- I was interviewed by the local newspaper and Gansu TV at the first beacon tower of the Ming Dynasty Great Wall.
- The first steps along the Great Wall.
- One of the entrances to the Jiayuguan Fortress.
- A boy helping his mother take the bark off trees. Or perhaps he is not helping that much after all?
- Safety first.
- This shop in Jiayuguan had a lot of different green teas.
- Broken liquor bottles in front, and a gravestone behind.
- This guy was waiting for a lift. Looked like he would be waiting a long time.
- A monument at a shut down factory. The place was completely deserted.
- View of the kitchen where a lady made our lunch one day.
- This kindly guy offered to let us spend the night on the bunk beds.
- Medicine Chinese style consisting of herbs.
- This doctor practiced both Western and Chinese medicine, and let us stay at his office for the night. That saved us from spending the night in a sandstorm.
- Puppies for sale. Luckily it wasn't so hot this day.
- Locals playing billiard by the market square in Gaotai.
- This girl was afraid to start off, but soon she was running in and out shouting that she wasn't afraid any more.
- Sheep. Because of a sand storm, the sky was gray and visibility poor.
- A lizzard that relied completely on its camoflage.
- Probably the biggest watchtower along the Ming Dynasty Great Wall.
- I gave this old man a bottled drink that I had bought on the other side of the street.
- This car was clean before the rain brought down all the dust and sand from the skies.
- China Mobile.
- This is what remains after we have been at a local shop to stock up.
- This thorn tricked me. First I thought I had a stone in my shoe, but the pain came from the same spot all the time. It had gone straight through the sole of the shoe.
- It is not very comfortable to walk up and down the sand dunes when it is windy.