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East of Yinchuan the Great Wall passes many industrial sites. Even with all the sites, I rarely met people along the Great Wall
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Walking the Great Wall of China. Here, 50 kilometres East of the Yellow River, the Great Wall is in good shape considering it is made of rammed earth and has been exposed to harsh weather for several hundred years!
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Here it is easy to see the characteristic layers of the Great Wall built by the rammed earth technique.
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The Great Wall to the right, and a first line of defence again horsemen to the left. That’s not me, but the thin line you can see to the left.
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One of the relatively few evenings so far where I have rested outside before going to sleep. Often I don't set up the tent till it is dark.
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The Ordos desert seen behind the Great Wall
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This lovely couple offered me to spend the night on their "Kang". A bed with a small stove underneath to keep the heat during the cold winter months. I thanked them for the kind offer, but wanted to walk further that day.
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I ask this man for directions for the local shop. The parabolic antenna to the left uses sun to heat water.
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These se7en dogs gave me a shock, and would have been too much to handle if things got nasty. Luckily they wandered on without bothering me.
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The Hubba HP is a very light weight tent, and as you can see, conditions are also pretty cramped.
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Eating corn on the cob on a dark and wet day.
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Up one sand dune, and down the next.
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I have seen lots of hares, but always running away from me. I stood completely still when this one came towards me. It got pretty close.
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You can see a string of beacon towers going off to the left.
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I was not expecting to see mushrooms growing in the desert!
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Eating fresh sunflower seeds can be incredibly addictive 🙂
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See the holes in the Great Wall? They are from a bee-like creature. I walk fairly quickly past spots like this.