22.09.2022     When you travel through India, you usually already know that you will often have to deal with loudness that you don’t like. Nocturnal dog barking concerts are one of them, loud Indians (no females) the other. That night we had both. The accommodation was extremely noisy and you could hear everything in … Continue reading Tungnath – Start, Ascent and Landscape → Read more

21.09.2022     Phew, I was a bit excited about how it would all go with me and the bike and our little temporary tour group and slept very very little. Binodh has a Royal Enfield Thunderbird 350 – that’s a pretty big heavy bike. There’s a lot of rodding in the back, where you … Continue reading Rishikesh -> Chopta – motorbiking and group travelling → Read more

20.09.2022     My third day in India continued with meetings with people. Actually, there was only one new one: the local travel agent Hari. He invited us to a coffee on the roof terrace of a hotel, talked quickly and a lot and hurried away again shortly afterwards. A Mr. important-important who did not … Continue reading Rishikesh – more people and activities → Read more

19.09.2022     My second day in India continued with people meetings. First I was picked up at my accommodation by a driver and Rawat. Rawat is a very nice man who has been picking up customers from my Goa colleague at the airport for years. A very reserved gentle man in his mid-50s, whose … Continue reading Delhi -> Rishikesh – people and trainride → Read more

18.09.2022     Until 2019, I flew to Delhi 1-2 times a year. I always started with a strange feeling and after the airport trip everything was back to normal. There are 3.5 years between my last time in India and today, so maybe it’s a bit different?   On the one hand it is, … Continue reading Delhi – familiar and yet different → Read more

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