Monthly Archives: September 2012

master of the wind

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Today was going to be my last walking day this summer: By loading the video, you agree to YouTube’s privacy policy.Learn more Load video Always unblock YouTube So, with our new identification papers in our pockets, we waltzed out of town. On our way to the border. We Passed architectural wonders: …flowers… …and a dude […]


how we became approved

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We left the town of Huocheng, which was bigger than we had thought: Passed a wedding ceremony on the way: And gradually gained back the countryside: And then I crossed my own way. It happened here: I had come from the opposite direction a bit more than a week ago, when I was walking on […]


new old things

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When the sun came out, we left the regiment and started out walking through fields: Our goal was to take dirt roads as much as we could: And so we walked: By loading the video, you agree to YouTube’s privacy policy.Learn more Load video Always unblock YouTube …past fires… …past spectators… …past pink houses… …past […]


corn snake

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Today we started to walk. I was happy that the Caboose seemed to get along quite well with my good friend Dario: (It would have been hard if I had to choose between them.) We took a different way out of Yining, and we passed by something that looked old: I’m saying that it “looked […]


night markets

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This is my friend Dario: He decided to accompany me on the last leg of my trip to the border of China and Kazakhstan. It was only a few days’ walk, but first, we needed to eat: So we found a place, and we ate: …and ate: …and ate: …and ate: The way we saw […]


what teahouse?

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You know how guide books often tend to say retarded things like dive into, intoxicate yourself, hang with the locals, etc. etc.? Well, that’s just one side of it. My friend and I wandered around Yining today, looking for fun things to do. So we dived into a cab, yelled “temple!”, and ended up in […]