The Great Wall’ker

Woke up a little after 5am. Then it started raining, so I had to wait an hour more before packing down the tent.

There were clouds today which made it a little cooler than yesterday. I walked the last stretch of the day without my shirt, which was wonderful. There were suprisingly few mosquitos too - no doubt they will show up in force later.

At lunchtime, I found a place where they had a Xiao Lu Dian - a small guesthouse. I explained that I only wanted to stay the warmest hours of the day, and then walk on. The lady understood and said I could take a shower and wash my clothes too.

First I got a dinner next door, and then slept a little, then washed my shirt, took a (wonderful) shower and then rested some more. Then before leaving, I took another full dinner. Lying in a small patch of a field out of sight from people now.

It feels a little cooler than yesterday. Perhaps I am a bit cooler because I  walked without a shirt the last bit…

21 kilometres today

Saturday 3rd of July

I didn’t sleep at all last night. It was too hot. Started walking a little after 6 a.m. and walked until it got dark, with a break of several hours during the hottest part of the day

Had a hard time finding a good spot to pitch the tent. Ended up under a tree in an orchard. A problem I am having with walking until dark is that I keep on generating a lot of heat when I want to sleep. It takes a long time to cool down. The last two nights, I have not bothered using my sleeping bag - no need at all.

23 kilometres today