A brief introduction to hiking in China

There are two main lines running through the book: first, what you see and hear on foot, contact and exchange with local people, and becoming friends with local people. The second is to be on and off with the Sichuan girl elephant who went to school in Germany.

On his 26th birthday, Rick gave himself the most beautiful gift: after living in Beijing for two years, he will go back to his German home-Bart Nandorf. This long way home goes through the Great Wall, Terracotta Warriors and the Silk Road. It is those small sparks that light up this journey: the curiosity and help of strangers in the countryside, the friendship between monks, fortune tellers, primary school students, retired people, government officials, sex workers and teacher Xie, and the growing affection for the Sichuan girl elephant-they have an appointment and she is waiting for him in Germany. ......