CHINA | Saturday, 29 May 2010 | Views [896]
We'd come back down to 2000m at Jiayuguan from 4000m at Jingtieshan iron ore mine and had time to kill this morning, so I went for a look around..............
I walked out of the hotel for a while in the general direction of the Jiayuguan Fort ... Read more >
Tags: china, ultralight, wall
CHINA | Monday, 2 Feb 2009 | Views [1588] | Comments [1]
Last winter was my first northern hemisphere winter, and come Xmas holidays last year, the last direction I was going to head was further north(I went south to Sanya on Hainan island instead). This year I thought I had better go while I am still so close.... Read more >
Tags: china, harbin, ice, snow
CHINA | Sunday, 11 Jan 2009 | Views [1901] | Comments [1]
Five guys walk in to a hospital with an empty baijiu (local firewater - 'white wine') bottle and ask for it to be filled with pure alcohol. Back to the beginning; We set off from Chang Shan Hao gold mine at around 8:00 AM in -20 or so weather in ... Read more >
Tags: china, cold, driving, laughs