Kategorie: Central Asia
The second part of our journey is going through the caucasian mountains eventually leading into Iran. After Iran, we travel along the silk road through Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Tadjikistan and Kyrgyzstan. It ends at the Airport in Almaty (Kazachstan).
Это всё – The Caucasian Mountains, Iran and Central Asia
Today it is 7 months since we left Germany. It feels much longer, though. In our second „stage“ we travelled through countries both of us have never been before and a few years back, we di... Read More
Very nice. I like! – Kazakhstan
The first kilometers of Kazakhstan are just windy and rainy and cold. We reach Kegen, the first village with an ATM. Of course it doesn’t work so we have to change dollars for a ridiculously low... Read More
Enjoy the silence – Kyrgyzstan
My last post ended in Osh, because that’s the end of the Pamir Highway. But Kyrgyzstan started almost 200 km before Osh. We had cycled through 15 km of no man’s land and finally arrived at... Read More
Tadschikistan – Enjoy!
Enjoy! wurde uns immer gesagt, wenn wir erzählten, dass unsere Route durch Tadschikistan über den legendären Pamir Highway führen würde. Enjoy!!! In Tadschikistan laufen die Dinge ein bisserl and... Read More
Some kind of monster – The Pamirs
The monster’s halo had already affected us shortly before we had entered Tadjikistan. Back then Cora was still sick, but I was determined to cycle the Pamir highway from Dushanbe to Osh. Cora al... Read More
Planet Terror – Afghanistan
Now you are curious, right? First you need to know that the pictures in the last posts often show Afghanistan. Because we were cycling along the border and on the Tadjik side the road was build into t... Read More
Hello world – Dushanbe to Khorogh
We leave Dushanbe on road M41, the famous Pamir highway. Soon two roads diverge in a yellow wood, and sorry we can not travel both and be two travelers, long we stood and looked down one as far as we ... Read More
A dollar is all I need – Into Tajikistan towards Dushanbe
Leaving Uzbekistan isn’t a child’s play. Of course it could be, but we are in Central Asia and things must be difficult. When you enter the country you fill in a form and declare all money... Read More