Tashkent was our next big destination, one we have been looking forward to ever since people have told us how great it is. We booked ourselves a walking tour and learned all about this ancient citys history. The city was founded in the times where caravans still brought spices from China all the way to …
This one is for the people who actually care about the “roll” part of our “roll and travel”. To recap, for those of you that don’t know: Fred and I both train BJJ (Brazilian Jiu Jitsu) quite frequently at home and love to explore new gyms when we’re on the road. So, here are our …
The next stop for us was supposed to be Bishkek, the capital of Kyrgyzstan. To out utter surprise, we couldn’t get a room there. It was really lucky that I checked- usually, our preffered method of finding a place to stay is to check where the histels are, maybe choose one or two in advance …
Karakol is a middle sized city in the East of Kyrgyzstan. It’s a bit of a travel hub for people wanting to explore the countryside which mostly consists *drumroll* of mountains. As does over 90% of the country. It is runoured that the most scenic hike of the route leads to the heights of Altyn-Arashan. …
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After our horse riding adventures, we desired nothing more than a shower- at least I did. So we wanted to get to the next (slightly) bigger city, called Kochkor. We asked about a bus, and it definitely exists- but not just right now. Great. So we decided to hitchhike. We didn’t have to wait long, …
Osh ist a beautiful, ancient city- and on the completely wrong side of the country if you want to get to Song Kul lake. So, our first order of business was getting there. Basically, there are two routes from Osh to Song Kul. One is geographically further, since first you go North, to Bishkek, then …
To get to our desired destination, the Fann Mountains, we had to first get to Penjikent. Both Penjikent and the Fann Mountains are located in the Zerafschan Valley, bordering right to Uzbekistan, about 30 km from Samarkand. Penjikent is a rather busy, but small city. On the day of our arrival, we took a stroll …
Our first stop is Duschanbe, the capital of Tajikistan. As our guide book was quick to inform us, Duschanbe used to be a small, unremarkable city, until the Soviet Empire declared it the capital of the Tajik State, about 100 years ago. It was originally named after its weekly market, which was always on Mondays. …
As Bilbo Baggins already said, adventures start the moment you step out your door. Our proble- I mean, adventures, started when we wanted to leave the country. Our original plan was very sound, we were planning to go to Munich the day the before we flew to Dushanbe, Tajikistan. We were to spend the night …