HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO BROTHER JON 🙂 Got up early and took three buses to get to Datong. In Pinglu there was a three hour wait. I got in touch with the owner of the bus which goes daily to Datong. He was a very nice guy and rescued me from […]
— Written the 9th of January The night was cold. On my upper body I wore two layers of wool and a fleece. My legs had one layer of wool and fleece. On my head I had a cashmere woolen hat, and my neck was protected with a double fleece. […]
— Written the 9th of January It was under minus ten when I started walking this morning, determined to follow the Great Wall along the small river that runs into the Yellow River. During last night I thought it was a great idea to walk on the river, but when […]
At 8.30 this morning I got the bus back to my end point yesterday. Then I walked 31 kilometres to get to Lao Niu Wan. This is where the border between Inner Mongolia and Shanxi Province turns eastwards away from the Yellow River. As does the Great Wall. I had […]
Started walking at eight o’clock following the Great wall of China. Pretty quickly I had to make some serious decisions on whether to walk long detours or take calculated risks. The worst was when I had walked a long way in fields and got to a valley. The only way […]
Although I have not walked that far today it has been pretty hard work. The first part was along a road. I spent half of the time making sure I wasn’t blown in to the middle of the road as trucks drove past. Lots of sand and other debris in […]
The morning started with an interview for the Hequ TV station. The reporter came at nine, and by ten o’clock we were finished. That’s the most effective interview so far! My Chinese is pretty basic. After the interview I thought it a good idea to practice how to answer the […]
I have received information that the online system for making donations to the Dana Farber Cancer Institute is NOT working. I’m sorry about this and have sent a mail to get it sorted out! ——– Today I lit off a long strip of fire crackers at the western shore of […]