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
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