{"id":2140,"date":"2006-06-06T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2006-06-05T22:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sergegirard.com\/5continents-eurasia-en\/2006\/06\/06\/j171-6-6-2006\/"},"modified":"2006-06-06T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2006-06-05T22:00:00","slug":"j171-6-6-2006","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sergegirard.com\/5continents-eurasia-en\/2006\/06\/06\/j171-6-6-2006\/","title":{"rendered":"J171 – 6\/6\/2006"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Muraille de Chine construite sous la dinastie MING. Photo Thomas BREGARDIS<\/span><\/div>\n

Sur la route bordant la muraille. Photo Thomas BREGARDIS<\/span><\/div>\n

Toujours la muraille. Photo Thomas BREGARDIS<\/span><\/div>\n

En attendant le client. Photo Thomas BREGARDIS<\/span><\/div>\n

Muraille dans les champs. Photo Thomas BREGARDIS<\/span><\/div>\n

Un peu de piste et de Muraille. Photo Thomas BREGARDIS<\/span><\/div>\n

Le nouveau guide SUM et REMY qui nous quitte. Photo Thomas BREGARDIS<\/span><\/div>\n

Remy salue Serge. Photo Thomas BREGARDIS<\/span><\/div>\n

Petite et sa maman. Photo Thomas BREGARDIS<\/span><\/div>\n

Garagistes. Photo Thomas BREGARDIS<\/span><\/div>\n

La neige se sera pour plus tard. Photo Thomas BREGARDIS<\/span><\/div>\n

Le campement a moins de 50m de la Muraille. Photo Thomas BREGARDIS<\/span><\/div>\n

Coiffeuse a domicile. Photo Thomas BREGARDIS<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

D171 – 75.5Km<\/h4>\n

TUESDAY, JUNE 6
N38 53.628 E100 41.832 (1526m) – N38 36.256 E101 20.377 (2017m)
75.5 km – 11H06′<\/h5>\n
What has happened to the 312?  Yesterday we went through the city of Xanghye (which has the biggest sleeping Buddha in China) with it’s dust and traffic: vehicles of every sort that honk enough to give you a headache.  Serge had to run about 10 kilometers to get out of that tiny, tiny city so we now have an idea of what big Chinese cities will be like.  For example, Lanzhou, with its 2 million inhabitants, which Serge will cross from west to east along the Yellow River.<\/p>\n

Today Serge went through the town of Shandan at the 40th kilometer.  Leaving the town he had two possible itineraries: the toll road or the highway, which we thought was the 312 because of the first marker we saw.  But it wasn’t so we found ourselves first on a narrow road, then on a track and finally on the alternate road.  We are in very rural China.  As for Serge, he is lost without the markers which one finds on highway 312:  “where are they leading me?”<\/p>\n

The Great Wall of China, or what is left of it, is omnipresent on this stage.  The part of the wall here was built between the XIV and XVI centuries and now there are only ruins.  Our camp is set up opposite one of them.<\/p>\n

The weather continues to be rather dull and gray and this evening it’s cold.  Because of the wind, the clouds and the altitude the temperature is 13\u00b0 Celsius.  We were dressed in our heavy clothes for dinner.<\/p>\n

There was a departure and an arrival today: 2 French speaking Chinese guides are taking over since we are at the half way point on Chinese territory.  R\u00e9my (French nickname) will leave us this afternoon and Antoine, who prefers that we call him Sum, has joined us.  Good-byes are quick, just the time to thank R\u00e9my, a talented interpreter, discreet and efficient, who was able to adapt to the rhythm of this rather special life style.  Thanks, R\u00e9my, who wants to say a few words:<\/p>\n

“Today, June 6, 2006, is the day I will return to Chengdu, the capital of the SiChuan province, where I live.  I’m leaving the team of Mr. Serge, with whom I have worked and lived for 40 sun-filled days which started at the border post of the Irkestam Pass.  It’s a fine, friendly, humorous and easy going team.  I am taking with me many memories, which I will keep forever.  Thanks to the whole team for its kindness, its support and above all it’s understanding of our work.  I sincerely wish that Mr. Serge will successfully continue his Paris-Tokyo transcontinental crossing and the grand cause for his race.  My best wishes to him for good health.”<\/p>\n

R\u00e9my (Qing Guolin )<\/p>\n

English translation by Lee Hecht<\/span><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n


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THE INCREDIBLE SERGE GIRARD’S CHALLENGE<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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