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the cry-train

day 250: [嘉峪关 - (jiayuguan)] = 0km

We slept until lunchtime. Then we had some food and some tea, and then we sat around doing nothing.

…it was very late in the afternoon that we finally decided to take a cab into the desert:

We went to a place southwest of the city called 第一墩 - “the first pillar”:

…the western end of the Great Wall.

There’s a river that serves as a natural ending (or starting) point for the Wall:

We had fun taking pictures for a while:

Then we started walking north, alongside the Wall:

The weather wasn’t too hot, and walking felt nice & easy:

At one point we had to make a railroad crossing though:

Note: the flesh-wound on my knee is the result of a head-on collision with the freight train in the video.

Note: the train got it even worse than me. I think I even heard it cry.

…

It took us more than two hours to get to 嘉峪关城楼 - “Jiayuguan Fort”:

Of course the sights were already closed when we got there:

…so we wandered around on the outside for a little while, snapping pics and chatting away about this and that:

Then we went home, thinking: maybe we’ll just come back tomorrow?

Robozwerg says:

“Watch where you’re stepping if Chris has already been there sometime in the past.”

Soundtrack: Toto - “Africa”

—total: 3286,2km

Posted on Tuesday, July 15th, 2008 8:46 pm ;Filed under extra, robozwerg.

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Florian (Flo Li Anh) Says:
July 20th, 2008 at 9:03 am
Wie wäre es mit “Ahn Di”?
17
Christoph Says:
July 19th, 2008 at 6:30 pm
Barry aka Ba Lli: …
Patrick: Some walking, some sightseeing, and most of all - a lot of fun!
丁: 呵呵，长城是最好玩的！
Réka: …aber wie gehe ich dann weiter??
Gisela: Der Bienenvorfall war in erster Linie ein psychisches Trauma!
andy: Rauchen abgewöhnen finde ich sehr bewundernswert!
硝卡: 呵呵，你也没有说你准备从哪里回到哪里。。。？
Hermann: …
Florian (Flo Li Anh)…
16
andy Says:
July 19th, 2008 at 6:14 pm
@Florian (Flo Li Anh):
請原諒我! ;o))

(…hm, müßt auch mal Gedanken um’nen nickname für die nächsten Jahre mit Euch machen…”An Dle As” klingt doof, vielleicht: “andy”…?)
15
Florian (Flo Li Anh) Says:
July 19th, 2008 at 2:18 pm
@andy: bitte Flo Li Anh (!) nicht Flo Li Aan.
14
Barry aka Ba Lli Says:
July 19th, 2008 at 1:20 am
datt dauert aber wohl noch ein bißken
13
andy Says:
July 18th, 2008 at 10:21 pm
…aber für’s Enkel, nich?!
12
Barry aka Ba Lli Says:
July 18th, 2008 at 4:46 am
Volltreffer. Bist ja richtig fleißig und die Bücher klingen interessant. Aber wie gesagt, die Tochter wird bald 19, da sind Deine Werke wohl nicht mehr so angesagt. Schade.
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Hermann Says:
July 18th, 2008 at 3:10 am
na, ba lli, schau doch unter hermann mensing…

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