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Archive for the ‘China’ Category
Touchdown in Beijing
Things are slowly coming together. I think I can start soon.
Friday, November 2nd, 2007 The Polaroid
It’s 00:29, with 2 days to go. I’m running about the place doing petty little things, trying to pull everything [...]
Tuesday, November 6th, 2007 last tv supper
There is Seinfeld on the tv, though on the box it’s called “Seimfeld”. Whatever. I got myself some chips, coke, [...]
Wednesday, November 7th, 2007 bald = bold?
I got my head shaved today. 20 yuan and 20 minutes – and the fluff was history. Jay and Hernando [...]
Thursday, November 8th, 2007
the first day
day 1: 北京市海淀区罗庄西里碧兴源3号楼2106室 (beijing bixingyuan) – 卢沟桥 (lugouqiao) = 26,7km The original plan was to get up “as early as [...]
Friday, November 9th, 2007
quest for country
day 2: 卢沟桥 (lugouqiao – Marco Polo Bridge) – 良乡 (liangxiang) = 19,4km I woke up with an aching back [...]
Saturday, November 10th, 2007
wheels and wheels and hot water in the end
day 3: 良乡 (liangxiang) – 琉璃河 (liulihe) = 23,8km “Early in the morning, rising to the street…” – Who could [...]
Sunday, November 11th, 2007
poor dogs and lucky dogs
day 4: 琉璃河 (liulihe) – 涿州 (zhuozhou) = 19,7km Start off with some happy stuff: 大姐 and the rest of [...]
Monday, November 12th, 2007
学生日 – student day
day 5: 涿州 (zhuozhou) – 高碑店 (gaobeidian) = 24,6km 朱辉 decided to try out the walking thing today and softly [...]
Tuesday, November 13th, 2007
崩溃 – things falling apart
day 6: 高碑店 (gaobeidian) – 定兴 (dingxing) = 11,2km Today I didn’t walk much, because eventually some things fell apart. [...]
Wednesday, November 14th, 2007
world in a tube
day 7: 定兴 (dingxing) – 固城 (gucheng) = 19,3km First the bad news: My wide angle lens is definitely broken [...]
Thursday, November 15th, 2007
help from inside and outside
day 8: 固城 (gucheng) – 保定 (baoding) = 39,3km I got help today, and I needed it badly: Waking up [...]
Friday, November 16th, 2007
health points +10
day 9: 保定 (baoding) = 0km We stayed in today, in that green hotel room on Middle Sky Goose Road. [...]
Saturday, November 17th, 2007
跆拳道 – Taekwondo
day 10: 保定 (baoding) = 0km Today I finally realized what 朱辉 had been talking about all this time: Taekwondo! [...]
Sunday, November 18th, 2007
friends go and friends come
day 11: 保定 (baoding) – 保定 (baoding) = 5,8km Last night, 朱辉 and I had a last TV supper: Chicken, [...]
Monday, November 19th, 2007
Mary’s Eternal Lotus Pond
day 12: 保定 (baoding) = okm I went to what seems to be the main attraction of this city: the [...]
Tuesday, November 20th, 2007
bad news
day 13: 保定 (baoding) = 0km This is my room number in the basement hotel I am staying at. As [...]
Wednesday, November 21st, 2007
play day (the donkey shuffle)
day 14: 保定 (baoding) = 0km Today was a day of leisure, and today was the first time I ever [...]
Thursday, November 22nd, 2007
back on the map
day 15: 保定 (baoding) – 方顺桥 (fangshunqiao) = 23,2km I woke up and I continued to walk. Not much landscape [...]
Friday, November 23rd, 2007
the fog
day 16: 方顺桥 (fangshunqiao) – 望都 (wangdu) = 13,9km I couldn’t see. Everything was white, and it wasn’t snow: Holding [...]
Saturday, November 24th, 2007
no love today
day 17: 望都 (wangdu) – 定州 (dingzhou) = 28,4km The reason for today’s title is this: “今日不爱” -”no love today” [...]
Sunday, November 25th, 2007
class
day 18: 定州 (dingzhou) – 定州 (dingzhou) = 3,3km At 9am I looked at my breath: a white miniature cloud [...]
Monday, November 26th, 2007
farewell in blue
day 19: 定州 (dingzhou) – 承安铺 (cheng’anpu) = 24,7km The sky was azure and looked like Indian summer today: I [...]
Tuesday, November 27th, 2007
good news
day 20: 承安铺 (cheng’anpu) = okm My hotel room has orange curtains: I have spent a whole day in this [...]
Wednesday, November 28th, 2007
faces and the birth of man
day 21: 承安铺 (cheng’anpu) – 新乐 (xinle) = 18,3km Today was all about people: I wandered around fairly relaxed, except [...]
Thursday, November 29th, 2007
leather & art
day 22: 新乐 (xinle) = 0km Today saw me hanging out with my friend. He knew someone in the leather [...]
Friday, November 30th, 2007
Advent
day 23: 新乐 (xinle) = 0km Today is December 1st. Where I am from, Christmas is on the evening of [...]
Saturday, December 1st, 2007
easy yokes
day 24: 新乐 (xinle) – 正定 (zhengding) = 26,6km I said good-bye to my friends in 新乐 today. Life in [...]
Sunday, December 2nd, 2007
history lessons
day 25: 正定 (zhengding) – 正定 (zhengding) = 9,9km War! I woke up this morning because I could hear a [...]
Monday, December 3rd, 2007
templicity
day 26: 正定 (zhengding) – 石家庄 (shijiazhuang) = 24,1km For all those who might have been wondering what my room [...]
Tuesday, December 4th, 2007
living large in the dust
day 27: 石家庄 (shijiazhuang) = 0km I stayed in the city today. “Civilization”, as someone put it. But first, I [...]
Wednesday, December 5th, 2007
Out like a Soldier
day 28: 石家庄 (shijiazhuang) – 鹿泉 (luquan) = 18,6km I walked west today. That’s a good thing, because west is [...]
Thursday, December 6th, 2007
definition of hurt
day 29: 鹿泉 (luquan) – 井陉 (jingxing) = 23,5km I woke up and went down the hallway to brush my [...]
Friday, December 7th, 2007
bird and man, milkshake and blood
day 30: 井陉 (jingxing) – 天长 (tianchang) = 14,9km Back on G307, I saw something unexpected: Beautiful. No idea what [...]
Saturday, December 8th, 2007
choice
day 31: 天长 (tianchang) – 旧关 (jiuguan) = 29,1km Sick of me going off about all the terrible sins against [...]
Sunday, December 9th, 2007
Achromatic – again
day 32: 旧关 (jiuguan) – 柏井 (baijing) = 21km Everything was white, and it was… SNOW!! I said goodbye to [...]
Monday, December 10th, 2007
the grudge
day 33: 柏井 (baijing) – 平定 (pingding) = 18,4km …of course the radiator didn’t work. The coldest night so far. [...]
Tuesday, December 11th, 2007
idols coming to town
day 34: 平定 (pingding) – 阳泉 (yangquan) = 15,7km I think the administration can sometimes look pretty intimidating: …even kafkaesque [...]
Wednesday, December 12th, 2007
storytelling
day 35: 阳泉 (yangquan) = 0km At first it didn’t really look like I was going to shoot many pictures [...]
Thursday, December 13th, 2007
role-models
day 36: 阳泉 (yangquan) = 0km I decided to stay for another day, because my friends, the 杨 (yang) brothers, [...]
Friday, December 14th, 2007
smell the bacon
day 37: 阳泉 (yangquan) – 寿阳 (shouyang) = 40km Too much walking today. There was no kind of accommodation between [...]
Saturday, December 15th, 2007
empire
day 38: 寿阳 (shouyang) – 太安驿 (taianyi) = 25,2km The world has two faces: the city… …and the countryside. It [...]
Sunday, December 16th, 2007
the wild
day 39: 太安驿 (taianyi) – 榆次 (yuci) = 32,2km [No news from me lately, because there was no way to [...]
Monday, December 17th, 2007
power-off
day 40: 榆次 (yuci) = 0km Nothing happened today. I got up late and looked at the poster on the [...]
Tuesday, December 18th, 2007
a breeze of anguish
day 41: 榆次 (yuci) – 东阳 (dongyang) = 31,5km Today was a breeze. 榆次 (yuci) is well-known for its rebuilt [...]
Wednesday, December 19th, 2007
sheepolution
day 42: 东阳 (dongyang) – 太谷 (taigu) = 23,7km I saw A LOT of sheep today. They are everywhere around [...]
Thursday, December 20th, 2007
the recipe
day 43: 太谷 (taigu) – 东观 (dongguan) = 24,3 A bowl of fried rice in 山西农业大学 (Agricultural University of Shanxi): [...]
Friday, December 21st, 2007
camel #4
day 44: 东观 (dongguan) – 祁县 (qixian) = 23,8km 2007-12-22.kmz auf einer größeren Karte anzeigen I woke up in the [...]
Saturday, December 22nd, 2007
平遥 – Pingyao
day 45: 祁县 (qixian) – 平遥 (pingyao) = 27,6km Get on the good foot. Today was another day I started [...]
Sunday, December 23rd, 2007
Santa’s beard
day 46: 平遥 (pingyao) = 0km Me and my fuzz are saying: “MERRY CHRISTMAS!” hoping all of you are well [...]
Monday, December 24th, 2007
a smile
day 47: 平遥 (pingyao) = 0km We spent Christmas hanging out in the Old Town: Beautiful place. Beautiful smile: Of [...]
Tuesday, December 25th, 2007
lots of AAAA’s
day 48: 平遥 (pingyao) = 0km I found 平遥 to be a large rectangle that is bursting with history to [...]
Wednesday, December 26th, 2007
temporary
day 49: 平遥 (pingyao) = 0km These are the shoes I’ve been wearing during the last couple of days: 50rmb. [...]
Thursday, December 27th, 2007
fast/slow
day 50: 平遥 (pingyao) = 0km I took a break today: Fast food, slow day. Time to leave I guess. [...]
Friday, December 28th, 2007
sissy
day 51: 平遥 (pingyao) – 张兰 (zhanglan) = 16,4km I’m not tough. I’m a sissy. …but I’ll tell you more [...]
Saturday, December 29th, 2007
the happy and the burning red
day 52: 张兰 (zhanglan) – 介休 (jiexiu) = 20,3km Today was a good day: subzero temperatures, but good. I’d like [...]
Sunday, December 30th, 2007
final flowers
day 53: 介休 (jiexiu) – 静升 (jingsheng) = 21,2k I spent today mainly walking uphill: Luckily, temperatures seemed on the [...]
Monday, December 31st, 2007
more than numbers
day 54: 静升 (jingsheng) = 0km Two zero zero eight. It’s the year of the Olympics alright. Most radio and [...]
Tuesday, January 1st, 2008
invisible Russians
day 55: 静升 (jingsheng) – 灵石 (lingshi) = 16,7km An easy day. Mild temperatures. Roads winding through little villages. People [...]
Wednesday, January 2nd, 2008
mistaken
day 56: 灵石 (lingshi) – 南关 (nanguan) = 29,8km This morning I made a mistake. I looked at the map [...]
Thursday, January 3rd, 2008
in the bunk
day 57: 南关 (nanguan) = 0km I look like shit today: Better take a day off to buy some medicine [...]
Friday, January 4th, 2008
cruelty lines
day 58: 南关 (nanguan) – 霍州 (huozhou) = 20,7km I just lay there on my bed, thinking and thinking: should [...]
Saturday, January 5th, 2008
tragedy
day 59: 霍州 (huozhou) = 0km I’m still not well. Always a bit dizzy. Maybe I should have stayed in [...]
Sunday, January 6th, 2008
disaster movies
day 60: 霍州 (huozhou) = 0km When I woke up this morning and still had that dizzy feeling I decided [...]
Monday, January 7th, 2008
mountain temples
day 61: 霍州 (huozhou) – 辛置 (xinzhi) = 18,2km My health is getting better to an extent where I can’t [...]
Tuesday, January 8th, 2008
dust
day 62: 辛置 (xinzhi) – 赵城 (zhaocheng) = 15,6km I stayed around at 刘爷爷 (Grandpa Liu)’s house until noon, chatting [...]
Wednesday, January 9th, 2008
go head down
day 63: 赵城 (zhaocheng) – 广胜寺 (guangshengsi) = 18,8km Not much to talk about. I’m currently headed a bit east [...]
Thursday, January 10th, 2008
the big plastic tree
day 64: 广胜寺 (guangshengsi) – 洪洞 (hongtong) = 18,6km I got up early today and climbed up the few hundred [...]
Friday, January 11th, 2008
snow anthem
day 65: 洪洞 (hongtong) – 甘亭 (ganting) = 16,1km What a terrible night: some dude started yelling for the maid [...]
Saturday, January 12th, 2008
putting on the gaiters
day 66: 甘亭 (ganting) – 临汾(linfen) = 19,7km Very friendly people at the hotel: It had been a much better [...]
Sunday, January 13th, 2008
washing my socks means polluting the water
day 67: 临汾(linfen) = 0km I’m hanging out in the city today, feeding off fast food and taking care of [...]
Monday, January 14th, 2008
the most dirtiest?
day 68: 临汾(linfen) = 0km I just remembered something: a while ago I had read in a German publication that [...]
Tuesday, January 15th, 2008
within city limits
day 69: 临汾(linfen) – 临汾(linfen) = 10,5km My friends know: I’m a lazy pig. But I left my hotel this [...]
Wednesday, January 16th, 2008
a day in the life
day 70: 临汾(linfen) – 襄汾(xiangfen) = 24km sleep 08:00 – Wake up from alarm clock. Open eyes, extend arm from [...]
Thursday, January 17th, 2008
1-0-0-0
day 71: 襄汾(xiangfen) – 丁村 (dingcun) = 12,2km 2008-01-18.kmz view on larger map This is me after precisely one thousand [...]
Friday, January 18th, 2008
the crane
day 72: 丁村 (dingcun) – 里村 (licun) = 12,2km 杨福生 (yang fusheng) had always been a very well-respected man, and [...]
Saturday, January 19th, 2008
my wet shoes
day 73: 里村 (licun) – 曲沃 (quwo) = 15,9km My down filled sleeping bag kicks some serious arse. I actually [...]
Sunday, January 20th, 2008
time and the radiator
day 74: 曲沃 (quwo) = 0km Someone asked me which of all items I’m carrying was the single most useful. [...]
Monday, January 21st, 2008
who’s got the 鼎?
day 75: 曲沃 (quwo) – 侯马 (houma) = 13,5km I’m on the move again today, zooming in little by little [...]
Tuesday, January 22nd, 2008
a shillyshally rat
day 76: 侯马 (houma) = 0km When I’m moving, I’m moving slow. And sometimes I’m not moving at all. It’s [...]
Wednesday, January 23rd, 2008
encounters
day 77: 侯马 (houma) – 新绛 (xinjiang) = 15,6km Today was another walk through the cold and white: Here’s something [...]
Thursday, January 24th, 2008
oversized intruder
day 78: 新绛 (xinjiang) = 0km Usually I try to do a bit of research before I get to a [...]
Friday, January 25th, 2008
I bislike the iron road
day 79: 新绛 (xinjiang) – 稷山 (jishan) = 25,3km 稷山 (jishan) is actually more than 30km from 新绛 (xinjiang), but [...]
Saturday, January 26th, 2008
massive Buddha, heavy snow
day 80: 稷山 (jishan) – 翟店 (zhaidian) = 19,9km There’s a site in 稷山 (jishan) that’s called 大佛寺 (dafo temple): [...]
Sunday, January 27th, 2008
others too
day 81: 翟店 (zhaidian) – 万荣 (wanrong) = 13,7km Many people I see ask me why I don’t take a [...]
Monday, January 28th, 2008
Christoph in hell?
day 82: 万荣 (wanrong) – 孤峰山 (gufengshan) = 15,6km I arrived at the weird thing today, but before that, I [...]
Tuesday, January 29th, 2008
on the flank
day 83: 孤峰山 (gufengshan) = 0km No people around: I got up around noon and explored the skiing resort I [...]
Wednesday, January 30th, 2008
a boy’s night out
day 84: 孤峰山 (gufengshan) – somewhere in the fields = 13,8km There’s a park up here: They told me there [...]
Thursday, January 31st, 2008
pressing
day 85: somewhere in the fields – 临猗 (linyi) = 21,5km You’ve probably guessed it: Last night was pretty cold. [...]
Friday, February 1st, 2008
tea
day 86: 临猗 (linyi) = 0km What a mess: I laid all my stuff out to dry in my hotel [...]
Saturday, February 2nd, 2008
misconceptions in foreign media
day 87: 临猗 (linyi) – 运城 (yuncheng) = 31,3km The news in Europe and the States seem to make it [...]
Sunday, February 3rd, 2008
the late bird
day 88: 运城 (yuncheng) = 0km I found myself in a car today, looking at downtown traffic rushing around me: [...]
Monday, February 4th, 2008
salt lake city
day 89: 运城 (yuncheng) = 0km We went back to 关帝庙 (guandi temple) the next day, and this time, we [...]
Tuesday, February 5th, 2008
my firecrackers
day 90: 运城 (yuncheng) = 0km I got out of bed and spent some money on personal armament: 10.000 – [...]
Wednesday, February 6th, 2008
games (or: the boring German)
day 91: 运城 (yuncheng) = 0km The first sunrise and sunset in the Year of the Rat, and here are [...]
Thursday, February 7th, 2008
transformers
day 92: 运城 (yuncheng) = 0km Most doors remain closed these days, no matter what: Lots of people are trying [...]
Friday, February 8th, 2008
c.r.e.a.m.
day 93: 运城 (yuncheng) = 0km I needed money. Somehow none of the local ATM’s seemed to be willing to [...]
Saturday, February 9th, 2008
cakes, carousels, and captive canines
day 94: 运城 (yuncheng) = 0km We went out to the park to have some fun: Okay, I gotta admit [...]
Sunday, February 10th, 2008
tattoo with blade
day 95: 运城 (yuncheng) = 0km It’s really about time I get going again – add some mileage to the [...]
Monday, February 11th, 2008
like to want to try to do sth.
day 96: 运城 (yuncheng) – 解州 (xiezhou) = 26,3km Oh, so good to be on the road again! Or so [...]
Tuesday, February 12th, 2008
sneakers
day 97: 解州 (xiezhou) – 虞乡 (yuxiang) = 27km Someone had left his sneakers outside, on a wall next to [...]
Wednesday, February 13th, 2008
spring again
day 98: 虞乡 (yuxiang) – 永济 (yongji) = 20,5km There’s a foreign photographer (I forget his name) who has published [...]
Thursday, February 14th, 2008
afraid of heights
day 99: 永济 (yongji) – 蒲州 (puzhou) = 23,5km There is an aeroplane on a square in a public park [...]
Friday, February 15th, 2008
love locks
day 100: 蒲州 (puzhou) – 河东农家 (hedong farmhouse) = 18km This is my friend 常海强 (chang haiqiang): Awesome guy; fixed [...]
Saturday, February 16th, 2008
visiting the fat lady
day 101: 河东农家 (hedong farmhouse) – 风铃度 (fenglingdu) = 32,8km You see the blue stream on the map? That’s the [...]
Sunday, February 17th, 2008
funny faces
day 102: 风铃度 (fenglingdu) = 0km I ran out of clean socks today. (Yes, even though I might look a [...]
Monday, February 18th, 2008
the Yellow River hop
day 103: 风铃度 (fenglingdu) – 华阴 (huayin) = 36,9km I finally crossed the Yellow River and made it into the [...]
Tuesday, February 19th, 2008
noodles
day 104: 华阴 (huayin) = 0km The mountain is calling. My plan is to start the ascend in the midnight [...]
Wednesday, February 20th, 2008
cool mountaineers
day 105: 华阴 (huayin) = 0km I got to the foot of 华山 (mount hua) at around one in the [...]
Thursday, February 21st, 2008
heat in the working unit
day 106: 华阴 (huayin) – 罗夫 (luofu) = 18,7km Not much happened today, except for one thing: temperatures were rising, [...]
Friday, February 22nd, 2008
stones to pebbles
day 107: 罗夫 (luofu) – 华县 (huaxian) = 21km Today might have been even hotter than the day before; I’m [...]
Saturday, February 23rd, 2008
weather conditions are subject to change
day 108: 华县 (huaxian) – 渭南 (weinan) = 30,1km I told you it had been pretty hot the last two [...]
Sunday, February 24th, 2008
sharks & coupons
day 109: 渭南 (weinan) = 0km Yesterday had me going through some moments of undignified, intense stomach-unrest, so today I [...]
Monday, February 25th, 2008
simple?
day 110: 渭南 (weinan) – 兵马俑 (Terra Cotta Warriors) = 31,4km Another night of the elevator-symphony had gone by, and [...]
Tuesday, February 26th, 2008
old friends better than merry warriors
day 111: 兵马俑 (Terra Cotta Warriors) – 临潼 (lintong) = 18,6km When I woke up in my PLA bed, I [...]
Wednesday, February 27th, 2008
different degrees of deluxe
day 112: 临潼 (lintong) – 灞桥 (baqiao) = 20,6km I was going to walk to 西安 (Xi’an) today, but in [...]
Thursday, February 28th, 2008
西安 – Xi’an
day 113: 灞桥 (baqiao) – 西安 (Xi’an) = 18,8km The first thing in the morning – lazy cats on the [...]
Friday, February 29th, 2008
looking for a connection
day 114: 西安 (Xi’an) – 西安 (Xi’an) = 12,6km Today saw me and my tour guide run around 西安 (Xi’an) [...]
Saturday, March 1st, 2008
Muslims and water fountains
day 115: 西安 (Xi’an) = 0km The province of Shaanxi (陕西) belongs to the Chinese West. This also means I [...]
Sunday, March 2nd, 2008
illin’
day 116: 西安 (Xi’an) = 0km I got an itchy rash on my foot, so I went to see the [...]
Monday, March 3rd, 2008
foot/dish
day 117: 西安 (Xi’an) = 0km Wanna see my foot? I’m afraid there’s actually not that much to see, it’s [...]
Tuesday, March 4th, 2008
some words
day 118: 西安 (Xi’an) = 0km When I woke up this morning and felt my foot, I decided it was [...]
Wednesday, March 5th, 2008
signs
day 119: 西安 (Xi’an) – 咸阳 (xianyang) = 25,4km It has taken me quite a while to come up with [...]
Thursday, March 6th, 2008
tiny riots
day 120: 咸阳 (xianyang) – 咸阳 (xianyang) = 3,1km I don’t exactly understand how, but my computer died on me [...]
Friday, March 7th, 2008
running inversely
day 121: [北京 (Beijing)] = 0km Beijing?? WTF just happened? I got up at 6 in the morning, dropped my [...]
Saturday, March 8th, 2008
lounge and destroy
day 122: [北京 (Beijing)] = 0km Sunday – no passport applications today. So basically all I did was hang around [...]
Sunday, March 9th, 2008
silly asinine
day 123: [北京 (Beijing)] = 0km I got up early (noon) and took a forty minute cab ride to the [...]
Monday, March 10th, 2008
rounding up the capital
day 124: [北京 (Beijing)] = 0km I got a ticket to fly back to 咸阳 (xianyang) tomorrow. Wanna know all [...]
Tuesday, March 11th, 2008
it’s nothing, just a flight back
day 125: 咸阳 (xianyang) = 0km So I get on an airplane: …sit in an airplane: …and get off an [...]
Wednesday, March 12th, 2008 “witness a decline”
day 126: 咸阳 (xianyang) = 0km Not much to say: I’ll just leave the words to the Ramones then. Soundtrack: [...]
Thursday, March 13th, 2008
my cave
day 127: 咸阳 (xianyang) = 0km Well, well, well, if it isn’t Christoph the Adventurer! I’m still in the same [...]
Friday, March 14th, 2008 time can what time doesn’t
day 128: 咸阳 (xianyang) = 0km Time can only do one thing: it can pass. And it doesn’t seem to [...]
Saturday, March 15th, 2008
walk
day 129: 咸阳 (xianyang) – 店张 (dianzhang) = 23,5km Oh yeah, I’m finally doing what I had originally set out [...]
Sunday, March 16th, 2008
kids & apples & the gift of pain
day 130: 店张 (dianzhang) – 礼泉 (liquan) = 15,7km Today was a warm day – what am I saying – [...]
Monday, March 17th, 2008
watch my back, Lord
day 131: 礼泉 (liquan) – 乾县 (qianxian) = 19,3km “Traffic in Asia always looks so chaotic, but there hardly ever [...]
Tuesday, March 18th, 2008
the prime target of the dumb
day 132: 乾县 (qianxian) – 永寿 (yongshou) = 26,2km Chinese history has seen families rise and dynasties fall, it has [...]
Wednesday, March 19th, 2008
just how old do I look?
day 133: 永寿 (yongshou) = 0km I left my stuff at the hotel and went out to ask someone for [...]
Thursday, March 20th, 2008
50k – a beginner’s guide
day 134: 永寿 (yongshou) – 彬县 (binxian) = 47,2km Okay, two things up front: 1) I never walked 50k, but [...]
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speacial or what
day 135: 彬县 (binxian) = 0km Just like I had promised myself: I didn’t do any walking today. Instead I [...]
Saturday, March 22nd, 2008
revenge of the prime target
day 137: 彬县 (binxian) – 亭口 (tingkou) = 19,8km This part of the province heavily depends on coal mining – [...]
Sunday, March 23rd, 2008
the knots
day 137: 亭口 (tingkou) – 长武 (changwu) = 22km See the curve right at the start of the red line [...]
Monday, March 24th, 2008
陇
day 138: 长武 (changwu) – 飞云 (feiyun) = 25,5km My last day in Shaanxi (陕西), my first day in Gansu [...]
Tuesday, March 25th, 2008
questions unasked will remain questions unanswered
day 139: 飞云 (feiyun) – 泾川温泉 (jingchuan hot springs) = 22,5km The backyard of the pharmacy I stayed at last [...]
Wednesday, March 26th, 2008
inner linings
day 140: 泾川温泉 (jingchuan hot springs) – 泾川 (jingchuan) = 7,2km I walked such a short distance today! Basically just [...]
Thursday, March 27th, 2008
1 good thing, 4 nice people, 1 bad thing, and a possible solution to a problem
day 141: 泾川 (jingchuan) = 0km I had a nice big fat 火龙果 (dragon fruit) for breakfast: Da most prettiest [...]
Friday, March 28th, 2008
leaders of the valley
day 142: 泾川 (jingchuan) – 王村 (wangcun) = 17,2km First of all, here’s my shoe after the repair (1 good [...]
Saturday, March 29th, 2008
babies walk on roads inclined
day 143: 王村 (wangcun) 白水 (baishui) = 21,1km It’s not the shoes, it’s the road: Looks like a nice strip [...]
Sunday, March 30th, 2008
平凉 (Pingliang) – Angus
day 144: 白水 (baishui) – 平凉 (pingliang) = 43,4km I went sightseeing at the Mosque fairly early that day: What [...]
Monday, March 31st, 2008
inner peace – no more walking
day 145: 平凉 (pingliang) = 0km Almost 2000km, some fantastic 5 months – and now I’m not going to walk [...]
Tuesday, April 1st, 2008 I am the fool
day 146: 平凉 (pingliang) = 0km My attempt at an April Fool’s joke was a day too late, and nobody [...]
Wednesday, April 2nd, 2008
judging covers
day 147: 平凉 (pingliang) = 0km “You’ve never actually been to a place until you’ve walked there.” “It is only [...]
Thursday, April 3rd, 2008
yellow bags and the Internet
day 148: 平凉 (pingliang) = 0km See this person’s yellow bag in the picture? I’m led to believe that, whatever [...]
Friday, April 4th, 2008
a mountain left
day 149: 平凉 (pingliang) = 0km There was still a mountain left to climb. Me and my friend from destiny [...]
Saturday, April 5th, 2008
other lives – 珂珂
day 150: 平凉 (pingliang) = 0km Talking about oneself can get pretty tiring… You guys remember 珂珂 (keke – a [...]
Sunday, April 6th, 2008
the clouds in the air and the nights down here
day 151: 平凉 (pingliang) – 安国 (anguo) = 19km Finally, I got back on old highway 312 today: I had [...]
Monday, April 7th, 2008
Azzurro
day 152: 安国 (anguo) – 蒿店 (haodian) = 19km There’s a small mausoleum near 安国 (anguo): The main building holds [...]
Tuesday, April 8th, 2008
can danger be a middle name?
day 153: 蒿店 (haodian) – 六盘山 (Mount Liupan)= 17,2km I’m not much of an Alpinist. That being said, I didn’t [...]
Wednesday, April 9th, 2008
Scandinavia
day 154: 六盘山 (Mount Liupan) – 隆德 (longde) = 20,3km Waking up that morning in the tent was horrible: I [...]
Thursday, April 10th, 2008
boring, good
day 155: 隆德 (longde) = 0km Tent, shoes, sleeping bag: All these things needed some time to dry. So I [...]
Friday, April 11th, 2008
lost causes
day 156: 隆德 (longde) – 沙塘 (shatang) = 15,4km There have been times on this trip when my behind was [...]
Saturday, April 12th, 2008
2-0-0-0
day 157: 沙塘 (shatang) – 静宁 (jingning) = 30,2km This is me after precisely two thousand kilometers: More hair (1-0-0-0). [...]
Sunday, April 13th, 2008
eat up
day 158: 静宁 (jingning) = 0km My day revolved mainly around noodles: …and fruit: I’m not going to make much [...]
Monday, April 14th, 2008
use/disuse/thanks
day 159: 静宁 (jingning) = 0km Yesterday and today. Two days of my long way home. I feel weary: Maybe [...]
Tuesday, April 15th, 2008
what is walking?
day 160: 静宁 (jingning) – 界石铺 (jieshipu) = 24,5km I finally left 静宁 (jingning) behind: Before, I had to fill [...]
Wednesday, April 16th, 2008
all the good under the clouds
day 161: 界石铺 (jieshipu) – 青江驿 (qingjiangyi) = 16,9km Cloudy weather isn’t necessarily pretty, but it’s good to get work [...]
Thursday, April 17th, 2008
east west north or south
day 162: 青江驿 (qingjiangyi) – 翟所 (zhaisuo) = 21,3km Like I said before, there was a pair of donkeys in [...]
Friday, April 18th, 2008
overtaken
day 163: 翟所 (zhaisuo) – 会宁 (huining) = 21,9 km I am so slow, I got overtaken today. Again, the [...]
Saturday, April 19th, 2008
little things
day 164: 会宁 (huining) = 0 km A day in a little town. I wander around looking for decent chocolate: [...]
Sunday, April 20th, 2008
cold
day 165: 会宁 (huining) = 0 km See the white stuff on top of the fruit-stands? The snow is back, [...]
Monday, April 21st, 2008
wieners
day 166: 会宁 (huining) = 0 km My hotel seems almost completely deserted during most of the day: There’s a [...]
Tuesday, April 22nd, 2008
another walk in the park
day 167: 会宁 (huining) – 西巩驿 (xigongyi) = 25,2km I’ve said it before: sometimes being bored in a nice way [...]
Wednesday, April 23rd, 2008
to each his own
day 168: 西巩驿 (xigongyi) – 搀口 (chankou) = 43,9km Today was a bit too much for me: – the distance. [...]
Thursday, April 24th, 2008
tea & literature
day 169: 搀口 (chankou) = 0km 搀口 seems to consist of only two building rows hugging the highway: I spent [...]
Friday, April 25th, 2008
paws
day 170: 搀口 (chankou) – 甘草店 (gancaodian) = 29,1km You’ve seen it before on other pictures (things falling apart): Here [...]
Saturday, April 26th, 2008
self-proclaimed doors
day 171: 甘草店 (gancaodian) – 三角城 (sanjiaocheng) = 21km I woke up early, then finished yesterday’s post and went out [...]
Sunday, April 27th, 2008
sunshine
day 172: 三角城 (sanjiaocheng) – 定远 (dingyuan) = 18km I had spent the night in a trucker motel right next [...]
Monday, April 28th, 2008
兰州 – Lanzhou
day 173: 定远 (dingyuan) – 兰州 (Lanzhou) = 26,2km Someone had lost his pig: Can’t see? Take a closer look: [...]
Tuesday, April 29th, 2008
guess what I’m doin
day 174: 兰州 (Lanzhou) = 0km That’s right: Absolutely nothing! With all my clothes in the laundry, the only thing [...]
Wednesday, April 30th, 2008
new shoes new shoes new shoes new shoes new shoes new shoes new shoes new shoes new shoes
day 175: 兰州 (Lanzhou) = 0km Oh yeah, finally: New trekking poles: And NEW SHOES: They feel lighter than my [...]
Thursday, May 1st, 2008
au bord de l’eau
day 176: 兰州 (Lanzhou) = 0km I took my new shoes for a little stroll downtown today: Walking without constant [...]
Friday, May 2nd, 2008
what am I going to call this one?
day 177: 兰州 (Lanzhou) = 0km I’m not sure why, but it was already past four in the afternoon when [...]
Saturday, May 3rd, 2008
pure love
day 178: 兰州 (Lanzhou) = 0km My ticket was made out for May 5th at 08:10 in the morning, and [...]
Sunday, May 4th, 2008
her
day 179: [in the air] = 0km I had to get up at 5am to make it to the airport [...]
Monday, May 5th, 2008
above shaking grounds
day 187: [in the air] = 0km The news about the earthquake disaster had overshadowed our last hours together – [...]
Tuesday, May 13th, 2008
souvenirs
day 188: 兰州 (Lanzhou) = 0km In the People’s Republic of China, if you want to photograph cultural relics (like [...]
Wednesday, May 14th, 2008
last one with a zero
day 189: 兰州 (Lanzhou) = 0km The world is out there: And tomorrow is the day. Soundtrack: Black Uhuru – [...]
Thursday, May 15th, 2008
one would dream (Yellow River hop 2)
day 190: 兰州 (Lanzhou) = 22,2km Anxiety caught up with me again; no sleep until five in the morning. I [...]
Friday, May 16th, 2008
for what they are
day 191: 兰州 (Lanzhou) – 西固 (xigu) = 19,7km Walking didn’t go so bad today. One of the first things [...]
Saturday, May 17th, 2008
primal scream
day 192: 西固 (xigu) – 河口 (hekou)= 26,5km I safely got out of the power plant and found the river [...]
Sunday, May 18th, 2008
good food poor loo
day 193: 河口 (hekou) – 土槽湾 (tucaowan) = 15,6km See the green thing I’m crossing through on the map? Well, [...]
Monday, May 19th, 2008
dizzy in pink
day 194: 土槽湾 (tucaowan) – 红城 (hongcheng) = 18,4km What a bad night: not only had there been at least [...]
Tuesday, May 20th, 2008
new people
day 195: 红城 (hongcheng) – 永登 (yongdeng) = 37,2km From what I could see on the map, 永登 (yongdeng) seemed [...]
Wednesday, May 21st, 2008
phenomena
day 196: 永登 (yongdeng) = 0km My hotel sucked – big time. I think the least I could have expected [...]
Thursday, May 22nd, 2008
a gift from Grandpa Li
day 197: 永登 (yongdeng) – 武胜驿 (wushengyi) = 22,5km Ever since 兰州 (Lanzhou), the road has constantly risen up to [...]
Friday, May 23rd, 2008
“I Can’t Hear You!”
day 198: 武胜驿 (wushengyi) – 天祝藏族自治县 (Tibetan self-governed township of Tianzhu) – = 14,6km I felt like I was really [...]
Saturday, May 24th, 2008
the white yak, the majestic, and the worm
day 199: 天祝藏族自治县 (Tibetan self-governed township of Tianzhu) – = 0km A couple of friends took me out to the [...]
Sunday, May 25th, 2008
two hundred by two hundred
day 200: 天祝藏族自治县 (Tibetan self-governed township of Tianzhu) – = 0km When I had come back from dinner late last [...]
Monday, May 26th, 2008
same old story: rain to drizzle
day 201: 天祝藏族自治县 (Tibetan self-governed township of Tianzhu) – 打柴沟 (dachaigou) = 20,6km I put on my jacket today. Unfortunately [...]
Tuesday, May 27th, 2008
a hard pass
day 202: 打柴沟 (dachaigou) – 安远 (anyuan) = 29,9km Who could have thought that today would turn out to be [...]
Wednesday, May 28th, 2008
night music
day 203: 安远 (anyuan) – 古浪 (gulang) = 32,9km Luckily I didn’t get sick last night, otherwise I would have [...]
Thursday, May 29th, 2008
my side of the road
day 204: 古浪 (gulang) – 黄羊镇 (huangyangzhen) = 23,5km Sorry for being such a slack arse about posting these last [...]
Friday, May 30th, 2008
misled
day 205: 黄羊镇 (huangyangzhen) – 武南镇 (wunanzhen) = 35,8km I didn’t know what the hell I was doing. But first [...]
Saturday, May 31st, 2008
sudden company
day 206: 武南镇 (wunanzhen) – 武威 (wuwei) = 18,4km I got on the long straight road to the city of [...]
Sunday, June 1st, 2008
shiat!!
day 207: 武威 (wuwei) = 0km What a nice hotel. There is a sparkling clean shower, a porcelain toilet, and [...]
Monday, June 2nd, 2008
the singing and the dancing
day 208: 武威 (wuwei) = 0km Day 2 of my computer struggle. I took a break at noon and went [...]
Tuesday, June 3rd, 2008
not every fight can be glorious
day 209: 武威 (wuwei) = 0km Hello, I am Chris and this is day number 3 I am spending with [...]
Wednesday, June 4th, 2008
spinning, circling
day 210: 武威 (wuwei) = 0km Day 4, and we’re slowly getting there: I went out and got some things [...]
Thursday, June 5th, 2008
oh Sichuan…
day 211: 武威 (wuwei) = 0km I am still here, and now that my notebook is up and running again, [...]
Friday, June 6th, 2008
yes, I’m done here
day 212: 武威 (wuwei) = 0km Again, my pictures need to go home: This is actually a shot from yesterday, [...]
Saturday, June 7th, 2008
under the eyes of the twenty-seven gods
day 213: 武威 (wuwei) – 四十里堡 (sishilipu) = 21,7km So many days = so many nights = so many places [...]
Sunday, June 8th, 2008
Waiting for Godobi
day 214: 四十里堡 (sishilipu) – 六坝 (liuba) = 35,4km What a morning. So early… …so green… …and so short. “Why [...]
Monday, June 9th, 2008
double happiness
day 215: 六坝 (liuba) – 永昌 (yongchang) = 21,8km I started walking at six in the morning today. After 5km, [...]
Tuesday, June 10th, 2008
non-horseshit beard advice
day 216: 永昌 (yongchang) – 水磨关 (shuimoguan) = 13km The valley around 永昌 (yongchang) was so green and so nice, [...]
Wednesday, June 11th, 2008
what’s first?
day 217: 水磨关 (shuimoguan) – 水泉子 (shuiquanzi) = 23,1km One last look at all that beautiful green… …and then it [...]
Thursday, June 12th, 2008
lucky bastard
day 218: 水泉子 (shuiquanzi) – 丰城堡 (fengchengpu) = 34,6km Most people in 水泉子 (shuiquanzi) are farmers that try to profit [...]
Friday, June 13th, 2008
the dragon
day 219: 丰城堡 (fengchengpu) – 山丹 (shandan) = 43,1km I didn’t know I would have to walk that much today. [...]
Saturday, June 14th, 2008
good kiwis
day 220: 山丹 (shandan) = 0km There was once a foreigner who lived in 山丹 (shandan): He was here in [...]
Sunday, June 15th, 2008
why can’t frogs learn from ducks?
day 221: 山丹 (shandan) – 祁家店 (qijiadian)= 14,8km I got up late and started walking through the fields and the [...]
Monday, June 16th, 2008
oh thy dreadful burrows!
day 222: 祁家店 (qijiadian) – 东乐 (dongle) = 16,6km How I loathed the day! After I had started walking just [...]
Tuesday, June 17th, 2008
谢老师 – Teacher Xie
day 223: 东乐 (dongle) – 太平堡 (taipingpu) = 25,3km 2008-06-18.kmz show on large map I once used to have a [...]
Wednesday, June 18th, 2008
speech after speech
day 224: 太平堡 (taipingpu) – 张掖 (zhangye) = 16,9km I had spent the night at 连先生 (Mr. Lian)’s place. 连先生 [...]
Thursday, June 19th, 2008
life unrecorded
day 225: 张掖 (zhangye) = 0km I stayed in my room all day. Had to, all my clothes were in [...]
Friday, June 20th, 2008
trolley trouble
day 226: 张掖 (zhangye) = 0km Remember my water problem? (what’s first) I figured with the large arid spaces that [...]
Saturday, June 21st, 2008
PMA
day 227: 张掖 (zhangye) = 0km After two days of digging through the markets and the back alley shops, I [...]
Sunday, June 22nd, 2008
Herr K. and the corridors
day 228: 张掖 (zhangye) = 0km 王先生 (Mr. Wang) and I had laid out a master-plan for the construction of [...]
Monday, June 23rd, 2008
manners or bust
day 229: 张掖 (zhangye) = 0km Of course my postal scam got immediately busted: … I got criticized, and I [...]
Tuesday, June 24th, 2008
Buddhist caves
day 230: 张掖 (zhangye) = 0km The caboose was almost ready to go: It only needed some minor adjustments and [...]
Wednesday, June 25th, 2008
caboose
day 231: 张掖 (zhangye) – 沙井子 (shajingzi) = 30km I had bought 6 large water bottles, a considerable amount of [...]
Thursday, June 26th, 2008
Paul says: constipation is bliss
day 232: 沙井子 (shajingzi) – 新华镇 (xinhuazhen) = 31km I have this friend I was going to tell you about: [...]
Friday, June 27th, 2008
twenty years
day 233: 新华镇 (xinhuazhen) – 南华 (nanhua) = 25,4km Well, it wasn’t exactly pouring cats and dogs out there when [...]
Saturday, June 28th, 2008
food court
day 234: 南华 (nanhua) = 0km I already whined to you about my sore legs. Besides, those of you who [...]
Sunday, June 29th, 2008
3-0-0-0
day 235: 南华 (nanhua) – 元山子 (yuanshanzi) = 37,6km When I got up, I wasn’t sure whether I would get [...]
Monday, June 30th, 2008
please stop me when I get into a frenzy
day 236: 元山子 (yuanshanzi) – 清水镇 (qingshuizhen) = 38,8km Since I was recently feeling somewhat invincible with my newly acquired [...]
Tuesday, July 1st, 2008
little miss sandstorm
day 237: 清水镇 (qingshuizhen) – 下河清 (xiaheqing) = 29,6km I woke up and I noticed there was this banner facing [...]
Wednesday, July 2nd, 2008
the NYHC special move
day 238: 下河清 (xiaheqing) – 上坝 (shangba) = 19,4km I took a little detour and walked through the fields, because [...]
Thursday, July 3rd, 2008
phobia
day 239: 上坝 (shangba) – 酒泉 (jiuquan) = 30,6km I am 26 years old, and I’m scared of bees. Anything [...]
Friday, July 4th, 2008
嘉峪关 – Jiayuguan
day 240: 酒泉 (jiuquan) – 嘉峪关 (jiayuguan) = 24,6km I had just found out the Olympic Torch Relay was scheduled [...]
Saturday, July 5th, 2008
torches
day 241: 嘉峪关 (jiayuguan) = 0km I had to get up at six and run outside if I wanted to [...]
Sunday, July 6th, 2008
when known becomes unknown
day 242: 嘉峪关 (jiayuguan) = 0km I had been to this place before, in the summer of 2006, although that [...]
Monday, July 7th, 2008
if we’re going into the same direction at the same time, why don’t we just go together?
day 243: 嘉峪关 (jiayuguan) – [somewhere in the desert] = 34km Today I crossed paths with my old self. …I [...]
Tuesday, July 8th, 2008
overlooked & unexpected
day 244: [somewhere in the desert] – 清泉 (qingquan) = 29,1km The desert was so beautiful when we woke up [...]
Wednesday, July 9th, 2008
ah, grandeur!
day 245: 清泉 (qingquan) – [somewhere in the desert] = 35km 2008-07-10.kmz show on larger map I’ve had some problems [...]
Thursday, July 10th, 2008
a natural fool
day 246: [somewhere in the desert] – 玉门 (yumen) = 41,5km 2008-07-11.kmz show on larger map We broke camp and [...]
Friday, July 11th, 2008
walkin sux, srsly, les jus tek da train
day 247: [嘉峪关 - (jiayuguan)] = 0km I stored my caboose in a shop within the hotel: Then I went [...]
Saturday, July 12th, 2008
the phoenix foundation
day 248: [嘉峪关 - (jiayuguan)] = 0km Guess what… I sat in my room all day, waiting: Watching MacGyver. Soundtrack: [...]
Sunday, July 13th, 2008
touchdown
day 249: [嘉峪关 - (jiayuguan)] = 0km I had been waiting just about long enough, when suddenly some dudes showed [...]
Monday, July 14th, 2008
the cry-train
day 250: [嘉峪关 - (jiayuguan)] = 0km We slept until lunchtime. Then we had some food and some tea, and [...]
Tuesday, July 15th, 2008
my own truth
day 251: [嘉峪关 - (jiayuguan)] = 0km It’s not what it looks like: We didn’t watch TV all day. Instead, [...]
Wednesday, July 16th, 2008
coffin nail
day 252: [嘉峪关 - (jiayuguan)] = 0km It’s slow, it’s tiresome, and it doesn’t even pay any money – walking [...]
Thursday, July 17th, 2008
the girl with the bird
day 253: [嘉峪关 - (jiayuguan)] = 0km It usually doesn’t rain much in this part of the country – but [...]
Friday, July 18th, 2008
straw hats and watermelons
day 254: 玉门 (yumen) = 0km We eventually took the train back to 玉门 (yumen), the place where I had [...]
Saturday, July 19th, 2008
Cucumber II
day 255: 玉门 (yumen) = 0km I still didn’t think much of the idea of my little brother walking through [...]
Sunday, July 20th, 2008
five wheels better than no wheel
day 256: 玉门 (yumen) – 疏勒河 (shulehe) = 30,9km We tied the caboose and the cucumber together and put our [...]
Monday, July 21st, 2008
pancakes
day 257: 疏勒河 (shulehe) – 布隆吉 (bulongji) = 42,4km It was a long yet easily winding road: We were able [...]
Tuesday, July 22nd, 2008
turning heads
day 258: 布隆吉 (bulongji) – 双塔 (shuangta)= 32,8km We had spent the night in a small private home that was [...]
Wednesday, July 23rd, 2008
songs about sh…
day 259: 双塔 (shuangta) – 安西 (anxi) = 41,7km We said good-bye to the family we had been staying with: [...]
Thursday, July 24th, 2008
the fruit basket
day 260: 安西 (anxi) = 0km I think some of you have been with me long enough to know what [...]
Friday, July 25th, 2008
wildstyle
day 261: 安西 (anxi) = 0km We were still hanging out, and even though we knew that we needed to [...]
Saturday, July 26th, 2008
whey yuh a seh!
day 262: 安西 (anxi) = 0km Yaga yaga, coo pon dat bwoy: A fe mi bredda: Ya nuh see? No [...]
Sunday, July 27th, 2008
the best of all melons
day 263: 安西 (anxi) – [somewhere in the desert] = 32km We knew things weren’t going to be easy during [...]
Monday, July 28th, 2008
if you can’t fight it – jump on it
day 264: [somewhere in the desert] – [somewhere else in the desert] = 45,3km Yesterday had been a disaster, but [...]
Tuesday, July 29th, 2008
敦煌 (Dunhuang)
day 265: [somewhere else in the desert] – 敦煌 (dunhuang) = 43,8km In the morning, Robozwerg‘s eyes were much better, [...]
Wednesday, July 30th, 2008
pull back the curtains
day 266: 敦煌 (dunhuang) = 0km Hey, check it out: I think we’re in the desert! Robozwerg says: “Whaaat?” Soundtrack: [...]
Thursday, July 31st, 2008
please please swallow!
day 267: 敦煌 (dunhuang) = 0km I wanted the GPS-track that I had lost a couple of days ago (the [...]
Friday, August 1st, 2008
Indiana Jones
day 268: 敦煌 (dunhuang) = 0km My friend Steven from Canada had come to the motherland, so he decided to [...]
Saturday, August 2nd, 2008
cucumbers for sale
day 269: 敦煌 (dunhuang) = 0km It was about time to get rid of the broken cucumber, so we went [...]
Sunday, August 3rd, 2008
sightseeing overkill
day 270: 敦煌 (dunhuang) = 0km There were going to be some serious changes during the next couple of days, [...]
Monday, August 4th, 2008
regret
day 271: 敦煌 (dunhuang) = 0km There’s a pagoda in the city, it’s called 白马塔 (White Horse Pagoda): Having spent [...]
Tuesday, August 5th, 2008
the film on my skin
day 272: [北京 (Beijing)] = 0km We got up at five for a last visit at the sand dunes of [...]
Wednesday, August 6th, 2008
priorities
day 273: [北京 (Beijing)] = 0km Remember my passport/visa problem (silly asinine)? Here’s the low-down: I have a German passport [...]
Thursday, August 7th, 2008
eight
day 274: [北京 (Beijing)] = 0km We didn’t have any tickets for Olympic competitions, and of course we didn’t have [...]
Friday, August 8th, 2008
bothering people at work and some thoughts about chicken
day 275: [北京 (Beijing)] = 0km We went to one of my favorite restaurants in 北京 (Beijing) and had the [...]
Saturday, August 9th, 2008
Thai
day 276: [北京 (Beijing)] = 0km We hung out for a while, then we finally went to the market: There [...]
Sunday, August 10th, 2008
desert songs
day 277: [北京 (Beijing)] = 0km I took my brother to the airport this morning: He was gone all too [...]
Monday, August 11th, 2008
where is it different?
day 278: [北京 (Beijing)] = 0km Does Beijing feel that much different now that the Games are on? I mean, [...]
Tuesday, August 12th, 2008
get some gear
day 279: [北京 (Beijing)] = 0km I went to refresh some of my stuff today. You see, some of it [...]
Wednesday, August 13th, 2008
remember the time when…
day 280: [北京 (Beijing)] = 0km The city seemed like it was about to drown in heavy rain again today: [...]
Thursday, August 14th, 2008
China can ROCK
day 281: [北京 (Beijing)] = 0km Today’s post has 3 parts: tickets, the visa, and ROCK. 1) tickets: Lilu and [...]
Friday, August 15th, 2008
her…again
day 282: [北京 (Beijing)] = 0km … Soundtrack: LL Cool J – “Loungin’” —total: 3555,1km
Saturday, August 16th, 2008
phonelessness
day 283: [北京 (Beijing)] = 0km Juli had left me alone today and went out to see her best friend. [...]
Sunday, August 17th, 2008
the scent of subversion
day 284: [北京 (Beijing)] = 0km We went to the 798艺术区 (798 Art District) today, a 1950s factory compound northwest [...]
Monday, August 18th, 2008
Pete and the Lama
day 285: [北京 (Beijing)] = 0km Incense… Sunday, August 28th 2005: an unsuccessful attempt to hold back my tears at [...]
Tuesday, August 19th, 2008
present the team
day 286: [成都 (chengdu)] = 0km Alright you guys, I know there’s probably some of you who can’t wait to [...]
Wednesday, August 20th, 2008
sheep treatment
day 287: [成都 (chengdu)] = 0km Anybody still with me – or am I in this all by myself now? [...]
Thursday, August 21st, 2008
teen hamster pet
day 288: [成都 (chengdu)] = 0km To Juli’s grandma: Happy birthday! Soundtrack: 113 – “Un Jour De Paix” —total: 3555,1km
Friday, August 22nd, 2008
revisit my days
day 289: [成都 (chengdu)] = 0km Juli cut me loose in the city today. She was planning to go shopping [...]
Saturday, August 23rd, 2008
when do they become history?
day 290: [成都 (chengdu)] = 0km Today we went to the “建川 (jianchuan) museum complex”, the largest privately owned museum [...]
Sunday, August 24th, 2008
raph-mike-don-leo
day 291: [成都 (chengdu)] = 0km We went to a huge place called 电脑城 (“computer city”) today, which was basically [...]
Monday, August 25th, 2008
fly south
day 292: [成都 (chengdu) - 三亚 (sanya)] = 0km I showed you a map with the plan for the next [...]
Tuesday, August 26th, 2008
three dreams
day 293: [三亚 (sanya)] = 0km Upon arrival in a perfect holiday location, the first thing I do is I [...]
Wednesday, August 27th, 2008
who’s reading Anna Seghers?
day 294: [三亚 (sanya)] = 0km I was feeling a lot better today, so we went out: Ah yes, that’s [...]
Thursday, August 28th, 2008
Russians too
day 295: [三亚 (sanya)] = 0km Remember I told you about the invisible russians before? Well, they’ve gotten pretty…visible now: [...]
Friday, August 29th, 2008
cute as a button
day 296: [三亚 (sanya)] = 0km We took a boat to a place called 蜈支州岛 (wuzhizhou island) today: What a [...]
Saturday, August 30th, 2008
the good, the bad & the ugly
day 297: [三亚 (sanya)] = 0km This is a leaf from the rain forest: This is a weird fruit from [...]
Sunday, August 31st, 2008
Monkey Island I & II
day 298: [三亚 (sanya)] = 0km Play them! … We took a trip to a place called 猴岛 (monkey island) [...]
Monday, September 1st, 2008
the last beach
day 299: [三亚 (sanya)] = 0km 亚龙湾 (yalong bay) is probably the most famous beach in 三亚 (sanya): Luckily though, [...]
Tuesday, September 2nd, 2008
outage
day 300: [三亚 (sanya)] = 0km When I wanted to update my site today, there was – nothing. My web [...]
Wednesday, September 3rd, 2008
those damn airport-goodbyes
day 301: [三亚 (sanya)] = 0km I had to part ways with Juli and leave the tropical paradise today. We [...]
Thursday, September 4th, 2008
ignite
day 302: 敦煌 (dunhuang) = 0km I arrived in the late afternoon: 敦煌 (dunhuang) had me back. Soundtrack: Ignite – [...]
Friday, September 5th, 2008
how to lose weight
day 303: 敦煌 (dunhuang) = 0km “Hey!” the receptionist had smiled at me when I arrived at the hotel, “looks [...]
Saturday, September 6th, 2008
“please close all the windows!”
day 304: 敦煌 (dunhuang) = 0km I woke up and I couldn’t really see anything outside: Sandstorm, again (little miss [...]
Sunday, September 7th, 2008
camel – filterless
day 305: 敦煌 (dunhuang) – [mosquito valley] = 39,9km View Larger Map So I’m finally on my way again. The [...]
Monday, September 8th, 2008
no lake at west lake
day 306: [mosquito valley] – 西湖 (xihu) = 15,5km View Larger Map What a lovely night, spent with an approximate [...]
Tuesday, September 9th, 2008
the quiet toe
day 307: 西湖 (xihu) – [the quiet place] = 34,5km View Larger Map Sometimes the highway seems just like a [...]
Wednesday, September 10th, 2008
into the black mountains
day 308: [the quiet place] – 柳园 (liuyuan) = 43,5km View Larger Map …riding the cake knife again: I was [...]
Thursday, September 11th, 2008
the boss’s big butt
day 309: 柳园 (liuyuan) = 0km This is the last place on this trip that I have been to before. [...]
Friday, September 12th, 2008
“nach Westen gehen?”
day 310: 柳园 (liuyuan) – [under the transmitter]= 33,1km View Larger Map I already had a perfect title for the [...]
Saturday, September 13th, 2008
the goldmine
day 311: [under the transmitter] – 马莲井 (malianjing) = 31,5km View Larger Map When I woke up, I was feeling [...]
Sunday, September 14th, 2008
where’s my spray paint?
day 312: 马莲井 (malianjing) – 星星峡 (xingxingxia) = 31,6km View Larger Map Of course I didn’t get a good night’s [...]
Monday, September 15th, 2008
walking from Beijing to Bad Nenndorf
day 313: 星星峡 (xingxingxia) = 0km I found some good things in 星星峡 (xingxingxia). First I found food, then I [...]
Tuesday, September 16th, 2008
the messenger
day 314: 星星峡 (xingxingxia) – [out with Teacher Xie] = 41,5km 2008-09-17.kml show on larger map You remember my dear [...]
Wednesday, September 17th, 2008
the nothingness
day 315: [out with Teacher Xie] – [the windy hill] = 42km 2008-09-18.kml show on larger map Wanna know why [...]
Thursday, September 18th, 2008
50k – advanced formula
day 316: [the windy hill] – 骆驼圈子 (luotuojuanzi) = 50,8km View Larger Map My original working title for today’s post [...]
Friday, September 19th, 2008
the light head
day 317: 骆驼圈子 (luotuojuanzi) – 大泉湾 (daquanwan) = 29,5km View Larger Map I got up feeling terrible. Light-headed. Dizzy. You [...]
Saturday, September 20th, 2008
my escort
day 318: 大泉湾 (daquanwan) – 哈密 (hami) = 35,4km View Larger Map The weather was good today, and even though [...]
Sunday, September 21st, 2008
tradition
day 319: 哈密 (hami) = 0km You know what I like to do once I get to a large city [...]
Monday, September 22nd, 2008
the impossibility of nothing
day 320: 哈密 (hami) = 0km Okay, I couldn’t exactly allow myself to do nothing, even though that’s what I [...]
Tuesday, September 23rd, 2008
are my eyes red?
day 321: 哈密 (hami) = 0km Remember I told you about the gruesome picture-link problem (“please close all the windows!”) [...]
Wednesday, September 24th, 2008
müslüman
day 322: 哈密 (hami) = 0km My friend Abdu (walking from Beijing to Bad Nenndorf) decided to take me out [...]
Thursday, September 25th, 2008
getting ready to leave
day 323: 哈密 (hami) = 0km I fixed my caboose today: All three tires were screwed up and needed replacements. [...]
Friday, September 26th, 2008
crude oil
day 324: 哈密 (hami) – 吐哈油田 (tuha oil city) = 12,6km View Larger Map The tires I had bought didn’t [...]
Saturday, September 27th, 2008
4-0-0-0
day 325: 吐哈油田 (tuha oil city) – [a plain spot] = 25,2km 2008-09-28.kml show on larger map When I woke [...]
Sunday, September 28th, 2008
sabotage
day 326: [a plain spot] – 柳树泉 (liushuquan) = 35,8km View Larger Map Finally a decent night spent in the [...]
Monday, September 29th, 2008
mixed signals
day 327: 柳树泉 (liushuquan) – 三道岭 (sandaoling) = 24,3km View Larger Map The last one of my three new tires [...]
Tuesday, September 30th, 2008
fire in the hole
day 328: 三道岭 (sandaoling) = 0km If you’ve read yesterday’s post, you know that I came here with basically no [...]
Wednesday, October 1st, 2008
choo-choo
day 329: 三道岭 (sandaoling) = 0km How come my feet are so dirty? Well, we went to the place where [...]
Thursday, October 2nd, 2008
out with Uncle Shen
day 330: 三道岭 (sandaoling) – 梯子泉 (tiziquan) = 20,1km View Larger Map I got back on the long red line [...]
Friday, October 3rd, 2008
Mozart, please help me with your violins!
day 331: 梯子泉 (tiziquan) – 一碗泉 (yiwanquan) = 42km View Larger Map Oh, had I only known about my friend [...]
Saturday, October 4th, 2008
blown away
day 332: 一碗泉 (yiwanquan) – 红山口 (hongshankou) = 47,6km View Larger Map When I got up and looked out of [...]
Sunday, October 5th, 2008
oh, what a good thing!
day 333: 红山口 (hongshankou) – [刘/杨陕西补胎 - liu/yang's tire-repair] = 25,8km View Larger Map Note: 红山口 (hongshankou) – a crappy [...]
Monday, October 6th, 2008
it’s all in the family
day 334: 刘/杨陕西补胎 (liu/yang‘s tire-repair) – 于陕西补胎 (yu‘s tire-repair) = 34,9km View Larger Map The night had been good. No [...]
Tuesday, October 7th, 2008
is this the end?
day 335: 于陕西补胎 (yu‘s tire-repair) – 七克台 (qiketai) = 38,7km View Larger Map The 于 (Yu) family I was staying [...]
Wednesday, October 8th, 2008
what will they say?
day 336: 七克台 (qiketai) – 鄯善 (shanshan) = 30,9km View Larger Map There are oilfields here in 鄯善 (shanshan): Guess [...]
Thursday, October 9th, 2008
feet of steel
day 337: 鄯善 (shanshan) = 0km After one year of walking, my feet will be hard as steel, and I [...]
Friday, October 10th, 2008
the problem with chopsticks
day 338: 鄯善 (shanshan) = 0km Here is something I should have done a long time ago: Stop using those [...]
Saturday, October 11th, 2008
tea & cookies
day 339: 鄯善 (shanshan) = 0km The first time in 48 hours that I see the light of day – [...]
Sunday, October 12th, 2008
desert caboose 1.1 (new & improved)
day 340: 鄯善 (shanshan) = 0km 罗先生 (Mr. Luo) had agreed to give the caboose a general makeover today: But [...]
Monday, October 13th, 2008
speaking of which
day 341: 鄯善 (shanshan) – 连木沁 (lianmuqin) = 24,5km View Larger Map It’s always hard to leave a good place, [...]
Tuesday, October 14th, 2008
Turkestan
day 342: 连木沁 (lianmuqin) – 吐峪沟 (tuyugou) = 28,8km View Larger Map I stacked up on hot 馕 (nang) before [...]
Wednesday, October 15th, 2008
depression
day 343: 吐峪沟 (tuyugou) – 高昌故城 (gaochang city ruins) = 22,7km View Large Map I was in my room just [...]
Thursday, October 16th, 2008
happiness
day 344: 高昌故城 (gaochang city ruins) – 吐鲁番 (turpan) = 47km View Larger Map I had no idea that today [...]
Friday, October 17th, 2008
my light
day 345: 吐鲁番 (turpan) = 0km I had just poured a glass of tea and taken some pictures in the [...]
Saturday, October 18th, 2008
down in a hole
day 346: 吐鲁番 (turpan) = 0km I went outside and bought a pair of gloves because it was getting cold: [...]
Sunday, October 19th, 2008
roadkill
day 347: 吐鲁番 (turpan) – [roadside gas-station] = 21,9km View Larger Map So there I was in another 风口 (wind [...]
Monday, October 20th, 2008
the robot
day 348: [roadside gas-station] – 小草湖 (xiaocaohu) = 42,1km View Larger Map Last night I had prayed and asked Him [...]
Tuesday, October 21st, 2008
days to quietly walk and think
day 349: 小草湖 (xiaocaohu) – 达坂城 (dabancheng) = 37,2km View Larger Map … … … … … … … … [...]
Wednesday, October 22nd, 2008
vain?
day 350: 达坂城 (dabancheng) – 柴窝堡 (chaiwopu) = 39,1km View Larger Map I’ve lost something out there. Somewhere along the [...]
Thursday, October 23rd, 2008
乌鲁木齐 (Ürümqi)
day 351: 柴窝堡 (chaiwopu) – 乌鲁木齐 (Ürümqi) = 49,1km View Larger Map Again, I don’t know what to say. … [...]
Friday, October 24th, 2008
downfall
day 352: 乌鲁木齐 (Ürümqi) = 11,9km View Larger Map My dear readers, my dear friends. This is going to be [...]
Saturday, October 25th, 2008 about me
My name is Christoph Rehage, I will soon be 27 years old, and I have been walking through China for [...]
Thursday, October 30th, 2008
I (heart) China
Since I won’t be walking around anywhere for the next few months, I would like to take this opportunity to [...]
Friday, December 5th, 2008
I(H)C02 – Colors
I like the colors of China. It can happen on a completely gray morning in a completely gray street – [...]
Saturday, December 6th, 2008
I(H)C03 – History
Every people in every corner of the world seems to have its own unique part of history. Chengdu, January 19th [...]
Sunday, December 7th, 2008
I(H)C04 – Ice & light
The Northeastern parts of China can get extremely cold during the winter, with daytime temperatures easily dropping to a chilly [...]
Monday, December 8th, 2008
I(H)C05 – Little Ones
When I was in Sanya on Hainan Island for the first time in the spring of 2006, I came across [...]
Tuesday, December 9th, 2008
I(H)C06 – Dreams
Zhuhai in the South of Guangdong is a place of romance: honeymooners come here from all over the country to [...]
Wednesday, December 10th, 2008
I(H)C07 – Dance
It was In October 2006 that China Foto Press invited a couple of photographers on a weekend-trip to the city [...]
Thursday, December 11th, 2008
I(H)C08 – Respect
The picture I would like to show today is from the Summer Palace in Lhasa, Tibet. I realize that this [...]
Friday, December 12th, 2008
I(H)C09 – Boxes
Out of all cities I have ever been to, Hong Kong has the most beautiful skyline – by far. Maybe [...]
Saturday, December 13th, 2008
I(H)C10 – Modernization
Many people in the West have probably forgotten already, but China has suffered its very own history of colonization during [...]
Sunday, December 14th, 2008
I(H)C11 – Highness
…thousands of steps, and tenthousands of tourists to climb them. They say every good Han (汉 – Chinese) must have [...]
Tuesday, December 16th, 2008
I(H)C12 – Islam
Muslims usually don’t like having their picture taken. I am always trying my best to respect that, especially when I [...]
Thursday, December 18th, 2008
I(H)C13 – Da Ruckus
Maybe some of you know the 36 Chambers album – well, the original Wu-Tang really does exist. Somewhere in the [...]
Friday, December 19th, 2008
I(H)C14 – Study
The Chairman once had a word for all the little ones in his People’s Republic: “好好学习，天天向上” – “study hard for [...]
Monday, December 22nd, 2008
I(H)C15 – Comfort
What this cat is trying to say… Somewhere between Guilin and Yangshuo, March 15th 2006. “…stay close to where it’s [...]
Wednesday, December 24th, 2008
I(H)C16 – Amur
Temperatures over here have dropped by a few degrees during the last couple of days. There I am on the [...]
Saturday, December 27th, 2008
I(H)C17 – 哥们
It was in Suizhou (随州) I think, but I am not sure about that anymore. Anyway I found myself with [...]
Friday, January 2nd, 2009
I(H)C19 – The Mo(u)rning
You’re probably wondering what the hell I am doing. The truth is, I am in the process of figuring things [...]
Monday, January 12th, 2009
I(H)C20 – Lungs
I got to the top of the Five-Finger-Mountain (五指山) in the late morning hours. The skies were azure, the clouds [...]
Tuesday, January 13th, 2009
I(H)C21 – Adventure
Once upon time, on a market in Tianjin (天津), I found this book: Tianjin, July 7th 2007. It was a [...]
Wednesday, January 14th, 2009
I(H)C22 – Favorites
Of all the cities I have ever been to, no matter where, there was not one that wasn’t populated by [...]
Thursday, January 15th, 2009
I(H)C23 – The Need
This is Luozhuangxili (罗庄西里) in the Haidian District (海淀区) of Beijing, the place I used to live: Beijing, December 10th [...]
Saturday, January 17th, 2009
I(H)C24 – Rivers & Roads
“You can’t stand in the same river twice” or so they say. I’m not sure if I got the actual [...]
Sunday, January 18th, 2009
I(H)C25 – The Essence of Things
2005 ended in a winter during which I would take long lonely walks in the northern outskirts of Beijing: get [...]
Thursday, January 22nd, 2009
I(H)C27 – 牛
Happy New Year of The Ox! Lijiang, February 24th 2007. Some dates are just special.
Monday, January 26th, 2009
I(H)C28 – The Watcher
I am at home and It’s not bad at all. My Russian class is coming to an end, and I [...]
Thursday, February 5th, 2009
I(H)C29 – Sell pineapples
I am going to stop walking for good. February 28th 2007, Xishuangbanna. Go back to university. Get a degree. Find [...]
Monday, February 16th, 2009
I(H)C30 – The Stone
Yesterday morning, I almost got enrolled into university. Well, almost. One document was missing. I had already handed it in [...]
Friday, March 13th, 2009
505
I just learned that my landlord in Beijing, 王伟 (Wang Wei) has passed away: This is a photograph I took [...]
Tuesday, May 26th, 2009
a new host
The site went down again. I am hoping to get it fixed this time though.
Friday, August 28th, 2009
riffs over cookies
There I am in Shanghai doing an internship with a large German company. Who would have thought? The city around [...]
Wednesday, September 9th, 2009
“old dudes rock”
There’s this shopping area downtown – a pedestrian zone flanked by large buildings and neon signs, usually packed with people. [...]
Monday, September 14th, 2009
wet shirt contest
Rain. This morning while I was waiting for #64, I got very wet. A shivering forty-minute busride later, I felt [...]
Thursday, September 17th, 2009
äamöoüur pröopre
This Saturday I did something I should have done a long time ago – I went swimming. Speedos, goggles, and [...]
Sunday, September 20th, 2009
172-watt washing machine
I went and watched a movie today： “建国大业” (“the great undertaking of nation building” – [sorry about the poor translation]). [...]
Tuesday, September 22nd, 2009
world without people
I personally didn’t like the festivities around China’s 60th anniversary that much. The TV broadcast of Beijing’s military parade seemed [...]
Friday, October 2nd, 2009
Klaatu
Vacation time! I felt very grateful for a chance to visit Inner Mongolia (内蒙古) over the holidays: There was public [...]
Monday, October 19th, 2009
Barada
We went to a place called 室韦 (Shiwei), situated in the Northeastern part of Inner Mongolia. Little wooden houses… …right [...]
Thursday, October 22nd, 2009
Nikto
Somewhere in Inner Mongolia, there is a city glowing in the darkness: It’s called 满洲里 (Manzhouli), and it is glowing [...]
Monday, October 26th, 2009
the scourge – in defense of Shanghai
I never liked this city. Too large, too busy, too much bling bling. Too aggressive, too fashionable, too many lame [...]
Wednesday, November 4th, 2009
I(H)C31 – Cool Fashion
need cool taste. You are the new man March 6th 2006, Guangzhou. Banana Piece [PS: I have recently added more [...]
Tuesday, November 24th, 2009
I(H)C32 – The Running
This is probably my all-time favorite photograph from three years in China. In the fall of 2006, we’re a random [...]
Thursday, December 3rd, 2009
I(H)C33 – Perseverance
I was in 桂林 (guilin) once, it was in March 2006. I had to go there because somebody had shown [...]
Monday, February 1st, 2010
I(H)C34 – Walking Through Poems
One of my trips through the middle kingdom landed me in 张家界 (Zhangjiajie) in the southern province of 湖南 (Hunan). [...]
Thursday, April 8th, 2010
I(H)C35 – The Tempting Veil
I miss China, and I miss walking around. …one time in the spring of 2006 I got a ticket to [...]
Tuesday, July 6th, 2010
musical chairs
My friends took me to the bus station at 6 am. I guess we were all a bit tired: The [...]
Wednesday, August 25th, 2010
Prelude, Interlude, or Leisure?
Just how am I going to tag this post? First things first though: I took a cab to the airport [...]
Thursday, August 26th, 2010
Yahximusiz!
I am on a 30-day tourist visa now, but I might need a few extra days on top of that [...]
Friday, August 27th, 2010 …is it safe to be here?
Some people might be wondering if it’s safe to be here in 乌鲁木齐 (Ürümqi) after the deadly riots a year [...]
Saturday, August 28th, 2010
the beloved one
Let’s see if you remember this place: Not quite? Well, how about now: That’s right. “Hey, you’re the German guy [...]
Sunday, August 29th, 2010
earthworm and anaconda
day 353: 乌鲁木齐 (Ürümqi) – 昌吉 (Changji) = 34,3km 2010-08-30.kmz on larger map So… I guess some of you already [...]
Monday, August 30th, 2010
ouch!
day 354: 昌吉 (Changji) = 0km I woke up and said hello to a fine day: I limped outside and [...]
Tuesday, August 31st, 2010
fearless vampire killers
day 355: 昌吉 (Changji) = 0km What was there to do? Stay in my castle of foot pain all day? [...]
Wednesday, September 1st, 2010
black kites & silly geese
day 356: 昌吉 (Changji) – 榆树沟 (Yushugou) = 16,6km 2010-09-02.kmz on larger map I eventually dragged my sorry ass out [...]
Thursday, September 2nd, 2010
he is I and I am him
day 357: 榆树沟 (Yushugou) – 呼图壁 (Hutubi) = 26,8km 2010-09-03.kmz on larger map I got up in the early morning [...]
Friday, September 3rd, 2010
“achromaticity limpidity beef noodle additive”
day 358: 呼图壁 (Hutubi) = 0km I woke up feeling terrible. Maybe the cold had finally caught up with me? [...]
Saturday, September 4th, 2010
tied down
day 359: 呼图壁 (Hutubi) = 0km Seeing that this was my summer vacation, I wasn’t very happy when I realized [...]
Sunday, September 5th, 2010
hats off to all writers of big fat books
day 360: 呼图壁 (Hutubi) = 0km Guess what, I am still in my hotel room: It’s spacious and comfortable, and [...]
Monday, September 6th, 2010
ode to an eggplant
day 361: 呼图壁 (Hutubi) = 0km The medication doesn’t seem to help. Maybe I don’t have a cold at all. Could [...]
Tuesday, September 7th, 2010
sleeping with melons
day 361: 呼图壁 (Hutubi) – 大丰镇 (Dafengzhen) = 23,1km 2010-09-08 on larger map Bad health or not, it felt good [...]
Wednesday, September 8th, 2010
the good lunch
day 362: 大丰镇 (Dafengzhen) 玛纳斯 (Manas) = 36,5km 2010-09-09 on larger map I got up at six and started walking [...]
Thursday, September 9th, 2010
green dots on photographs, taken from low earth orbit
day 363: 玛纳斯 (Manas) – 石河子 (Shihezi) = 19,4km 2010-09-10 on larger map Luckily for my feet, I didn’t have [...]
Friday, September 10th, 2010
let’s all go to the lobby
day 364: 石河子 (Shihezi) = 0km 辉辉 (Huihui) invited me to his Taekwondo club today: I was going to show [...]
Saturday, September 11th, 2010
the best dumplings ever
day 365: 石河子 (Shihezi) = 0km Wow… 365 days… a year… People were singing in the backyard of my hotel: [...]
Sunday, September 12th, 2010
how the calabash got on my backpack
day 366: 石河子 (Shihezi) = 0km I did an interview with a local newspaper today. Since the reporters were very [...]
Monday, September 13th, 2010
sexy time immemorial
day 367: 石河子 (Shihezi) = 0km My friends 辉辉 (Huihui), 祁师傅 (Master Qi) and 李娜 (Li Na) got me into [...]
Tuesday, September 14th, 2010
New Model Terracotta Army
day 368: 石河子 (Shihezi) = 0km Yesterday, I had promised 李娜 (Li Na) to take a picture of her: Hope [...]
Wednesday, September 15th, 2010
out with Huihui
day 369: 石河子 (Shihezi) – 沙湾 (Shawan) = 36,5km 2010-09-16 on larger map 辉辉 (Huihui) was obviously not going to [...]
Thursday, September 16th, 2010
50k – godlike rampage
day 370: 沙湾 (Shawan) – 九公里 (Jiugongli) = 57,9km 2010-09-17 on larger map Who would have thought that this was [...]
Friday, September 17th, 2010
miniature skyline
day 371: 九公里 (Jiugongli) – 奎屯 (Kuytun) = 6,3km 2010-09-18 on larger map When I woke up I realized that [...]
Saturday, September 18th, 2010
police and thieves
day 372: 奎屯 (Kuytun) – 乌苏 (Usu) = 24 km 2010-09-19 on larger map I wasn’t going to walk today. [...]
Sunday, September 19th, 2010
life is like…
day 373: 乌苏 (Usu) = 0 km a box of chocolates – sometimes you just pick an unpalatable one. … [...]
Monday, September 20th, 2010
worlds away
day 374: 乌苏 (Usu) = 0 km What a bad night – hardly any sleep at all. I had done [...]
Tuesday, September 21st, 2010
quod erat demonstrandum
day 375: 乌苏 (Usu) = 0 km 王先生 (Mr. Wang) showed up in my room again this morning. I was [...]
Wednesday, September 22nd, 2010
mountain people
day 376: [奎屯 (Kuytun)] = 0 km Since we had nothing better to do, 辉辉 (Huihui) and 雷晟 (Lei Cheng) [...]
Thursday, September 23rd, 2010
the pink train
day 377: [乌鲁木齐 (Ürümqi)] = 0 km My friends 王婵 (Wang Chan) and 丁波 (Ding Bo) from 奎屯 (Kuytun) invited [...]
Friday, September 24th, 2010
Thankyoustan
day 378: [乌鲁木齐 (Ürümqi)] = 0 km I went back to the municipal police station to extend my visa. I [...]
Saturday, September 25th, 2010
certificate of participation
day 379: [乌鲁木齐 (Ürümqi)] = 0 km Having been rejected by many a hotel the night before, I eventually managed [...]
Sunday, September 26th, 2010
guanxi
day 380: [乌鲁木齐 (Ürümqi)] = 0 km Here’s part two of my use of 关系 (guanxi – relations): Yesterday in [...]
Monday, September 27th, 2010
her… …again
day 381: [昌吉 (Changji)] = 0 km Soundtrack: Black Uhuru – “Happiness” —total: 4927,5km
Tuesday, September 28th, 2010
jade lake of heaven
day 382: [昌吉 (Changji)] = 0 km We went to a place called 天池 (Tianchi – Heaven Lake) today. It [...]
Wednesday, September 29th, 2010
back to the deep place
day 383: [昌吉 (Changji)] = 0 km Today, we got in a car and went to 吐鲁番 (Turpan) in the [...]
Thursday, September 30th, 2010
word cascades
day 384: [昌吉 (Changji)] = 0 km We took a trip to the mountains south of 昌吉 (Changji) today. It [...]
Friday, October 1st, 2010
the world needs more John Muirs
day 385: [喀纳斯 (Kanas) = 0 km This morning, we got on a plane to one of the most remote [...]
Saturday, October 2nd, 2010
monsters
day 386: [喀纳斯 (Kanas) = 0 km There is a shuttle bus network to take individual visitors and travel groups [...]
Sunday, October 3rd, 2010
stuff to do
day 387: [昌吉 (Changji)] = 0 km There’s an end to everything … even the sweetest summer vacation. So, upon [...]
Monday, October 4th, 2010
the Governor-General
I got my hands on some premium vodka today: Kauffman – stylish bottle, intimidating price range. I liked the name, [...]
Friday, October 8th, 2010
I(H)C36 – the recycled picture
This one was in 杭州 (Hangzhou), on the shores of the 西湖 (West Lake): April 7th 2006, Hangzhou. You might [...]
Sunday, January 30th, 2011
I(H)C37 – kitsch
In every language, there are some expressions that are particularly hard to translate. In German, one of these words is [...]
Monday, January 31st, 2011
I(H)C38 – fish & thunder
There is a huge lake in Western China: 青海湖 (Qinghai Lake). It is also known as Kukunor, and both names [...]
Tuesday, February 1st, 2011
I(H)C39 – four thousand seven hundred eight years
Today is the last day of the year of the Tiger. The Rabbit is soon to come. August 17th 2007, [...]
Wednesday, February 2nd, 2011
CFP
I just found out that a few pictures I had taken in Chongqing (重庆) in 2007 apparently made it to [...]
Sunday, October 16th, 2011
I(H)C40 – pink dog
I found them (they found me) somewhere in the outskirts of the capital: February 25th, 北京 (Beijing). It was a [...]
Wednesday, October 19th, 2011
I(H)C41 – Ways
Loved the entanglement of pathways: January 22nd 2006 – Chongqing (重庆) Soundtrack: Hanover Saints – “When The Truth Rings Out”
Thursday, October 20th, 2011
I(H)C42 – Models
They’re the best: March 14th 2006, between Guilin (桂林) and Yangshuo (阳朔). Soundtrack: Sublime – “Pawn Shop”
Friday, October 21st, 2011
I(H)C45 – four stars for a loo
Found this one inside the Forbidden City (故宫): January 27th, 2007. Beijing (北京). You know how much I appreciate a [...]
Monday, November 21st, 2011
I(H)C46 – pride of a chef
Night food is something special in China. I wasn’t always able to handle it health-wise, but I loved going out [...]
Thursday, November 24th, 2011
I(H)C47 – humidity
When I was roaming through the province of 广东 (Guangdong), I noticed clothes everywhere. They only dry slowly under the [...]
Tuesday, November 29th, 2011
I(H)C48 – choices
I forget where this one was taken: May 20th, 2007, somewhere in Hubei (湖北). 福禄寿 (happiness, money, long life) – [...]
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