desert Caboose 1.1 (new & improved)
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Mr. Luo 罗先生 had agreed to give the Caboose a general makeover today:
But first we had to go to a bike shop…
…and get a new set of wheels:
I asked for old steel frames with thick ball bearings, and I think we managed to find something durable this time.
Then Mr. Luo got to work…
…and a thorough job he did.
People had been telling me that he was professional at what he was doing, and when I looked at the new & improved Caboose 1.1 today, I thought the results seemed very satisfying indeed.
Thank you, Mr. Luo! May your weld seams travel with me all the way to Germany!
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Why is there no picture of the new Caboose? Well, her looks haven’t really changed that much, so I thought I’d rather show you this instead:
Yes, it’s the REAL desert!
This is the second time that I’ve walked past big old sand dunes and everything (pull back the curtains), and it still shocks me when I see it.
I mean, here is the oasis of Shanshan on one side…
…and here, just a tiny bit to its south, are the mighty dunes that are towering over the land…
…making life impossible:
Oh, don’t let them fool you – the desert dunes can seem so soft and nice…
…they want to trick us into thinking that we can tame them and live in them:
But eventually we must realize that we will be all alone in this nothingness…
…and that there are only these little flags that can lead us back into safety:
Well, it wasn’t all that bad:
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…and at sunset, the scenery became even more beautiful:
Later that night, when I was just getting ready to go up to my room and wash the sand off from my body, I ran into this group of rally drivers from all over China:
Cool dudes, very outgoing and friendly.
We almost had dinner together, but then I realized that I had too much work to do.
So it was a lonely supper in front of the notebook again.
Sabrina
Hahaha! Das Video ist super!! Der Sand war bestimmt nicht einfach wieder aus den Haaren zu kriegen, oder? Schöne Grüße und viel Spaß weiterhin!
Gisela
Sabrina sorgt sich um die Haare – Augen, Ohren, Nase sind bestimmt das grössere Problem. Tolles Video. Sand weckt halt den Spieltrieb in jedem Junggebliebenen und lässt sich wunderbar fotografieren. Er hat denn die gelbe Fahne gesetz?
Rubi
du bist verdammte scheiße nochmal echt ein freak man! chrischie geht in die wüste und macht purzelbaum. voll cool! 🙂
ey wie machst du die panoramas? zugeschnitten or what?
oneday
freeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee…dom
Barry aka Ba Lli
WAAAAHHNNNSINNNN!!!!!!
Florian (Flo Li Anh,
Geile Scheiße!
John
that constant, soft, sifting sound we hear in the video is the sound of the sand crawling across the land with the wind, never stopping, always moving slowly. nice. christoph, you must have gotten a mouthful of it when you tumbled! pretty funny.
Momo
Und? Schmeckt echter Wüstensandkuchen anders als guter deutscher Kindergartensandkastenkuchen? 🙂
Martin T.
FLORIAN! Bitte keine Klo-Wörter!
Christoph
Sabrina: Och, Dusche und gut, war nicht so wild.
Gisela: Moment mal, ich bin "junggeblieben" ??
Rubi: Jo, einfach oben und unten was weggeschnitten, macht Spaß.
John: Yeah, I felt pretty close to the desert during that moment.
Momo: Besser.
Wei
Those desert shots are amazing.