07.04.2022   Who would think of visiting a sanatorium on a trip to Kyrgyzstan? At least Lothar and Bettina did. And now I have too. Both of them had been there on their respective journeys and urged me to include it in my trip as well. It would be an incomparable experience of a special … Continue reading Goluboi – Sanatorium, Indians and Siberian Wellness → Read more

06.04.2022   After this tour, considering my limited time, there were only 2 directions I could aim for: Issyk Kul in the east or Osh in the west. For Osh, however, I would have to go back to Bishkek and from there in the other direction. So I decided for Issyk Kul, the second largest … Continue reading Chon-Sary-Oy – slackening, beach and cemetery → Read more

05.04.2022   Today was the day of goodbyes. First of all from the family. I am fascinated again (on this trip) by these really deep encounters, how you can get close for a short time, how you try not to really end it after all, to make something of it even more durable, to manifest … Continue reading Chayek -> Chon-Sary-Oy – Farewells and new things → Read more

04.04.2022 – 2. part   And here it is, our great discovery: a lake! We already knew it would be there, but not how great it looked. This shimmering turquoise water, mostly still covered with ice, sparkled between the rather reddish mountains around it. Super beautiful!   I don’t know what Son Kul looks like, … Continue reading Hiking Days – highlight, big wall and little grandmaster → Read more

04.04.2022 – 1. part   The morning started early. And with bad news. The plan was to take a bus or something similar to the turnoff to Son Kul, from there another taxi for something closer and then hike over a high pass to the lake. At the bottom, there should already be a yurt … Continue reading Hiking Days – Alternative, Modern Talking and Diversity → Read more

Sept/Oct 2022     When I was in Uttarakhand 27 years ago, it seemed full of wandering saddhus and blessing priests. This time – although approached many more temples – they seemed much fewer in proportion. If only one knew if it was/is actually like that or if one’s perception has changed so much that … Continue reading Travelling in Uttarakhand – afterthoughts → Read more

04. – 08.10.2022     Something happened to me that hasn’t happened to me for years. I have hardly taken any photographs. Yet the country is full of motifs! But I didn’t see anything any more. I didn’t want to look for it any more. Even during the trip I didn’t have much time to … Continue reading Trip’s finish – Tangles, Sniffles and little tears → Read more

02. + 03.10.2022     Better dressed now, I went to the temple with these many many people. Many of them joined the long queue for the inside of the temple. Not me, I just walked around outside for a few pictures. The temple was nicely decorated and you could also see nicely decorated/painted saddhus … Continue reading Kedarnath Trip – temple, mountains, tents and more horse → Read more

01. + 02.10.2022     There is one temple that belongs to both pilgrimages (Panch Kedar and Chota Dham Yatra) and that is Kedarnath. In the pandava legend, where the different parts of Shiva’s body were housed in temples, this is the one for the torso. I’ll talk about the temple and all the stories … Continue reading Kedarnath Trip – arrival, overwhelming and horse → Read more

29. + 30.09.2022     We were down again quite quickly from our hike, packed the motorbike with the temporarily stored luggage and headed for the next village. On the map it looked like Urgam would be the perfect destination for the day, which is south of Joshimat up a 20 km side road up … Continue reading Urgam – temple, plants and homestay → Read more