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Archive for the ‘Shanxi’ Category
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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
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) – 风陵渡 (fenglingdu) = 32,8km You see the blue stream on the map? That’s the [...]
Sunday, February 17th, 2008
funny faces
day 102: 风陵渡 (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: 风陵渡 (fenglingdu) – 华阴 (huayin) = 36,9km I finally crossed the Yellow River and made it into the [...]
Tuesday, February 19th, 2008
Prelude, Interlude, or Leisure?
Just how am I going to tag this post? First things first though: I took a cab to the airport [...]
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