My friend John sent me this a few days ago. As you probably understand, he doesn’t have very high morals and therefore he is not my friend any longer… Well – the truth is he has a good sense of humour!! PS – I set off to walk the Ningxia […]
As expected, my progress has not been so great the last couple of weeks. However, I am very happy to have finished a challenging walk through the thickest of deserts in very warm conditions and with very limited water supplies. Other than that, I have been working […]
San guan kou is the place I ended up yesterday. It is situated on the border between Ningxia and Inner Mongolia. it lies about 40 kilometres South West of Yinchuan which is the Capitol of Ningxia. San guan kou means three passes, three gates or three points. It lies in […]
The place I came to last evening had more than just a shop. It also had a cantine for the workers and I was allowed to use it. I ordered a good meal and one more ‘to go’. It was great to eat real food and give the dried Yak […]
Sorry for not writing the last three days. This has been pretty tough going… SATURDAY On Saturday I started walking at noon. The weather forecast was grey and as I walked Northwards the clouds got thicker and it started raining. Sometimes it rained so heavily that I used the umbrella. […]
Today I have bought water, Ice Tea, dried meat and fruit, nuts and so on, in preparation for the next 4-5 day stretch. The weather forecast is looking good with temperatures not going over 33 degrees C in the shade (91 F). That may not sound too hot, but remember […]
Please scroll down to see pictures that I have added to previous entries. I have also added comments to a lot of comments from the previous week or two. The weather forecast for tomorrow and the day after is still: Extremely hot. So I’m waiting it out till then. I […]
I got off to a fairly early start today again and walked the remaining stretch before the five day section starts. It rained most of the time and sometimes fairly heavily, but it was great to walk, for once, without becoming too hot. I tried to follow a large irrigation channel, […]
I knew walking the Great Wall was going to be hard, but to be honest, I didn’t know how hard. Lately the hot weather has been challenging, so today I am celebrating that a full month has passed since the sun was at it’s hottest! Things are going the right […]
Short note – I have been working on pictures for the Pictures from China website and also the structure of the Chinese web site. Thanks for the comment Fay – I will send you a mail tomorrow! Last evening it was more than 30 degrees centigrade (86 F) at ten […]