Day 407: 果子沟牧场 (Guozigou pasture) – 芦草沟 = 14,9km

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Sometimes we have to look a bit closer in order to find what we’ve been looking for:

(Note that it says 旅社 – “hotel” in the window over the door.)

I left the shop/hotel in the morning, even though the owners were urging me to stay. They knew walking wasn’t very easy for me, since I had got myself some more bleeding blisters the day before.

But the call of the road was there, and it was strong:

I could see the fertile land and the mountains in the distance:

The Gobi desert was behind me. The mountains were too. I was back in the valley. And it was a valley full of apple trees:

…

One time, there was this dude who was apparently “cleaning up” the road by simply tossing all the trash that he could find down the embankment:

I walked by, imagining that there would be another similar looking dude tossing that same trash out from the embankment and down into the fields later.

…

I ended up not walking very far.

After a few hours, I reached a place full of restaurants:

Found a comfortable spot that served noodles:

And a guesthouse to spend the night:

(Again if you look closer, you will see that the Caboose immediately made a new friend.)

And then the weather changed, and a summer storm came rolling over the little village with its restaurants, shops, markets, streets and backyards:

And I was happy that I was inside.

Soundtrack: Snoop Dogg – “Ballin’”

-total: 5318,6km

Posted on Tuesday, August 28th, 2012 17:59 ;Filed under time lapse, Walk, Xinjiang.

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