Yesterday I entered the third province of this walk: Shaanxi. I will write more about the last couple of days, but now it is time for the second meal of the day. I need to fatten myself up a lot. More soon! You can read more about Shaanxi here.
The intended end point of this stretch was Dingbian in Shaanxi province. I was not sure I would make it though, since I had a couple of shorts days of only about ten kilometres. Anyway – after eating a good breakfast and ordering my favourite dish: Xi hong shi chao […]
The day started with a rice breakfast with the Chinese family who let me spend the night with them. I finally made friends with their dog too and petted it before leaving. I got the email address from the daughter in the family so that I can send them the […]
Quick report as I am staying with a very nice family tonight and it is time to sleep. Woke up to a strong and cold wind. Started to walk, but after an hour, it started to rain. I took refuge in a beacon tower that had a nice cave carved […]
After getting the weather report from my girlfriend yesterday (thanks Trude), I decided to make an early start today. Set my alarm for six o’clock. At three a.m. I went out for a wee. Crystal clear sky and the stars and planets looked like they were only half as far away […]
The last two weeks have been long in effort, but short in perceived time. Does that make sense? I can remember a lot of hard walking because of the heat. But at the same time these reports feel like they are being written more often than every second week. I […]
The sun is setting behind the Great Wall right now. It is completely silent here except for the shepherd calling his sheep every now and then, and the sheep calling back. Since I started walking today I have only seen two people. Both shepherds. Don’t think they have seen me […]
Here is the interview with Norwegian NRK Nitimen. I started walking fairly early today and that was good. As the forecast said, there was to be rain and it came in the afternoon. Since I was set up for the interview at three o’clock in the afternoon, I pitched the […]
For Norwegian readers: Imorgen er jeg med i NRK P1 Nitimen. Er første gjest, og kommer på litt etter kl 9. Tune in 🙂 Very tired now. I have eaten and drunk too little today. A couple of times I got a bit light headed. The day started well with […]
I am lying in the tent now. It is the coolest evening since I was walking with my brother a few months ago and I’m really enjoying it! It’s still light outside, but the sun has set. As I rolled out the three season Western Mountaineering sleeping bag earlier, I […]