On a break in Inner Mongolia – The Great Wall'ker

A little report from Inner Mongolia. Andreas and I have been walking along Zhao, Qin, Han and Jin walls. The oldest being between 2.400 and 2.600 years old. We found clear evidence that the oldest wall was a man-made structure as it was exposed some places, and not just an elevation in the terrain with grass on top of it.

We hired a taxi to get between the different Great Walls but then walked along the last one for 35-40 km. The terrain was great. There was green grass for the most part, which was great and a nice change from the desert terrain. We slept in the landscape without tents and walked further on the next day. Thanks a lot for the great experience Andreas! Also thanks for bringing along the shipment from Norway.

I have stayed on in Baotou a little and plan to return to Zhongwei in a couple of days to continue the walk along the Ming Dynasty Great Wall. Ningxia is very warm this part of the year, so that is going to be the biggest challenge when I get back.

Wishing all readers of this blog a happy summer holiday!!!

8 thoughts on “On a break in Inner Mongolia”

Trude July 13, 2009 at 10:10 am

Thank you!!:-)

Frank Fotland July 13, 2009 at 9:38 pm

When is the Chinese edition of this website coming?

Kim July 13, 2009 at 11:31 pm

Thanks, I hope you have a good trip in Ningxia. It’s really a nice place with some beautiful wall – I just hope it’s not going to get too hot for you out there!