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We arrived in Dushanbe without any problems. No car defects, not even a flat tire. All border crossings went quickly and smoothly. We experienced helpfulness and respectful...

der afghanischen Grenze entlang

2000m herunter

At an altitude of about 3700m. Due to the barren vegetation, there are only a few herds of livestock. And some tourists come here. But the Kankul Lake to the north is amazing.

We found an old Russian radar station. And took some photos right away. Then a goat herder came riding on his donkey and explained to us that the area is restricted. No problem,...

is present everywhere here and is made visible with pride by the people here. Uzbekistan is not as advanced as Kazakhstan. But you can see that the country is working on it. The...

Like something out of 1001 Nights. Although the Russians have set up a Uzbekistan National Museum in the palace, the splendor of the buildings still shines through. The...

As a transit to Osh via Kokand The Fergana Valley is not particularly scenic. But after 7000km of flat or slightly hilly landscapes, it is a change. There are even more police...

displayed by me on the granite monument. The cities here are embellished with all sorts of splendor. No expense is spared on marble and granite. But you just have to look 90° to...

In Baikonur we only stopped briefly, because access to the spaceport, the Buran and the huge Soyuz rockets is only possible with a long pre-booking and four-digit prices. But we...

We visited the ships in the desert. However, we reached the limit and returned to the next village with the non-all-wheel-drive Benz. There we stopped at the first...

Jetzt steht uns die Überfahrten in den Süden Kasachstans bevor. Die nächste Stadt ist Aral in 550km. Das mit Internet und Telefon wird wohl nicht viel auf dem Weg. Wir werden...

The first 300km were hilly and partly forested, and the landscape changed to steppe. It is impressive to have the same landscape for 700km. There was no variety even during the...

Big country, bad roads, met nice and helpful people. You often read that the people here are unfriendly. I can't say that. But sometimes they show windy patience when it doesn't...

Customs clearance went smoothly for us in half an hour. At the remote border point, they had some problems with Greek letters in our documents. But in the International Driver's...

will be our bridge to Asia. I stole the previous photo because I couldn't downpixel mine. The Wi-Fi here is as bad as the streets.

quite beautiful large city on the Volga. And is dominated by the Motherland statue, which with the surrounding park and memorial really brings Russian greatness and...

The churches here in Russia are really well maintained. Everything else, not so much.

We have only seen a small part of Latvia. The roads are really bad and so is the overall infrastructure. But there is even free Wifi here by this lonely lake. We will start the...