The Great Wall’ker

It was raining lightly this morning. Because of the heat and humidity the previous night, I didn’t get that much sleep, so today I slept until about 8 o’clock. Started walking an hour later.

I forgot to write yesterday, that I had felt a pain behind my left knee. First I thought it was the old back injury from kayaking Norway that had re-surfaced (a nerve in the back is pinched causing pain in my left leg) but today I realized it had nothing to do with my back. Lucikly.

So I started feeling the back of the knee and felt the telltale signs of tendonitis. I don’t even know if one can get tendonitis in this spot. Anyway - it looks like I will have to figure out what this is. I’m hoping that since it came so quickly, it will disappear quickly too…

I bought some noodles at a shop today. I showed her a picture of a dead snake I found on the dirt road and asked if it was dangerous. It was green with reddish colourings closer to it’s head. She told me it wasn’t dangerous, but I should watch out for the black snakes, and all other colourations… Well - I didn’t feel like even leaving the shop!! A lot less to put up a tent in a field with semi long grass. (That’s where I am right now)

Then she gave me a good piece of advice to keep snakes away… Take off your shoes and walk around the tent barefoot. That way the snakes can smell you and will stay away. Well - that would lead to a certain snake bite to walk around barefoot… I decided against trying her advice.

I’m in the tent now with a headache and trying to stretch my left leg. I can hear the sounds of small creatures right outside the tent, bumping against the walls. Perhaps frogs? I hope they stay outside…

About 30 kilometres today. (The GPS is outside the tent and I’m not risking lots of mosquito bites to get it…)