Kazakhstan
On August 15th, we crossed the Russian-Kazakh border. What I will never forget is the incredibly friendly expression on the Kazakh border officer's face when it was my turn to...
Mongolia Chowd to Kazakhstan
In Mongolia, I then drove northwest towards the Russian border. Past the Altai Mountains, which actually resemble the European Alps. One last overnight stay, because of the...
Von Ulaanbaator bis zur Gobi-Region
First of all: vastness. You can see up to 120 km to the left and right. From mountain range to mountain range while driving one of the countless tracks that the locals have...
From Ulaanbaatar to Gobi, Altai-City to Chowd
Arrived in Chowd today on 04.08. Taking a vacation from vacation. In the hotel. With a good restaurant. I have to admit that the off-road routes are very tiring and I feel like...
Mongolia
17.07. Finally in Mongolia. Exiting Russia was time-consuming again, entering Mongolia was easier. Now I am in Ulaanbaatar for 3 days.
Kloster Buratien
On July 16th, I booked a tour of the nearby Buratien Monastery through Lukas. Until then, I didn't even know that this region of Buratien existed and that it is influenced by...
Ulan-Ude
Continuing south from Ulan-Ude. Although, I would have preferred to keep heading east. The new destination was a campground in a suburb about 230 km before the Mongolian border....
Lake Baikal 150 km away
14.07.2023 I set off towards Ulan-Ude and accidentally came across the Baikal-Siberia Paradise, which is a 150 km drive. The vastness of the lake was like a sea in front of me,...
Baikal lake
10.07.2023 And finally I am at Lake Baikal. After about 8500 km across Russia, past birch forests and marshlands, along the Trans-Siberian Railway, with stops in cities and...
Irkutsk
07/07/2023 Irkutsk. Of all the Russian cities I visited, whether St. Petersburg, Yekaterinburg, Novosibirsk, Omsk, and some others: this one is my favorite. Here, pedestrians...
The trucker rest areas
Along the main routes there are numerous trucker rest areas where you can shower and have your laundry done for a small fee. Food was really good at 2 stops, sometimes not so...
06.07. Endlich wieder Strom und Empfang
450 km vor Irkutzk kann ich nach 2 Wochen meinen Laptop wieder nutzen. Der neue Konverter war kaputt und ich konnte meinen Laptop nicht mehr an der Autobatterie aufladen. Einmal...
The fisherman and his wife: Hospitality
Just behind Ekaterinburg, the overnight spot was once again a lake. I stayed here for 3 days because it was so beautiful. In the evening, the fisherman and his wife came and...
The Villages
Idyllic like in the past
Der Wagneraufstand
24.06. Mitteilung aus Deutschland über den Wagneraufstand. Das auswärtige Amt informierte mich per Email am folgenden Tag, dass sich die Situation beruhigt hat. Moskau aber...
St. Petersburg
This beautiful city makes up for yesterday. The camping site is more like a parking lot with a shower and toilet container, but absolutely suitable and sufficient. It's at least...
Welcome to the Party
Punkt 7 Uhr legt die Fähre ab. Es erwartet uns ein reichhaltiges Superfrühstücksbuffet. Danach genieße ich noch die morgendliche Sonne an Deck, bevor die Fähre in Helsinki...
Treffpunkt Tallin
Bis nach Tallinn waren es nur ca. 3,5 Stunden zu fahren; Staus und Baustellen eingeschlossen. Mittags dann erreiche ich den vereinbarten Treffpunkt, einen Parkplatz in Tallinn,...
2 days of rest
A lovely resort. Time to read and rest from the previous travel itinerary. If you're too lazy to take out warm clothes from the bottom-most box, you'll have to freeze. It's...
von Polen über Litauen nach Riga, Lettland
Weiter ging es durch wunderschöne Agrarlandschaften und Naturparks mit Laubwäldern in Polen. Sieht man nur, wenn man abseits von der Autobahn die kleinen winzigen linealgeraden...
Riga!
The old town of Riga: beautiful and in the evening a single party mile full of music and cheerful people. I'm probably too old for so much hustle and bustle, so on Saturday...
Let's go
Start early in the morning at 6 o'clock. To compensate for that, I got stuck in traffic a few times.
Lodz in Poland
Lodz in Poland is worth a visit in my opinion. It is an industrial city from the time of the Industrial Revolution in the 19th century, architecturally very beautiful in some...
Vorbereitungen mehr trouble als travel [weiter...]
Ich habe wenig Erfahrung mit dieser Art von Abenteuer. 3 Autos, 6 Personen, 2 Hunde. Einer davon ist Chucky. In einer unruhigen Zeit durch Russland, weites Land in der Mongolei,...
From the beautiful fisherman and the strict hotel
23.06. We have now separated and I continued without the others. Towards the east. And due to a lack of sense of direction, I ended up at this beautiful lake. A fisherman's wife...