Monthly Archives: July 2009

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The second impassable Great Wall stretch 1

This entry was posted in Along the Great Wall Walking the Great Wall and tagged great wall Walking the Great Wall on July 18, 2009 by admin

I went to bed really early yesterday and got up before the sun at half past five. I started walking an hour later.  This time is was nice and cool, which was great! The light was beautiful, so I spent too much time photographing instead of making progress. The weather […]

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Eating watermelon with chopsticks 2

This entry was posted in Along the Great Wall Walking the Great Wall and tagged desert great Walking the Great Wall on July 17, 2009 by admin

Today I got off to an earlier start and was walking the Great Wall at about half past seven. It was fairly cool, which was a great improvement from yesterday. Walking the Great Wall was fun today. The first section was on the border of the desert. As it was […]

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Status week 13

This entry was posted in Status every two weeks on July 17, 2009 by admin

Well, in fact the last three because of the break in Inner Mongolia.The last three weeks have been hot. The trip to Inner Mongolia was a great treat. It was also a wonderful ‘holiday’ from my walk along the Ming Dynasty Great Wall. Thanks a lot for the fun we […]

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Hot day in the desert 2

This entry was posted in Along the Great Wall Walking the Great Wall and tagged desert great wall hot on July 16, 2009 by admin

I got up about seven o’clock this morning ready to beat the heat with a fairly early start. In Inner Mongolia, this would have been early enough to escape the high temperature, but here in Ningxia, there was no hope. I went to the airport north of Zhongwei and found […]

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On a break in Inner Mongolia 8

This entry was posted in Along the Great Wall Walking the Great Wall on July 11, 2009 by admin

A little report from Inner Mongolia. Andreas and I have been walking along Zhao, Qin, Han and Jin walls. The oldest being between 2.400 and 2.600 years old. We found clear evidence that the oldest wall was a man-made structure as it was exposed some places, and not just an elevation […]

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Back to the Great Wall 7

This entry was posted in Along the Great Wall Walking the Great Wall on July 3, 2009 by admin

Today I went back to where I left off and headed for a Ming Dynasty Great Wall section to the North of Zhongwei. It was hot as usual, but I have taken some simple measures to make things a little more bearable. My beard has gone and so has all […]

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Have finally got the GPS! 1

This entry was posted in Along the Great Wall Walking the Great Wall on July 2, 2009 by admin

I’m really happy that I have finally got the GPS. Set off early today to get to Jingtai and back, before it got too hot. So off to walk tomorrow. I will be bringing the old and new GPS’s to see how they compare. Today I have been working on […]

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Left Jingtai today but returning tomorrow…

This entry was posted in Along the Great Wall Walking the Great Wall on July 1, 2009 by admin

I left Jingtai to get back to Zhongwei, but a few hours later, I got a message from Kelly in Beijing that they had been able to find the GPS that my brother sent a couple of weeks ago. Now, isn’t that strange – it was sent to Jingtai a […]

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