nothing to look at here, though.
But so much to be imagined…
Soundtrack: Pantera - “Walk”
—total: 1617,8km
March 17th, 2008 at 2:48 am
good to see u on your way again. =) 加油!!
March 17th, 2008 at 2:48 am
Fett Alter…ich hatte erst die Überschrift gelesen und schon Pantera am laufen. So is besser^^
Also Rocker, evtl bis bald im chat! WALK
March 17th, 2008 at 6:36 am
Hey, das Bild von dem Farmer gefällt mir sehr gut ;)….. big up and good luck on your way!!!
March 17th, 2008 at 11:14 am
hi,
hab dich neulich irgendwo (in der frankfurter?) entdeckt. Bewunder, bewunder! werd dich mal n bisschen verfolgen. Solche Bilder aus china sieht man so schnell nicht wieder. Muss man sich sorgen wegen tibet machen? darf man das überhaupt fragen?
ich seh dir zu - schon deine füße
aegi
March 17th, 2008 at 12:36 pm
ja klasse!! freu mich für dich, dass du endlich weiter gehen kannst, von deinem hotelzimmer dasein befreit und wieder guter dinge bist.
für mich freu ich mich auch; auf die neuen berichte!
also alles gute für deine ‘magische’ weiterreise…
March 17th, 2008 at 1:26 pm
my suggestion for you:
Willie Nelson - “On the road again”
…schön, Dich wieder lachen zu sehen!!!
Viele Grüße von
andy ;o))
March 17th, 2008 at 1:49 pm
Hi Christoph! Ich bin froh dass du wieder auf dem Weg bist! Gute Weiterreise und ich freue mich schon auf die neuen Berichte!
Viele Grüße,
Jasper
Ps. C’est vraiment rigolo tous ces gens qui te connaissent par les journeaux! Bientôt j’aurai un grand cousin célèbre
Bonne chance!
March 17th, 2008 at 6:59 pm
Wow, so many comments in Germa that I can’t understand.
我刚才发现你回北京所去的“碧兴园”离我住的“罗庄”如此近…
加油！
March 17th, 2008 at 7:40 pm
Woohoo!
March 18th, 2008 at 5:57 pm
cae: Thx
Basti: Dä-dädädä dädädä dädädä!
Elena: Danke, Glück kann ich immer gebrauchen!
aegi: Lieber nicht so viel fragen.
jule: Die Freude ist ganz meinerseits!
andy: Ha, muss ich mal hören.
Jasper: C’est marrant, non?
penghg: 碧兴园就属于罗庄西里！
Maggie: Blur - “Song 2″