http://www.thegreatwallnut.com An 1,800 mile trek along the Great Wall of China Wed, 19 Mar 2008 18:49:50 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en When The Ig and I awoke the morning of what again would be our last day, the sun rose over North Korea, and I remember being relieved that by the end of the day, we'd be finished with this Shibble-forsaken adventure. I also remember thinking even if someone ... http://www.thegreatwallnut.com/blog/last-day-of-the-second-time-round.html Step right up and step inside the ger I stayed in while in Mongolia.  Hard to believe it's been nearly a year since that tiny Mongolian guy tried to bake we foreigners alive in our ger!  http://www.thegreatwallnut.com/blog/its-video-time.html The day The Ig and I reached Jiayuguan last January after restarting our trek, we checked into the Great Wall hotel, showered up and went downstairs to the hotel restaraunt.  It was cold and completely empty, and the hostess led us to a back room, where we were shocked to ... http://www.thegreatwallnut.com/blog/its-a-small-world.html You know those friends and extended family members who you don't hear from for years, the ones who can't bother keeping in touch...until they have a friggen baby?  Yeah, and then suddenly they show how interested they are in your life by spamming you with photos of their newborn? Well, after ... http://www.thegreatwallnut.com/blog/photo-spam.html This video was taken a week or so out of Shanhaiguan, our ending point the first time.  It's just a tiny slice of what we saw while walking through villages. http://www.thegreatwallnut.com/blog/new-video.html Listen up mates!  Grab yer arm hooks, yer peg legs, yer eyepatches and piratey chatter!  Today is one of my all-time favorite holidays, International Talk Like A Pirate Day!  A year ago today we were nearing "Tiki Torch/Robot with a Toupee" town, and although The Ig only had black shorts to don and ... http://www.thegreatwallnut.com/blog/avast-ye-land-lubbers.html When I first arrived in Beijing and The Ig and I got stuck waiting for over a week on desperately needed visas, I could not wait to leave the city, the most prominent reason being the constant sinus headache from the pollution.  The problem is prevalent enough that the city keeps a ... http://www.thegreatwallnut.com/blog/blissful-beijing.html Asashoryu Akinori, Yokozuna and all-around bad ass of Sumo wrestling,                                                      has returned to Mongolia to be treated for stress and depression after being slapped with a two tournament suspenion.    I have to admit I feel partially responsible; surely my absence as Lead Stalker in the bowels of the Osaka stadium started him ... http://www.thegreatwallnut.com/blog/say-it-aint-so.html Sometime around the middle of our trip, The Ig and I gained two new loyal and regular commenters, Jeremy and Laura.  As clients of The Ig's mom Jill, they were told about the site, checked it out, and according to Laura, were instantly hooked.  Their comments always made us laugh and ... http://www.thegreatwallnut.com/blog/in-the-flesh.html The bar I work at, TC's Speakeasy, has been nominated by channel 4 news as one of the best live music scenes in the Detroit area, and we need everyone we can possibly reach to vote for us.  We're currently in the number three spot, with the number one spot being held by a massive ... http://www.thegreatwallnut.com/blog/a-favor.html