Sleeping in the park
Well maybe a little hangover¡ We are supposed to meet Jason at 8.30 in the morning, so unfortunately we have to get out of bed early. We find it quite difficult today. Jason is pretty easy going so when we…
Raiders of the lost Arch
Within the true travellers nature lies the wish to find that one special place nobody has been to or at least only few. Ward, a guy from Belgium we have met, had read a story in the National Geographic Magazine…
Animals everywhere
Today is the day we have been waiting for. Today is the market day in Kashgar. It is the biggest market in Central Asia and up to 50.000 people will gather to sell whatever they have. The most lively market…
Sometimes it is nice…
Most of the time Jason is quite nice, but we also have to get used to have someone on the back seat trying to help us all the time. Okay, we have our language difficulties if we want to find…
A thousand buddha caves
A quick check of the car reveals something we don¡¯t want to see. All four new steeringbolt rubber have come loose! We feel horrible as we are almost sure we can¡¯t get them in China. Steeringbolt rubber contain greese to…
UFO¡¯s (unidentified food objects)
We don¡¯t seem to get used to the Chinese breakfast (too much garlic on the early morning). But closeby the hotel we find a supermarket so we can arrange a real Dutch breakfast: bread with peanut butter. With a smile…
Operation Desert Storm
Jason, our guide, has been asking around what the road will be like for today. Bad is the answer.. very bad! We are very much worried as this means the steering stabilisor could break again and we could strand in…
SOS Urumqi a warm hearted family
The city Urumqi is located the furthest from every ocean. So this also counts for the SOS-Village in Urumqi. We meet Montee, one of the staff members in front of our hotel and drive to the village. On the way…
The deserted city of Jiaohe
We are quite tired when we wake up. The KTV (karaoke bar) in the same building and a scorching heating system kept us awake most of the night. So a bit groggy we jump in the car and leave for…
Adoring the mummy…
Ninety percent of the internetcafe¡¯s we find just cater for gamers and have banned the use of floppy disks to prevent themselves from virusses. Till late at night we wonder around Turpan but with no luck. When we get back…
From Amersfoort to Beijing