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10 hours long march ahead..

Today’s leg will be a long one. We realized that we were not camping next to “the black lake”, but only half of the way anticipated - next to “the SMALL black lake”(!)

Dagens etappe blir knallhard. Vi innser at vi ikke har campet halvveis ved “den svarte innsjøen”, men mye kortere av gårde ved, navnevis til forveksling, innsjøen som mer spesifikt heter “den lille svarte innsjøen”.
Written by Shanghaiet @ 19:26. 0 comment(s)

Hey bro, isn't this just like Norway??

Same same but different, but climate and vegetation were all very similar.

Hei bror, er ikke dette akkurat slik som ved Lyngsjøen ved Øyer??
Written by Shanghaiet @ 19:25. 0 comment(s)

Heading south again

Pretty barren wastelands ahead.

Vi tar bussen sørover igjen gjennom et gold ørkenlandskap.
Written by Shanghaiet @ 19:24. 0 comment(s)

Camel milk sales outlet

On the way back we passed by a camel milk sales place, I tried it of course,
adding it to other drinks on the trip: sour horse milk, fresh cow milk, yak
ox yogurt, goat milk (uncertain?)

På returen kjørte vi forbid ett kamelmelk utsalgssted. Måtte prøves
selvsagt, da det føyde seg fint inn i rekken av sur hestemelk, kumelk fersk
fra spennet, yak okse yogurth, og muligens også geitemelk (usikkert).
Written by Shanghaiet @ 19:22. 0 comment(s)

Rabaia's centre - closed

What do you expect if you oppose to the Chinese regime? Being an outspoken and wealthy representative of the Uigur minority, does have its cost.

Hva kan man egentlig vente seg om man motsetter seg det kinesiske regimet? At man er en fritt-talende og velbemidlet talskvinne for Uigur minoriteten, har sin pris.
Written by Shanghaiet @ 19:21. 0 comment(s)

Public poo

Urumqi is by all means a modern city, but does have its poor neighborhoods
too. The occasional pee'er is a classic, but this is the first poo'er I've
seen.

Urumqi er etter alle målestokker en modern by, men det finnes også fattige
nabolag. Den sporadiske tissende ungen er en klassiker, men poo poo er ett
sjeldent syn.
Written by Shanghaiet @ 19:21. 0 comment(s)

Uigur's on the move

It is perfectly possible (even likely) to be a whole day in Urumqi without seeing a single minority citizen, but that depends on what neighborhoods you go to.

Det er fullt mulig (endog sansynelig) å ferdes en hel dag i Urumqi uten å se en eneste minoritets innbygger, men det kommer selvsagt an på hvilke nabolag man oppsøker.
Written by Shanghaiet @ 19:20. 0 comment(s)

The tidal wave

The sheer number of Han Chinese allows for a swift dominance, but huge
progress has been made from former simple peasants lifestyles.

Han kinesernes høye folketall, gjør rask majoriteter om til minoriteter, men
de har skapt mye fremgang i området.
Written by Shanghaiet @ 19:19. 0 comment(s)

Epilogue - the silk road

Let’s not be too critical, the English is pretty good, and quite to the fact. However one might get the impression that economic and cultural exchanges has been on an never ending rise. The sad truth of course is that the innovation of ships and navigation made the silk road obsolete, and led to an inevitable sharp decline of the activity in the area.

I følge denne teksten kan bli forledet til å tro at Silkeveien lever i beste velstående, saken er jo imidlertid at innovasjon i sjøfart raskt gjorde fraktruten(e) overflødige, og all aktiviteten i området ble brått redusert.
Written by Shanghaiet @ 19:19. 0 comment(s)

Wang Jin

After separating also with bigbro, I went to ShiHeZi to check up on Daniels family. Most were away, but Daniel’s younger cousin was an angel at showing me around.

Etter å ha skilt lag også med storebror, dro jeg til ShiHeZi for å treffe Daniels familie. Flesteparten var bortreist, man Daniel’s yngre kusine WangJin var en engel til å vise meg rundt.
Written by Shanghaiet @ 19:18. 0 comment(s)