We spent one and a half hours trying to get over the ‘Large Northern River’, but without success, so we ended up having to take a bus to a town and then a taxi to get to the other side of the river. We started walking and soon we were close […]
The following day we got up and made an oatmeal breakfast with brown sugar, or red sugar as they call it in China. Oatmeal is great. Lightweight, quick to make and lots of energy. We started walking and had a really dusty day ahead of us. The dust is hard […]
Here comes a quick update on the last week’s events. On Tuesday my brother and I started walking where I left off. The area had quite a few irrigation channels to transport water from rivers and water reservoirs to the fields in the area. We stumbled upon a sheep that […]
The last two weeks have been long. After starting to walk as planned, I soon needed to let my feet rest because of multiple blisters. I found out it was just as well to wait till my brother came to Jiayuguan before cutting the umbilical cord to […]
Many thanks for advice about emergency water supply in the form of water blisters. So far we have not had to apply the advice. I’ve only had one blister on my right little toe, and it is under control. To begin with we carried 5 or 6 litres of water […]
Jon and I are finished with the desert stretch and are now hanging out at the (open for business) doctor’s office in a small village. It is 10 p.m. He has kindly invited us to spend the night on the premises and borrow his computer. His son is looking at […]
My brother has arrived in Jiayuguan. It was really good to see a familiar face here. Tomorrow we continue the walk where I left off. Chances are that we might not be able to update this website as we go along unfortunately, but hopefully the map will show our progress […]
Those two blisters I got yesterday, were giving me a clear message, so I decided to let my feet heal a bit. I also started getting pictures ready for the picture gallery. The first few days I have concentrated mostly on the walking and as I have to ‘fill’ the […]
On Wednesday I set out for another stretch and decided to walk with the walking sticks I had brought with me. As I have promised myself to take it easy in the beginning, I did 12 km in two hours. The landscape was flat and I could only see remnants […]
On Tuesday the route of The Wall went into a more urban landscape with fields and houses. I tried to follow the path of The Wall, but when I got to a group of houses, it disappeared on the other side. Therefore I started walking in the same general direction […]