Kel-Suu Lake, close to the Chinese border is a very special place; at least that is what we were told. To get there you need a special Chinese Border Permit which can be obtained from the CBT in Naryn with a couple of days lead-time and also the road to […]
Monthly Archives: June 2019
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After Lenin Peak we spent three days in Osh, basically doing maintenance work like final car checks after the Pamir Highway and updating our website, despite doing laundry. …but also getting the mandatory car insurance for Kyrgyzstan in place and enjoying some nice restaurants in the evenings. However, camping in […]
Lenin Peak, 7.134 metres high, and in earlier days on my mountaineering bucket list (but still on the to-do part), so I at least wanted to see it this time being in Kyrgyzstan. They pretend the road is doable up to the basecamp without a 4×4, well fortunately we drive […]
It took a while, but as we say in Germany: “Good things take their time…”; Iran – From the North to the Dasht-e Kavir! Hopefully providing you bit of overview about Iran as a country and the wonderful experiences we made, or at least some time to relaxe while watching […]
The Ak-Baital Pass, with its 4.655 metres the highest point of the Pamir Highway and somehow a slight point of concern for us. How will our Land Cruiser deal with it? Honestly, it was rather unspectacular. Of course we were producing a lot of black smoke, but otherwise our car […]
The “Unnamed Valley”, hmm, maybe a bit too much, but somehow also true, at least for us, as we could not find a name on a map for it. A great example for what kind of opportunity might come up for you by just leaving the beaten track to find […]
Bartang Valley has been indeed beautiful and in the morning we decided to go for a short hike up one of the side valleys, prior leaving towards the Wakhan Corridor. But now it was time to hit the road and see more of the famous Wakhan Corridor. Following the river […]