Part 2: Gorno Badakhshan Region (East Tajikistan) On this second part i write about the daily adventures starting in the Eastern part of the Pamirs. I decided to split it to have a more clear overview over the Wakhan corridor. Khorog lies at an altitude of around 2100 meters altitude and from here on we […]
Author: Jaillen & William
Tajikistan part 1 (East Pamir)
Part 1: West Tajikistan In total we spent exactly 1 month in Tajikistan and a little bit over a month in Kyrgyzstan. The trip took us over the north route to the eastern Pamirs and south into the Wakhan valley to go full north crossing the order to Kirghistan. William’s bike was destroyed to level: […]
Sand, camels and into the Stans
At the evening before starting or trip from Dushanbe to the Pamirs I get a small chance with decent internet to write some for you. The cherry on the pie as we call it, the Pamirs. Other call it the roof of the earth. It has one of the highest roads on earth and the […]
From reading latin left to right to farsi right to left.
The experience in Cappadocia was so wonderful it kept us there more than a week. Locals were very humble and kind to us. The understanding of how they think and live became more clear to us. There is only good things to say but we had to continue. Thank you Nilgun, Senim, Deniz, Elif and […]
West Turkey, prayers and ramazan
Over 2 months on the road now and we reached all the way to Central Anatolia in Turkey. Ramazan has started the day after we entered, yes here they call it ramazan and not ramadan. The percentage of muslims in Turkey is very high. During the ninth month of the islamic lunar calender they abstain […]
Reflecting under a 1000 stars
The days in Sofia (Bulgaria) were a time to reflect on our trip. We had comfort and were not cycling. Days are different. No need to setup tent, no need to think about water or where we are gonna be that day. Comfort days can be quite predictable. It was divided in two parts. The […]
Absorb the balkan
Sitting in a big leather comfortable bench inside a hostel watching an old man behind a computer right now. He lives in a hostel since december 2015 and sits all day behind his computer. He even brushes his teeth behind this computer and watches lectures or movies. Or another old guy on a scoot mobile […]
Shaking the handcuffs
Saying goodbye is difficult when you know it will be a long time before you see these lovely people again. We said goodbye to our parents in Budapest and decided to start cycling after a good cup of coffee. No typical destination in mind we started going south. Soon it was clear the main road […]
Going off route but still heading east
Staying one day extra in Ljubljana (Slovenia) was welcoming because we want to enjoy the places we go to as much as possible. For Jaillen it was his second time there and he remembered why he liked this city so much. It’s very lively, clean and authentically modern. The castle up on the hill and […]
Man with the hammer
While some wonder where we have been since our last post, others sneekpeaked through the app polarsteps what we have been up to. Either way it felt relieved to leave the city behind us and go trough villages, towns, forests and just plain nature. Luckily the good memories stay better rooted than the least ones. […]