Headlines in local Malaysian newspapers read, „Schools in Perlis, Jerantut, and Temerloh will be closed tomorrow due to heat“. „El Nino is stressing out our chickens”. The mercury hits 47 degrees. It is not the dry heat I experienced in Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan. No, this is different – much worse – with high humidity….(scroll down…
Germany Two months vacation out of my travelling vacation – home in Germany. Once again, I’m immersed in German culture, no blunders in a foreign language (unless I put my foot into my mouth here too – a distinct possibility). I am familiar with the law, I expect few surprises and I know where I…
Shangri-la – Lijiang – Dali – Nanjian -Zhenyuan – Pu´er – Menglun – Mohan – LuangNamtha (English version coming soon) Ja, es stimmt: Die Chinesen rotzen überall hin („CHCHCHCTVVV“). Ja, sie schmeißen die angenagten Knochen, Servietten, Fischgräten in den Restaurants einfach auf den Fußboden und ja, sie rollen sich das T-Shirt über den Bauch und…
Korgas – Ürümchi – Xining – Yushu – Litang – Shangri-la Ürümchi In Korgas I said goodbye to Ritzo, Matteo, Pablo and Ilse. We cycled together through Kazakhstan and shared many things and many stories. I took the night coach to Ürümchi and enjoyed for the fist time a couch bus….. (Scroll down for more)…
Osh – Bishkek – Karakol – Kasachstan – Korgas Up and down it goes from Osh to Bishkek. One day I suddenly had infinite homesickness. I had no control over my emotions, my homesickness got the better of me. The picturesque scenery in front of me made no difference, everything was strenuous, cycling was a…
Buchara – Samarkand – Dushanbe – Khaleikum – Khorog – Murgab – SariTasch – Osh From Samarkand to Dushanbe After one week of rest in Bukhara I am on my way to Samarkand. In three days I cycled 300 km. I spent one night with a family that had me sleep with the granny in…
Teheran – Sari – Mashhad – Turkmenabat – Buchara The last days in Iran, Nazi, Saied and I fought our way through the city to the coach station. We were lucky, our bus was leaving for Sary, North Thereran, in 15 minutes. The next night we stayed with a friend who works as a synchronous…
Dubai – Bandar – Abbas – Yazd – Teheran Here in Teheran it feels almost chilly, it is very pleasant. There’s even rain now and then. Flowers are in bloom and the sweet smell of roses sometimes overpowers the exhaust smell – but only sometimes. I have found accommodation with Nazi and Saied who live…
Bandar Abbas – Sharjah – Oman – Sharjah Finally, in Sharjah I placed my winter cloths in temporary storage and was quickly on my way with (what seemed to be) very light bike bags. I spent my first night in a Ladies Park, still in VAE, where I met a Philippino woman. She sat down…
Tatvan – Dogubayazit – Täbris – Isfahan – Bandar Abbas Struggle and exertion in Turkey Still 300 km to the Iranian border. I was warned that in the eastern part of Turkey I might possibly encounter packs of dogs, stone-throwing children and/or disagreeable individuals. Leaving Tatvan, I mounted my beloved Charlotte with mixed feeling…..(Scroll down…
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