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Via Serbia and Austria to Switzerland [13.-24.January]

Initially we wanted to visit more places in Greece but […]

Greece [8.-12.January]

Our last stop was Greece. There we found lovely deserted beaches, sunshine and dolphins. After four days the weather turned sour, so we said goodbye to the sea and embarked […]

turkey

Turkish coast [23.Dezember-8.January]

After Anatolia we headed to the southern coast looking for […]

turkey

Enter Turkey and very soon we got the impression that we had left the ‘exotic’/previously unknown countries and entered European realm again: huge supermarkets (beer!), fast mobile internet, good roads, […]

iran

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 […]

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