I was excited from the very start today, knowing that I would end up where the Great Wall meets the Yellow River. It felt warmer than yesterday, and from the very beginning I was sweating a lot. Luckily though I am getting used to the heat. Even though I am […]
22 km today. Today’s walk was really good and varied. It started in the flat landscape north of Jingtai. Since it rained most of the night, the top inch of the earth became very slippery in some places. The problem was that it was difficult to identify these places before it […]
After walking the Great Wall for 25 kilometres yesterday without eating anything, I have taken it easy in Jingtai today. Have refilled the Chinese phone card with enough money to last for a month, hopefully, and worked on pictures and the website. Have also had two good and large meals […]
Walked 25 km under the sun today without any food. After the food feast yesterday evening, I woke up with an urge to go to the ‘toilet’ (There aren’t any in the desert of course). So I got out the small head lamp and found a suitable place. And then […]
13 – 14 km today, but I’m happy considering the late start and pretty hilly terrain. (This is nothing compared to when I get closer to Beijing, mind you) I didn’t start walking until three in the afternoon. The Great Wall goes through a fairly hilly area here and steeper […]
I have been relaxing today and working on the GPS tracks for the trip. Thanks for the tips Bryan. Have also been tracking the parcel containing the new GPS, which Jon sent by courier. This afternoon the status was that it was delivered to the hotel. They had even written the name of […]
This picture was placed on the top of a cake at DnB NOR, in the department where I have worked the last six years. It was fun to see that they are following the status of this project too. Thanks very much to Torbjørn for sending the picture – it is […]
This has been a non walking day. I took the bus back to Jintai with the equipment I had placed there. This evening I have been working with a search engine plug-in for the website, so it should be easier to find information here now. The GPS will hopefully be […]
Jon and I have had two good weeks along the Great Wall with many good experiences. Jon took a plane from Beijing to Scotland last night and will be back home soon.The last couple of weeks, water has become the most important issue. The more mountainous region […]
Today’s mission was to get the address of the hotel in Jintai to send to my brother and to get myself to Wuwei to pick up the PC and other equipment. I got to the bus stop around half past nine and was told the bus would be there at […]