You remember this one from the last blog post? Hong Kong, bright and shiny as it is described in travel guides and as you experience it on most of the sightseeing tours?! Well, there is also another side of the coin. When you leave the main roads and head into […]
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In Mongolia the question is not if something breaks on your car, it is only when and what. Well, the “what” is simple to answer in our case. Our wheel bearings on the front axle went to hell after so many bad tracks during the last couple of weeks and […]
Khongoryn Els, the famous sand dunes of the Gobi desert in the South of Mongolia. Often we believe the desert looks like the well known sand dune photos, but in reality it is only a small part of it. Mainly it is a rather rocky and of course dry region […]
Mongolia, far away from home and for a while already on our bucket list; and now we are here. Well, nearly, as we have to pass the Russian-Mongolian border first. Easily said for somebody living in the European Union, but takes a lot of time to be honest. Arriving at […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Somehow we slowed down, getting into Tajikistan. Day five already, and we are still at the second place, only. Remains the question, why? Well, first of all the landscape is absolutely impressive and there are so many beautiful spots and hiking opportunities, but on the other hand, the roads are […]