Cycling the ancient Silk Road: Treasures of Uzbekistan
It was time to cycle a long stretch through the Kysylkum desert in Uzbekistan and to explore some of the most important cities of the...
Bicycle touring Kazakhstan – new friends and a traditional festival
Bicycle touring Kazakhstan, the chapter of central Asia was about to begin. Here we were, in a new country again, at the south-western tip of...
Caspian Sea ferry
If you consider crossing the Caspian Sea and looking for Information on how to cross the Caspian Sea by ferry yourself (from Azerbaijan to Kazakhstan...
Cycle touring Iran: a culture shock of the nicest kind
Cycle touring Iran, an experience I will appreciate and remember for the rest of my life. But let’s start from the beginning! Iran, so as...
Cycling Georgia & Azerbaijan
It has been 5 weeks in Turkey so far, and although this versatile country was fantastic in every sense, all three of us have been...
Bicycle touring Turkey (Part 3) – Cappadocia and beautiful eastern Turkey
This blog post about part 3 of cycling in Turkey is characterized by “less words, more pictures”. Cappadocia, central so as eastern Turkey offer some...
Bicycle touring Turkey (Part 2) – To Asia with a new cycling buddy
After I spent some great days in Istanbul with my warmshowers.org host Savaş and before I could leave Istanbul for the Asian chapter, it was...
Bicycle touring Turkey (Part 1) – Off to Istanbul
Bicycle touring Turkey, a long-awaited dream came true! Turkey, from the beginning, was one of the countries I was looking forward to the most. I...
From rural Romania along the Black Sea to Bulgaria
“Grüezi to Romania” and a big smile, the first encounter with a Romanian, a customs officer who visited Switzerland a few years ago. As I...
Cycle touring Ukraine
When I decided to take Ukraine to my route, I had already read some travel reports from other cycle tourers and their experiences through Ukraine....