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The wheels I had bought didn’t stand a chance out there.
After investing a considerate amount of time and energy in the futile attempts to fix the damn problem ourselves (my friend Abdu and me, that is), we finally hauled the whole thing over to a bike repair shop and had him readjust the spokes:
That’s right: every single one.
No wonder it was almost teatime when I finally crossed the railway line, thus leaving the city and starting my venture out into the west:
One time, I passed something burning:
I never found out what it was. Oil maybe. I just kept on walking.
The whole venture didn’t last long, though. When I passed by a place called Tuha Oil City, I spontaneously decided to look for a place to stay in there and call it a day:
Mysterious oil city… I hadn’t seen a single oil rig anywhere around. “Are there oil springs in the Hami region?” I asked someone, and I got a surprising answer: “no, the workers commute to Turpan 吐鲁番 to drill for oil!”
Hint: Turpan is 400km away from here.
Well what do I know – anyways the place was pretty interesting:
Large clean spaces, not very many people, sprinkler systems taking care of large patches of green…
The whole oil city smelled of money, and it looked a bit weird:
Trivia: All of the workers here are from other parts of China, not one is from Hami. The only people who actually are from here are the service personnel.
…
So here I am, it is quarter past eight at night, and I have just taken a hot shower. My pictures and words are about to be on-line in only a matter of minutes. and then I’m going to lean back, watch some TV and order a good serving of double-fried pork or something. I also have some potato chips, some M&Ms and two cans of that beautiful “Zamzam” cola the Uyghurs like to drink. Maybe I should take a picture of the can?
Na, I’d rather I lean back and do nothing.
I didn’t feel like dancing today anyway.
Hermann
gute Entscheidung, und das mit dem Tanzen kommt ja ersten morgen.
oneday
3.5 km
oneday
wender berman 5 :hoffenheim 4
hannover 1:bayern munich 0
Patrick
oneday, no one gives a sh*t about freakin bundesliga here 😉
especially not when fcb lost! 🙂
oneday
ok, patric …no problem.
but i don,t like the way you talk .
try this……
i don,t gives a sh*t you like bundesliga or not.
Florian (Flo Li Anh,
Widerspruch! We do care, especially when FCB lost! Hehe…
Florian (Flo Li Anh,
Christoph: Aloha, Mast und Schotbruch 😉
John
oneday and patrick: this is christoph's blog! not your personal sparring space! shame on you.
christoph: can't wait to see the 4,000 K dance. whoop it up good and then keep on truckin'! good luck out there – though it looks empty, i'm sure you'll find more adventure.
oneday
sorry, my fault.
sorry Christoph
sorry patrick
Momo
Hermann, wobei das mit dem Morgen relativ ist. Heute ist Montag und das von dir gemeinte "Morgen" wär Sonntag gewesen, also gestern. Insofern: Auch wenns jetzt noch nicht da steht, hat Chris schon die magischen 4k geknackt. Wir sind alle stolz auf Dich!
Christoph
Hey guys, how about a little dancing?
Momo
YEAH! BRING IT ON! 🙂
Patrick
happy 4000! and now just dance sucka
Patrick
happy 4000! and now just dance sucka!