03.04.2022   And again a wonderful morning started at the farm. However, it was time for us to say goodbye. It was quite emotional. Aitengül and I had a warm connection without words. I don’t know if it’s the same for others, but with some people (rather women) whose language I don’t speak, I have … Continue reading Hiking Days – tears, repeated vastness and luxury → Read more

02.04.2022   Unfortunately I don’t have a photo of our night camps – we slept 1 x 4 and 1 x 3 people in one room each and only the toilet corridors were little annoying. But I did take a photo of the tapestries in one room, which Aitengül embroidered herself. There is also a … Continue reading Hiking Days – wolves, dwellings and discoveries → Read more

01.04.2022   The next day we shouldered our smaller backpacks and set off on a 3-day trip to visit more of Rakhat’s relatives. They live in a farmhouse at the edge of the higher mountains.     We could also have driven the track by car, but we wanted to walk. First we walked through … Continue reading Hiking Days – donkey boy, bachelors and the vastness → Read more

31.03.2022   The next day we set off further west. We found a minibus where the driver was a bit confused about his seats and there was only room in the aisle. I squatted on a little stool and Rakhat stood partially.     We crossed the Kyzart Pass, which was impassable a few days … Continue reading Bash Kuugandy – sheep, ruins and 1 man → Read more

30.03.2022     I’m back in the world of the internet and I’ve had some really great days. We started on a sunny Wednesday at the place where there are community taxis to Kochkor. You pay a fixed price per seat and wait until the car is full and then off you go. Fortunately, you … Continue reading Bishkek -> Koshkor – off to the mountains! → Read more

15.09.2022     In 2005 I was again on a short visit to Rishikesh and Joshimath. That was at Christmas and I wanted to give myself a special gift: skiing! There is a great skiing area in Auli near Joshimath. However, I was unlucky: it was crisp cold, but no snow had fallen yet. Skiing … Continue reading Uttarakhand – Uttaranchal, Garhwal and plans → Read more

30.03.2022   Before food there is weather. It was really crazy: when I went out in the morning it was summer and my jacket over the T-Shirt too warm. When I went at 5 pm to the dancing, it was raining snow.     I went out this morning for a lunch date with another … Continue reading Bishkek – but dancing, bit eating and even more women → Read more

29.03.2022   My first kyrgyz contactwas at Istanbul airport with two women who were also flying from Munich to Bishkek. One of them had previously gone to Miesbach as an au pair. She liked it so much that she went on to study in Munich and stayed there. She had to go to Kyrgyzstan for … Continue reading Bishkek – the colourful city and women stories → Read more

28.03.2022   Yeah, yeah, yeah – I, or better said a very nice young lady in the iStore, have solved my problem with the image transfer! So now blog expansion with camera pictures!   I arrived at the hotel tired as a dog, napped a bit and then had to start walking right away and explore … Continue reading Bishkek – grey weather, grey architecture, colourful entertainment → Read more

27.03.2022   Shit, shit, shit, what worked fine in Armenia doesn’t work in Kyrgyzstan (yet): transferring photos from the camera to the iPad. Has something changed, is it hopefully just the memory card that I didn’t use last year? I’ll keep trying.   Anyway, I arrived in Bishkek. Dog-tired. A big plane flew into Istanbul … Continue reading Kyrgyzstan – arriving → Read more