Silkroad – Reiseklicks

Northbound [10.-16. Dezember]

Because of the cold we decided to postpone all the appealing sights in the west and north of Iran and take the straight road to the boarder with Turkey, but […]

iran

Isfahan [6.-9. Dezember]

On we went to Isfahan, the next stop on our culture trip north. We visited mosques, an Armenian church, bazaars and carpet dealers (and almost fell for their clever sales […]

iran

Qeshm Island [19.-28.November]

Qeshm Island was to be our beach holiday before the […]

iran

Southbound [13.-18.November]

It was getting colder and colder at night (most of […]

iran

Lut desert [06.-12.November]

After our detours into the Kavir Desert we were looking […]

iran

Shiraz and Persepolis [29.Nov -5.Dez]

After Qeshm we knew that it would get cold and that the comfortable camping days would be over. Nonetheless we had a bunch of culture ahead of us. First there […]

iran

The Central Part of Iran [01.-06.November]

On we went from Tabas towards Yazd, stopping at a […]

iran

The Northern Part of Iran [26.-31.Oktober]

After a more or less uncomplicated border crossing from Turkmenistan […]

turkmenistan

Turkmenistan [21.-25.Oktober]

The last of the Stans on our trip was Turkmenistan. […]

usbekistan

Xhiva and Karakalpakstan [15.-20.Oktober]

After Bukhara the next ‘must see’ place is Khiva. But […]

usbekistan

Bukhara [13.-14.Oktober]

Bukhara was once an isolated khanate where visitors were likely […]

usbekistan

On the road to Bukhara [9.-11.Oktober]

As we’ve read good things about Shahrisabz, we detoured 80 kilometers south from Samarkand to see what this town has to offer. Unfortunately, they flattened most of the old town […]

usbekistan

Samarkand [6.-8.Oktober]

Bye bye mountains, scenic landscapes and adventurous roads, hello Silk […]

tajikistan

Dushanbe and the Fan Mountains [26.September-5.Oktober]

In Dushanbe we headed straight to the Turkmenistan embassy for […]

tajikistan

Afghan Market and Bartang Valley [21.-25.September]

In Khorog (the largest settlement along the Afghan border in […]

tajikistan

Wakhan Corridor [17.-20.September]

The Wakhan Corridor is a border area between Tajikistan and […]

tajikistan

Pamir Highway [13.-16.September]

In the company of Remo, another Swiss overlander, we entered […]

kyrgyzstan

From Osh to Kyzyl-Art Pass [29.August – 12.September]

Osh is the gateway to the Pamir mountains, and there […]

kyrgyzstan

From Song Köl to Osh [21-28 August]

At lake Son Köl we were immediately reminded of Mongolia. There were yurts all around the lake and at our camping spot we were constantly visited by cows, horses, sheep, […]

kyrgyzstan

From Karakol to Song Köl [11-20 August]

After the border we headed straight to Karakol, a regional center and a tourist spot for treks into the nearby mountains. The multitude of tourists and backpackers in August in […]

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