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Walking the Great Wall of China

Along the Great Wall

In Yulin 1

This entry was posted in Along the Great Wall Walking the Great Wall on September 18, 2009 by admin

Yesterday I used my feet, a motorbike, two cars and a bus to get to Yulin to sort out last minute things before my girlfriend comes to visit. The road I hit when leaving the Great Wall was about as far away from the main road as possible. I asked […]

A very old lady 1

This entry was posted in Along the Great Wall Walking the Great Wall on September 16, 2009 by admin

This has been a crazy day. I have walked a fair distance, little of it being flat. But in a straight line I have moved only 7.5 kilometres. A bit discouraging. There have been deep scars in the landscape. In a couple of places, where the landscape around the Great […]

Food versus drink

This entry was posted in Along the Great Wall Walking the Great Wall on September 15, 2009 by admin

So far on this walk, I have been most concerned about having enough water with me. Now though I long for food, other than oatmeal, and lots of it! Today I got to a village called Chang Cheng. That’s the same as The Great Wall in Chinese. I asked for […]

Up and down, up and down 1

This entry was posted in Along the Great Wall Walking the Great Wall on September 14, 2009 by admin

Got off to a good start at 8 this morning. The scenery was truly beautiful with hills in every direction I looked. Most of them were green and a lot of them had farmers who were harvesting. Just right for some good pictures. The other consequence of all these hills […]

Cold hands 1

This entry was posted in Along the Great Wall Walking the Great Wall on September 13, 2009 by admin

I started walking after noon today. There are a lot of fields along the Great Wall. This has made following the Great Wall difficult at times since I have to make constant detours as walking through the crops of farmers is not so popular. Luckily more and more fields are […]

Net meeting and interview

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

For Norwegian readers: Idag var det nettmøte i Nordre Aker Budstikke – du kan lese mer her. Well – the rainy period is over now, so tomorrow I head back for the last place I was and start walking the day after. That should give me enough time to get […]

More rain

This entry was posted in Along the Great Wall Walking the Great Wall on September 6, 2009 by admin

I was able to use a computer for three minutes last night, and the forecast said steady rain for the next 4-5 days. The clouds outside are of the sort that just stay put and contain impressive amounts of very wet rain. Since I still only have jogging shoes without […]

Rain

This entry was posted in Along the Great Wall Walking the Great Wall on September 5, 2009 by admin

After about five minutes walk today, my shoes started making a squishy squashy sound, and that went on for the rest of the day.Trude is bringing some proper boots in two weeks time, but until then I will have to make do with what I have. The highlight of the […]

Walking the Great Wall while listening to “The Hobbit” 1

This entry was posted in Along the Great Wall Walking the Great Wall on September 4, 2009 by admin

For Norwegian readers: Det blir nettmøte i Nordre Aker Budstikke på fredag om en uke. Hvis dere har spørsmål kan dere sende de dit. Sjekk www.nordreakerbudstikke.no for mer informasjon. I have spent several hours today listening to “The Hobbit” by JRR Tolkien. I am on a long journey just like […]

Walking the Great Wall through a town 1

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

Todays picture is the same as yesterdays because internet stopped working last night before I was able to upload new pictures. There are 11 pictures in the queue now, which means I can walk eleven days before having to make and upload more pictures. A girl at the reception had […]