Vietnam held some surprises in store for us. Usually we have a bit of an idea which places to visit…

Briefly through Laos
Thailand and also Laos seemed to have passed by quickly. We had a relaxing and uneventful time in Laos. It…

Welcome to paradise
The transition from Myanmar to Thailand was more drastic than we had expected it to be. We had already known…

Caves and water – Gallery
These are the photos of the second part of our journey through Myanmar in the region of Hpa-An. Here, too,…

Caves and water
The time has passed quickly and now we are already sending greetings from Thailand. The 28-days visa has rather limited…

Myanmar, country of temples – Gallery
The last few weeks have been a very photogenic part of our journey, especially Bagan.

Myanmar, country of temples
With crossing the border into India we had also crossed from a muslim majority region into a mainly hindu community.…

India, many people and many encounters
When we were still in Nepal and advancing on the Indian border the density of the people and the traffic…

Taking a break in Nepal
It has been a while since we have last had a story to post. After our hike around the Annapurnas…

Round the Annapurnas – Gallery
Here are new pictures, this time taken while trekking around the Annapurnas. It took some time until Sami finished going…

Round the Annapurnas
It’s early in the morning and we are standing on the Poonhill and are gazing at the mountain range which…

Waiting for the tiger
Is something moving over there? A rhino perhaps, or maybe even a tiger?! We are all silently waiting at one…

Crazy and beautiful India
We stopped in a small village on the way to devour another one or two of these deliciously sweet little…

Odyssey through Pakistan
“Change” triggered an almost automatic chain of actions after two days. Grabbing the panniers, heaving them out of the vehicle,…

Odyssey through Pakistan – Gallery
Despite of being mostly busy with carrying all our stuff around there was still some time to take some pictures.…

People and Patience
We are sitting on a comfortable couch in a guest house in Kerman. Later today we will take a bus…

New and old Caravanserais
For a long time the caravanserais served the purpose of providing a safe place to rest, food and water for…

People and Carpets – Gallery
In the last blog post I focused on the culture and encounters with the people. Aside from that though we…

People and carpets
We arrived in the year of 1397. This does not mean that we have travelled back in time but that…

Conflictive Iranian Realities – Gallery
Aside from fascinating encounters during our first few days in Iran some photos have been taken. Enjoy!