Kyrgyzstan
Welcome to Kyrgyzstan! The border crossing is easy, just one small note wonders us. It says that we have to register us after at least 5 days. We thought we could stay 60 days without trouble. But it’s a new…
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Kazakhstan 1
At the border we get two stamps on a small paper, on which we have to fill in our dates. It means we are registered and can stay in Kazakhstan for 15 days. Soon big roadworks begin, in some parts…
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Uzbekistan 3
As many other “-stan” countries Uzbekistan celebrates 25 years of independence. Jamal the cow shepherd talks to us at our lunch picnic. He knows a few German words, but the conversation is still only basic. Where are you from? All…
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Uzbekistan 2
After some time you get used to it, but the cotton tractors with only three wheels look weird in the beginning. Market in a small village. It’s not so nice for us because it causes much more traffic with a…
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Uzbekistan 1
Welcome to Uzbekistan. The first flag is the Uzbek one. As usual I don’t take pictures at the border, for security reasons. Just some hundred meters after the border clearance we see the nice sign with big distances of cities…
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Turkmenistan
Turkmenistan – The five day transit rush We are one of the lucky persons who got the visa for Turkmenistan. We meet and hear about a lot other people who were rejected. There is no rule or schema why you…
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Iran 6
Spontaneously we decide to stay one day more. In the the evening we visit the Emam Zadeh Mohammad tomb in Bastam. A truckdriver and his breakfast. On our way to Sabzevar we find parts of the old road, which is…
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Iran 5
The first day cycling out of Tehran is really one of the worst cycling days on our journey so far. It is so much traffic and so loud, we can’t talk with each other. But after Damavand we are compensated…
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Iran 4
We are in Tehran now and I have to say it’s not a nice city. To me it’s too crowded, the traffic is so heavy. You have to be extremely brave and not scared to cross a street. We stay…
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Iran 3
In Hashjin we are invited to an Iranian wedding. It is interesting, for example men and women eat separately and one after each other. A lot of shops look like this shop. Because of all the reserve cardboard boxes it…
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