The border crossing to Thailand is easy. We just get a stamp and a departure card and can now stay for 30 days. After a very long time we enter a modern country again with true western standards. We...Read More
We are in Myanmar and that also means we are in South East Asia. The change is very well visible. The Burmese people have different faces, dress differently and they smile. But to be honest, Manipur ...Read More
Not only was René Magritte a surrealist and India in fact is often a surrealistic experience. But also we got the impression, that there is actually not that one India. We have seen only a few of its...Read More
Hi all. Before we continue to travel and also to write in the blog I would like to take the time to thank you all for your emails, sms, facebook messages, phone calls and what else. There was Christma...Read More
So we have just pitched the tent on the second floor of Gomi’s unfinished new home when it gets dark. There isn’t any visible impact of the earthquake in Imphal. Only most ATMs aren̵...Read More
Eat We enjoyed a delicious Christmas Eve dinner and freshly baked pastry from the bakery in Gangtok, but already on December 25th our race against time towards the Myanmar border begins. We cycle down...Read More
Just an hour ago at 4:40 am local time an earthquake of 6.8 magnitude hit India close to Imphal, where we will arrive today. Our hotel was moving quite a bit and some windows and mirrors got broken. O...Read More
Merry Christmas to everybody who follows us on our journey around the world. You are the force that’s with us. Right now we are in Gangtok and it almost feels like Christmas, because a lot of Ch...Read More
Episode II of our time in India starts when we enter the Indian state of West Bengal. We stay two nights in Siliguri, where we get our permit for Sikkim. We then set off for Darjeeling. There is no t...Read More
Staying at Madhukar’s place is the right thing after the Annapurna Circuit. Madhukar is a great warmshower host who also runs a little restaurant. He is a true cyclist and organizes lots of cycl...Read More