21 km today where three were not walking the Great Wall. I started the day by visiting the small village to buy water and food. Unfortunately there were no restaurants there, so I got instant noodles at the shop instead. Todays walk took me to about 2200 metres. When I […]
19 km yesterday where 3 were not along the Great Wall. 28 km today. I’m lying in the tent now with the tent doors completely open. At 2.000 metres above sea level I can see the green valley I walked through today, to the west. To the north, in the […]
Some days are more sad than others and this morning was like that. Jon walked with me to The Wall and we said our goodbyes and ‘see you in a year’. Then I started walking the Great Wall while Jon stood there until I was out of sight. I am […]
We were up at 7.30 a.m. and ate breakfast with Gao Jia’s family. Since they were expecting 100 guests, there was a lot of activity going on. After breakfast we took pictures of her family in different variations and will send them to her when we get to an internet […]
Yesterday: I got a blood blister on my left foot and was fried by the sun two days ago. In order to cool down and get things sorted out on the picture gallery, we spent yesterday in Wuwei. There were many young students staying at the hotel and Jon learnt that […]
On this walk along the Great Wall of China, we need to celebrate as often as possible. Here is a reason for celebration – the end-point today is the place where the Great Wall leaves the Hexi Corridor. The Hexi Corridor is a geographical feature in Gansu province where the […]
After two pretty long walking days, we decided to take some time off this morning and keep the walk fairly short. We skipped the breakfast at the hotel since it doesn’t seem to give us the energy we need. We went to a local dumplings (Bao Zi) restaurant instead. Well […]
We have had a really long and hot day today. It was 30+ C and in the sections where we walked by the desert sand dunes, it felt like we were in an oven. We just got back an hour ago. After walking all day with too little food we […]