There was more thunder and lightning last night and a lot of rain. It had stopped by morning. I spent the night at a guesthouse. Because of the TV antenna wire, there was a slit in the window sufficient to let in adventure seeking mosquitos during the night. They had feasted on me, but luckily the bites didn’t itch much.

Before walking on, I managed to find a place where they could repair my rucksack. The pocket in the top lid had a large hole because the zip had loosened from the rucksack. It took only 3 minutes to fix and means I don’t have to worry about losing small items from it.

The walk today brought me all the way to the most eastern section of the opposite U shaped path here. I got to see some Great Wall being excavated. They were digging around a large square to reveal the lower walls of what looked to be a small fortress at the foot of some very impressive mountains.

I asked the labourers if any of them had tried to follow the Great Wall up the mountains. One guy said he had for less than an hour, but then it got too dangerous.

I have not washed myself or my clothes for some days now, so will try and do that tomorrow morning before moving on. Will be spending my second night at the same guesthouse tonight.

It has been threatening to rain all day long, and although there have been 3-4 downpours, they didn’t last for long. No thunder while walking.

30 kilometres today