We met this little cutie at a restaurant today. Her uncle dropped in to buy some cigarettes and had her show off for us a little. He handed her a one kuai note and she waved her hand back and forth in front of it dismissively. He handed her two kuai and she did it…
Today Doug had a good look at our map and it became clear that we could take an alternate route for 45 miles or so and get off of highway 324. However, it wasn’t clear if the alternate route would have hotels and restaurants or at least stores where we could buy food and water….
Doug and I stopped for a little dinner and after we finished eating,the waitress pulled out her camera and then put her four-year-old daughter in Doug’s lap. We know from experience that this scenario never ends well. The poor child was instantly reduced to tears. We want to be polite and accommodating but seriously, it’d…
The weather thankfully has cooled down. Today the “Real Feel” is only 103 which is very walkable and much more enjoyable. We may readjust our morning starting time and go back to a 4:00 am start if this weather keeps up. We miss so much of the scenery when we are walking in the middle…
Yesterday Doug and I tried to check into a hotel and when we walked into the establishment and inquired about a room, we were told that it was not a hotel. We left and walked to the corner where we were greeted by a group of enthusiastic and very friendly men. We asked them if…
We were up at 3:30 this morning and on the road by 4:15. We started right out in front of the hotel I hurt my foot at last year. As we were walking, we could hear frogs croaking from the creek or canal that ran beside the road and by the time they quieted down,…
Our last night in Beiliu we had dinner with Dr. Vincent, his wife Hong and his son. Last year his son seemed very shy but this year, he was able to speak to us in English. He has even taken the English name Steve. Hong asked if I would give her an English name. I…
We are back in Beiliu! We flew to Hong Kong on June 23rd and arrived on the 24th. We had planned to stay at the airport hotel but some sort of convention or event caused room rates to skyrocket. Because we didn’t want to pay $500 a night at the Regal, we found ourselves in…
We have a one hour flight to San Francisco followed by a fourteen hour flight to Hong Kong, a two hour flight to Nanning and then a 3 hour drive (courtesy of our friend Dr.Vincent) to Beilu. We will spend 2 nights in Beilu and then we hit the road. It’s only another 296 miles…
My foot is healed, our bags are packed and we are ready to go! We are headed back to China and hope to be walking by June 27th at the latest. The last 11 months have been a challenge. I don’t think that a day has passed when I didn’t think about returning to China…
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