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Four years later, and here I am – back in Khorgas.

It took a lot of flying to get here:

  • Hanover – Istanbul
  • Istanbul – Beijing
  • Beijing – Karamay
  • Karamay – Yining

…and then a car ride to Khorgas.

Most of the time it looked somewhat like this:

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Blurry.

There was one exception though. I had booked one of the flights first class (because it was actually cheaper than paying for my extra luggage, don’t ask me why).

So I got to hang where the rich people hang:

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It seems as though once you’ve overpaid for your ticket you get all kinds of stuff for free. And you get to be by yourself.

Anyway, I was happy when I found out that they were still selling my book at the airport in Beijing:

book at the airport

Not only because it’s always nice to sell books.
But because I had been a bit worried about the Chinese authorities.
Here’s a video I made before I left, in which I try to explain the issue:

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But then of course everything turned out to be just fine.

I got a haircut in Yining:

haircut in Yining

Then I went and saw Big Brother Ma ้ฉฌๅคงๅ“ฅ (whom I had previously been referringย to as Mr. Ma ้ฉฌๅ…ˆ็”Ÿ):

Big Brother Ma

He had been storing my Caboose during the last four years. Four years! And she was still her old self: sturdy and pretty:

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All she needed was a little bit of work and a set of new tires (which I got for her from Germany, hence the extra luggage):

The Caboose

And she was ready to go.



  • booked

    ่€้›ท๏ผŒๆ€•่ขซๅธๆฏ’๏ผŒๆ€•่ขซๅซ–ๅจผ๏ผŒๆˆ‘็ฌฌไธ€ๆฌกๅฌ่ฏดๅค–ๅ›ฝไบบ็š„ไนŸๆ€•่ฟ™ไธช๏ผŒๅพˆๆ‚ฒๅ“€๏ผŒๅ…ฑไบงๅ…šๆŠŠๅฝ“ไฝ ๆ˜ฏๅค–ๅ›ฝไบบ็œ‹ๅพ…๏ผŒ่ฆๆŠ“ไฝ ๏ผŒไธ็ป™ไฝ ็ญพ่ฏ่ฟ‡ๆฅๅฐฑๅฏไปฅไบ†ๅง

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  • booked

    ่ขซๅซ–ๅจผ๏ผŒ่ขซๅธๆฏ’๏ผŒ่ฟ™่ง†้ข‘ๆœ‰็‚นๆฒ‰้‡ๅ•Š๏ผŒๅ…ฑไบงๅ…šๅฝ“ไฝ ๆ˜ฏไธช่€ๅค–๏ผŒๅฆ‚ๆžœ่ฆๆ€•ไฝ ไธ็ป™ไฝ ็ญพ่ฏไธๅฐฑokไบ†

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  • Lee

    Love you ่€้›ท, surprised to know that you are in China already, be safe, will keep a eye on you. safe safe safe

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  • Corinna

    Alles Gute!
    C.

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  • ้ฃ›ๅคฉ้งฑ้ง

    ่€้›ท๏ผŒwelcome back n have fun!

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  • WEI

    ๅบ”่ฏฅๆฒกๆœ‰่ฟ™ไนˆ็ณŸ็ณ•ๅง๏ผŒๅ…ถๅฎžๆˆ‘่ง‰ๅพ—ไฝ ๅœจไธญๅ›ฝไผšๆฏ”ๆƒณ่ฑก็š„ๆ›ด่‡ช็”ฑไธ€็‚น๏ผŒๅธŒๆœ›ไฝ ไธ€่ทฏ้กบๅˆฉใ€‚่งๅบ™่ฟ›ๅŽปๆ‹œไธ€ๆ‹œ๏ผŒๅฐฑไผšไธ€่ทฏ้กบ้ฃŽใ€‚
    ๆœ‰ไธช้—ฎ้ข˜๏ผŒไฝ ่ฟ™ไธ€่ทฏไธŠ่ฆๅธฆๅคšๅฐ‘้’ฑ๏ผŸ

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  • Abraham

    Chris , I hope everything is gonna be cool !
    And be aware of the “BIG BROTHER IS WATHCING YOU ”
    Hope you can travel to Kaxgar as well .

    Sincerely ~
    Peace ๐Ÿ™‚

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  • Jori

    Good to know you are travelling again! I wish you all the best und viel Glรผck!

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  • Philipๅผต

    Good luck and safe travel… ไธ€่ทฏ้ †้ขจโ‹ฏ

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  • lyn

    ่€้›ท๏ผŒๆ€Žไนˆ็œ‹ๅˆฐไฝ ไนฆ็š„่‹ฑๆ–‡็‰ˆ๏ผŒไธญๅ›ฝๅฅฝๅƒๆฒกๆœ‰ใ€‚็ฝ‘ไธŠไนŸๆฒกๆœ‰

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