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Hiking Lake Ala Kul in Kyrgyzstan: beautiful 3 day hike
Hiking to Lake Ala Kul in Kyrgyzstan. How to hike to Lake Ala Kul from Karakol. A beautiful 3 day hike, or do it in 2 days.
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Camping at Lake Song Kol
The mountain lake Song Kol is a beautiful place to camp. Check how to wildcamp with your own tent at Lake Song Kol.
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A van, with five Islamic men
This van with five Islamic men took me 100km further. They were friendly and happy to take me. Everyone told me their name, when I asked the name of the driver, he said ‘Imam’. So I guess he is the Imam. As far as I understood they were Read more…
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First lift in Kyrgyzstan
Only 180km left to my destination. I got in a truck at 4pm and expected to arrive before sunset. Unfortunately it took 8 hours to cover the distance of only 180km in the mountains. We literally drove with 5km/h uphill. Even than we had to take a break Read more…
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Five months of hitchhiking
Almost five months of hitchhiking! Hitchhiked 17.414 km 141 days on the road Visited 19 countries Got in 270 cars Check out my current hitchhike statistics.
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Hitchhiked to Kyrgyzstan
Hitchhiked to Kyrgyzstan! Did you know the word Kyrgyzstan consists of 10 letters, but only one is a vowel? After 40 minutes I was picked up by a truck from Kyrgyzstan.
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For a few seconds in China
I was in China for a few seconds. How? Check it out. In Tajikistan you’ll find this 150km+ long fence. Locals told me it’s the border with China, but Google Maps states the border is roughly 100km further (with a dotted line instead of bold line) Rumours go that Read more…
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Camping at lake Yashilkul
Camping at the lake with the best drivers from Germany. At an altitude of 3700m it was freezing at night. Unfortunately my driver woke up with altitude sickness. One of my driver’s was looking forward to the pasta I would cook for them. This eventually turned out to be Read more…
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What a day of hitchhiking
6:45am in the morning. I am never that early. But the locals wake up when the sun rises, so did I. That’s why I had a very good feeling about hitchhiking this day. Tomorrow But that feeling soon changed. Every adult that passed by told me: “Tomorrow at Read more…
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Invited to stay at a family in Tajikistan
A Tajik family was so friendly to host me for the night. When I arrived in the little town, the 16-year-old boy said “come to my house”. As I had no other plans I decided to come with him and his little sister. I asked them if they Read more…
