Archive for the ‘Dario’ Category
who wants to stay in Stalin street?
Day 410: 66团 (Regiment 66) – 伊宁 (Yining) = 29,9km 2012-08-31 show on larger map When I stepped out into [...]
Friday, August 31st, 2012what teahouse?
Day 411: 伊宁 (Yining) = 0km You know how guide books often tend to say retarded things like dive into, [...]
Saturday, September 1st, 2012corn snake
Day 413: 伊宁 (Yining) – 66团 (Regiment 66) = 26,6km 2012-09-03 show on larger map Today we started to walk. [...]
Monday, September 3rd, 2012new old things
Day 414: 66团 (Regiment 66) – 霍城 (Huocheng) = 30km View 2012-09-04 in a larger map When the sun came [...]
Tuesday, September 4th, 2012how we became approved
Day 415: 霍城 (Huocheng) – 清水河 (Qingshuihe) = 23,7km View 2012-09-05 in a larger map We left the town of [...]
Wednesday, September 5th, 2012master of the wind
Day 416: 清水河 (Qingshuihe) – 霍尔果斯 (Khorgas) = 31,4km View 2012-09-06 in a larger map Today was going to be [...]
Thursday, September 6th, 2012the feeling of home
Day 417: [伊宁 (Yining)] = 0km Same old story: my visa was about to run out. I needed an extension [...]
Friday, September 7th, 2012back to the yurt
Day 418: [奎屯 (Kuytun)] = 0km Early in the morning, we hopped in a cab: The driver was apparently an [...]
Saturday, September 8th, 2012planes, trains and automobiles
Day 419: [奎屯 (Kuytun)] = 0km We only had half a day, but 雷晟 (Lei Sheng) made sure we didn’t [...]
Sunday, September 9th, 2012#1002
Day 420: [乌鲁木齐 (Ürümqi)] = 0km First thing in the morning: Go to the central police station and grab a [...]
Monday, September 10th, 2012where did my hair dresser go?
Day 420: [乌鲁木齐 (Ürümqi)] = 0km The visa application had been accepted. All we could do was wait. So we [...]
Tuesday, September 11th, 2012Germans looking at dancers
Day 421: [乌鲁木齐 (Ürümqi)] = 0km My visa wasn’t ready yet. No big deal, just one more day of waiting. [...]
Wednesday, September 12th, 2012last interview in the ü
Day 422: [乌鲁木齐 (Ürümqi)] = 0km I finally got my visa extension today. Yay! :) And these guys made an [...]
Thursday, September 13th, 2012Kashgaria
Day 422: [喀什 (Kashgar)] = 0km Today we left 乌鲁木齐 (Ürümqi) and hopped on an airplane: It was going to [...]
Friday, September 14th, 2012nine inch lakes
Day 423: [喀什 (Kashgar)] = 0km Ever heard of Karakul – the “black lake” in the Pamir Mountains? We figured [...]
Saturday, September 15th, 2012handprints
Day 424: [喀什 (Kashgar)] = 0km There’s a livestock market here every sunday. Ok, some cows, some sheep, maybe a [...]
Sunday, September 16th, 2012dessert in the desert
Day 425: [和田 (Hotan)] = 0km Yes, I know it’s a tacky title. Anyway… We took a train ride along [...]
Monday, September 17th, 2012I was going to do the same thing in the air!
Day 426: [和田 (Hotan)] = 0km The city wall of 和田 (Hotan) wasn’t very old: Only some parts of it [...]
Tuesday, September 18th, 2012parting (for now)
Day 427: [乌鲁木齐 (Ürümqi)] = 0km Today was our last day in this beautiful part of the world. We got [...]
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