{"id":41,"date":"2002-05-09T03:49:00","date_gmt":"2002-05-09T02:49:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theball.tv\/2002\/blog\/?p=41"},"modified":"2012-12-13T11:34:30","modified_gmt":"2012-12-13T11:34:30","slug":"kashgar-5-a-side-take-on-desert-of-no-return","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theball.tv\/2002\/blog\/2002\/05\/09\/kashgar-5-a-side-take-on-desert-of-no-return\/","title":{"rendered":"Kashgar 5-a-side take on &#8216;Desert of No Return&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/theball.tv\/common\/images\/2002\/china\/desert\/group_hiphop_style.jpg\" alt=\"The Desert Nomads\" style=\"width: 320px;height: 240px\" \/><br \/>\nWe&#8217;re on a Road to Nowhere<\/p>\n<p>The rolling ball gathers momentum as our travelling team swells for the toughest leg so far (see <a href=\"https:\/\/theball.tv\/2002\/the-team-2002\/\">about us<\/a> for the original home and away line up).<\/p>\n<p><b>Location<\/b><\/p>\n<p>The Taklamakan desert, (through Hotan, Niya, Korla and on to Turpan), apparently its name translates as: &#8216;you enter but no come out&#8217;<\/p>\n<div class=\"sofvm_embed alignnone\"><div class=\"sofvm_video\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Kashgar to Niye\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/sLTBKksoJNs?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n\n<p>The Ball and the team set off along the southern silk route.<\/p>\n<div class=\"sofvm_video_post_link\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/theball.tv\/2002\/videos\/kashgar-to-niye\/#respond\">Comment on this video<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><b>Duration<\/b><\/p>\n<p>4 days, with Argie &#8216;Bargie&#8217; at the wheel of our Toyota Tour Bus driving the 2000km distance.<\/p>\n<p><b>The Team<\/b><\/p>\n<p><i>Up front<\/i><br \/>\nChris + myself<\/p>\n<p><i>Midfield<\/i><br \/>\nGersh, sports journalist and two time left foot scorer from Kashgar game, see his report in &#8216;earlier&#8217; Rock the Kashgar entry + Abdulwali, our &#8216;ere Uyghur&#8217; maestro (keep them footy puns coming. ed.) + acting manager.<\/p>\n<p><i>At the back<\/i><br \/>\nTim the Boy Noble \/ Kendal Lad Tim \/ Fat Boy Tim, yes, he&#8217;s like three in one. Youthful zest, mountain strength and old school cassettes make up this man. We will be larging it in honour of his Birthday this coming Saturday.<\/p>\n<p><i>In reserve<\/i><br \/>\nMaayan, our Israeli right foot general, who we pick up in Hotan. He&#8217;s been in training there.<\/p>\n<p>Some of the provisions we have packed for the journey&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/theball.tv\/common\/images\/2002\/china\/desert\/ch_biscuit_wrapper.jpg\" style=\"width: 320px;height: 240px\" alt=\"Leisure comfortable food\" \/><br \/>\nLeisure comfortable food<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/theball.tv\/common\/images\/2002\/china\/desert\/ch_fizzy_drink.jpg\" style=\"width: 320px;height: 240px\" alt=\"Football-branded cola\" \/><br \/>\nFootball-branded cola<\/p>\n<p>Well the excitement builds, I can hear the bus revving, Korea still calling, and the idea of picking up an entire 11 strong team before the World Cup a reality. Anyone in the China area fancy a game?<\/p>\n<p><b>Ole Ole Ole Ole&#8230;<\/b><\/p>\n<div class=\"sofvm_embed alignnone\"><div class=\"sofvm_video\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Drinks and Cards\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/bPbtKRV3OmY?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n\n<p>Spending so many hours in a van requires team-building exercises.<\/p>\n<div class=\"sofvm_video_post_link\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/theball.tv\/2002\/videos\/drinks-and-cards\/#respond\">Comment on this video<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/theball.tv\/common\/images\/2002\/china\/desert\/group_hiphop_style.jpg\" alt=\"The Desert Nomads\" style=\"width: 320px;height: 240px\" \/><br \/>\nWe&#8217;re on a Road to Nowhere<\/p>\n<p>The rolling ball gathers momentum as our travelling team swells for the toughest leg so far (see <a href=\"https:\/\/theball.tv\/2002\/the-team-2002\/\">about us<\/a> for the original home and away line up).<\/p>\n<p><b>Location<\/b><\/p>\n<p>The Taklamakan desert, (through Hotan, Niya, Korla and on to Turpan), apparently its name translates as: &#8216;you enter but no come out&#8217;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-41","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-china"],"geo":{"latitude":38.89103320000000252321115112863481044769287109375,"longitude":81.5185546999999957051841192878782749176025390625,"description":null},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theball.tv\/2002\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/theball.tv\/2002\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/theball.tv\/2002\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theball.tv\/2002\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theball.tv\/2002\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=41"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/theball.tv\/2002\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":711,"href":"https:\/\/theball.tv\/2002\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41\/revisions\/711"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theball.tv\/2002\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=41"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theball.tv\/2002\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=41"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theball.tv\/2002\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=41"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}