The Great Wall’ker

Walked 25 km under the sun today without any food.

After the food feast yesterday evening, I woke up with an urge to go to the ‘toilet’ (There aren’t any in the desert of course). So I got out the small head lamp and found a suitable place. And then it was diarrhoea time…  

Don’t know if it was the food or the water, but when I got up this morning I had no desire to eat at all. I had half a litre of water and a litre of Ice Tea. I have been using a hydration bag to carry the water that I drink while walking. It is great and makes it easy to drink while on the move. But it needs to be cleaned now and again, and I have not cleaned mine for a long time…

Well - one and a half litres was not enough for 25 km, but towards the end of the day I, luckily, found a small shop. I sat down completely exhausted and just watched the shop owner and her three friends playing some sort of poker game. I was still sweating after sitting quite still for ten minutes.  I then looked around and purchased some water and an ice cream and sat down again.

The end point of today was only about 4 km away from Jin Tai, so I am back in town. I might spend the day here tomorrow to fill up on food and water.

I can really feel that I am alone now. Jon is gone. It’s good to have a PC in the room, and internet connection to communicate with friends and family.

Well - time to hit the sack. I’ve eaten a lot this evening, but am going to eat some more before sleeping.