The mist has set it’s mark on today. After walking a road for a few kilometres, I headed eastward along the Great Wall. The visibility was bad – at times less than a hundred metres. I followed a large dirt road at first. It followed the track of the Great […]

Started walking at about eleven o’clock. Had a solid breakfast in my stomach and 3 litres boiling hot water in my rucksack. Also half a litre of Bing Hong Cha – or Ice tea. Due to the cold (Cough cough cold. Not Brrrr brrrr) I was breathing through my mouth […]

Got up at half past five this morning and got on the train at 7 am – fifteen minutes before it was supposed to depart. It departed on the minute 7.15 which leaves me wondering why I was told it was too late to catch the train at 7.05 yesterday. […]

Got up early today to head off to Shaanxi and continue walking the Great Wall. I like to travel by train. Although it is slower than a bus, it is more comfortable. Yesterday I confirmed that the train left 7.15 am. At 7 o’clock I was at the ticket counter […]

I picked up the new visa today and head back to China tomorrow. The flights do not correspond, so I will have to spend a night in Beijing before returning to Datong. I will visit the visa office the day after to make sure they agree to extend my visa […]

I woke up two days ago thinking: The problem of getting a visa for only one month (plus possibly two more) is a lot less than walking about 2.500 kilometres alone along the Great Wall during the winter. So I’ll just figure it out somehow, and keep on walking. While […]

Have been to the visa office in Hong Kong now. They could ‘only’ offer me a one month visa with the possibility to extend it twice by a total of two months. I was hoping for a lot more. Now there is a small, but vital, administrative task I must […]

Andreas went to Yinchuan yesterday to examine several Great Walls there. It was pretty cold today he said. And it is cold here too. I left Yulin for Datong today. Datong is where I have stored a very warm sleeping bag, extra sleeping mattress and warm down coat. I spent […]

There was continuous snow all day yesterday. Andreas and I spread our equipment out to dry and had a couple of good meals together. He has a lot of knowledge and love for Chinese food. Later we spent some time looking at Google Earth, talking about the route for my […]