Amazing!!!! I am going to become your fan to read all your advantures in the well-organized office where I try my best to keep my freedom and wild ambition of advantures!
Good luck Good luck! Very good news that you'll be back in the West (and hopefully in London??) in 80 days or so... I'm very jealouse of your travels. Claire
Roles reversed Hey Zhu lian! now almost exactly 3 years later, it's time for ME to be at work reading about YOUR intrepid travels! :) say hi to zhou jie lun and pan wei bo if you happen to bump into them on the silk road ;) love yzxx
Hello! Hi J, good luck with your trip. You haven't posted anything for 5 days, so I guess you are negotiating with the border patrol :) Was in Dunhuang last autumn and refused to pay 200 RMB to step on to the desert. Only the chinese would charge you for something like that!!!
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I tell you what.... Gansu is a funny shape.
After years of pondering, I have susbequently discovered that its shape came from the need to have the Silk Road under one administration.
It's still a funny shape though.
strange shape?! ...Gansu province... it's just Italy backwards :) Sounds like you're having a fab time.. thanks for the updates.. and maybe see you when you do get to the real backwards Gansu! :)
Jealousy is very unattractive but I can't help it Howdy pardner,
I'm very jealous that you've been to Dunhuang. You're bringing Dr L's teachings back to me, though I hope that the next leg doesn't involve bastinado nastiness or courtesan-fox fairies.
Lovely writing, can't wait for more. Em x
Good luck! I have dreamed of taking the Silk Road from Europe to China (or vice versa), so when I came across your blog, and at the very beginning of your adventure, I had to subscribe. I, along with my Mom, sister, and son, will be in Xian at the end of May, but will only do the first part of the Silk Road to Lanzhou, with a side trip to the Tibetan monastary of Labrang (in Xiahe). I don't know if you will be making this side trip, but if you try, please let me know if there are any travel restrictions remaining. Again, I look forward to reading your daily experiences.
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