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31 07 2009

The Ningxia cheat

Posted by Robert in Along the Great Wall, Walking the Great Wall, tags:

My friend John sent me this a few days ago.

As you probably understand, he doesn’t have very high morals and therefore he is not my friend any longer… Well - the truth is he has a good sense of humour!!

The Ningxia cheat

PS - I set off to walk the Ningxia outer loop tomorrow. I hope to make some findings that members of the Great Wall Forum have pointed me towards.

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31 07 2009

Status week 15

Posted by Robert in Status every two weeks
   
 
As expected, my progress has not been so great the last couple of weeks. However, I am very happy to have finished a challenging walk through the thickest of deserts in very warm conditions and with very limited water supplies. Other than that, I have been working on the Chinese website. The translations I have received have been placed on the site and now I have to add all the pictures. I am really looking forward to launching the site in Chinese. Many thanks to those that have helped me with this work so far!! . I am currently on the start of the Ningxia loop that will last for a while. All depending on the weather conditions, I hope to walk 3-4 days in a row and then rest in Yinchuan for a day to literally cool down. This will go on until I have come to the point where I start walking Eastwards again.  This should be possible by the next couple of weeks.The other big piece of news coming up is that my girlfriend will buy the tickets for the upcoming visit!! We have not seen each other for four months. It goes without saying that it will be great to spend time together again!!The weather has been hot as expected and the next two weeks are also going to be very hot. After that I expect and hope the temperatures will drop. This should make it easier to increase the daily distances I walk.

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