Yesterday I thought I wasn’t getting anywhere with the GPRS problem because of Easter, so decided to spend the day walking instead of banging my head against the wall. My sponsor of the htc telephone in Norway – Nordialog – has sent my request on to the experts, so I […]
On Sunday I wanted to start walking, but spent time trying to figure out how to get the GPRS network to work. It works wonders with the Norwegian SIM card, but unfortunately not with the Chinese. So, after having spent quite a few hours alone and then at the local […]
I have taken quite a lot of taxies the first few days, in and around Jiayuguan. For some reason there is a majority of women among the taxi drivers here. And that’s great, because: They don’t drive too fast, they don’t speak so quickly that you haven’t got a chance […]
Hello, Today was a big day 🙂 For some reason the local TV had picked up the news about the walk and wanted to do an interview. In China it is good to have a slogan, big signs of what is happening and a speech to make for a good […]
The last two and a half weeks have been pretty crazy. Tried to get all the arrows pointing in the same direction and hopefully meet some place, before I went to China a week ago.Now I’m sitting on my bed in a very nice hotel room in […]
On Friday, I went to visit the China Great Wall organization. I met Vice President Mr Dong Yaohui and Vice Secretary General Yan Jianmin. My Chinese friend Chen Shu had set up this meeting from Denmark. Thank you Shu!! Mr Dong and I had a good talk about the Ming […]
You can read about the equipment I am, and am not bringing here. This is the first of three pages on the subject. The others describe the high-tech-ness of this trip, and a list of everything in my rucksack. Yesterday I had an important meeting with a salesperson from China […]
After a long haul from London Heathrow to Beijing, I am at last in China! My brother gave me the address of a nice hotel close to the Beijing University and I have slept a little, as I didn’t get any sleep at all on the flight over. This is […]