The Ball 2002

A little background on how we maintained the blog in Xiahe.

Phil and Chris hope they’re on the right bus as they hurtle through the Chinese countryside.

Confusion seems to rule the day as we look for the bus to Xiahe.

We move on from the heat of the desert and look forward to meeting Rob in Lanzhou.

Phil starts to make plans for what we could do if we ever actually reach World Cup.

The Ball is involved in a hastily organised game at a school in the heat of Turpan.

We became fascinated by the logic of Chinese crossroads.

2000 miles across “the desert of no return”? Easy!

We celebrate Tim’s birthday in the best restaurant in town.

The Taklamakan Allstars appear as “The Rest of the World” to take on a team of local Uyghurs.