I have taken quite a lot of taxies the first few days, in and around Jiayuguan. For some reason there is a majority of women among the taxi drivers here.
And that’s great, because: They don’t drive too fast, they don’t speak so quickly that you haven’t got a chance to understand what they are saying and they don’t smoke in the car! Today I took a taxi to the fortress where I ended the walk yesterday. I managed to arrange with the taxi driver that a couple of hours later, she would pick me up somewhere north of the town.
The walk today brought me north of Jiayuguan, and then eastwards. Some places The Wall has disappeared, but because of previous findings among the Great Wall Forum, I was able to follow it all the way.
It was dry and dusty today too (and will be the next half year from what I can gather) but there were some clouds that gave some protection from the sun. So, I’m not baking my face today like yesterday. When I got to the outskirts of the town I started meeting local farmers preparing their fields for the summer.
When I got to the designated end point which was exactly a 10 km walk, I started talking to a man and his wife. After a while I called the taxi driver, and they told her where to come to pick me up.
I spent most of the morning trying to figure out the problem with the GPRS connection. It is still not working, and therefore, I cannot connect to this site to make daily updates as planned. Not sure about the solution yet. I might try to fix it tomorrow.
If you don’t hear from me for some days, you know why! I should still be able to update the route with a daily coordinate via satellite, so that will give you an idea of the progress.
Time to take a shower now and then prepare the GPS for next week’s walking.
Happy Easter!
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