Kel-Suu Lake, close to the Chinese border is a very special place; at least that is what we were told. To get there you need a special Chinese Border Permit which can be obtained from the CBT in Naryn with a couple of days lead-time and also the road to […]
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After Lenin Peak we spent three days in Osh, basically doing maintenance work like final car checks after the Pamir Highway and updating our website, despite doing laundry. …but also getting the mandatory car insurance for Kyrgyzstan in place and enjoying some nice restaurants in the evenings. However, camping in […]
Lenin Peak, 7.134 metres high, and in earlier days on my mountaineering bucket list (but still on the to-do part), so I at least wanted to see it this time being in Kyrgyzstan. They pretend the road is doable up to the basecamp without a 4×4, well fortunately we drive […]
The Ak-Baital Pass, with its 4.655 metres the highest point of the Pamir Highway and somehow a slight point of concern for us. How will our Land Cruiser deal with it? Honestly, it was rather unspectacular. Of course we were producing a lot of black smoke, but otherwise our car […]
The “Unnamed Valley”, hmm, maybe a bit too much, but somehow also true, at least for us, as we could not find a name on a map for it. A great example for what kind of opportunity might come up for you by just leaving the beaten track to find […]
Bartang Valley has been indeed beautiful and in the morning we decided to go for a short hike up one of the side valleys, prior leaving towards the Wakhan Corridor. But now it was time to hit the road and see more of the famous Wakhan Corridor. Following the river […]
At the famous Iskanderkul Lake we had just a very short stop, not even pictures exist from this part. Not because it was not nice, rather because it was raining cats and dogs. So we decided to head towards Dushanbe already earlier, in the end even a wise decision. Originally […]
Somehow we slowed down, getting into Tajikistan. Day five already, and we are still at the second place, only. Remains the question, why? Well, first of all the landscape is absolutely impressive and there are so many beautiful spots and hiking opportunities, but on the other hand, the roads are […]
Tajikistan, lot of expectations and lot of interesting stuff we heart about it before and now we are here. Easy border crossing in a bit less than one hour from Uzbekistan and extremely friendly customs officers, what a surprise. We even got some recommendations where to go, well anyhow on […]