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Archive for the ‘Friends’ Category
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
oh, how I love a good barbeque
day 184: [München] = 0km In the green outskirts of the city: (oh, how I love a good barbeque) …not [...]
Saturday, May 10th, 2008
only the brave
day 185: [München] = 0km München is definitely renown for its Biergarten-culture: large people sitting around large tables drinking ridiculously [...]
Sunday, May 11th, 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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
the third day
It’s been two years since I started out on The Longest Way. But it feels like yesterday. … Today, I [...]
Monday, November 9th, 2009
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
a friend, a crystal head, and winds blowing from the cold
The other day my friend Steven came to town: Steven, with whom I had been hanging out in 敦煌 (Dunhuang) [...]
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