HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO BROTHER JON 
Got up early and took three buses to get to Datong. In Pinglu there was a three hour wait. I got in touch with the owner of the bus which goes daily to Datong. He was a very nice guy and rescued me from the -5 C in the waiting hall of the bus station. We ate together with his driver and some others. The place was warmer and the atmosphere was great with lots of noise from hard working guys shouting at each other when they entered or left the place for the cold outside.
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Two hundred metres down the road, there had been an accident.
The recent snow has made driving even more risky than normal. I saw several lorries that had lost their grip and sailed off the road. At one place two lorries had collided, but both of the drivers carriages had swung to the opposite sides saving the drivers. (I think)
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