Desert to the Aral Sea

Border crossing into Uzbekistan with 35°C
Once over the boardroom, we exchanged some money on the black market organised motorbike insurance and got a Sim card.
After a night in a dirty andLäs mer
Aral sea! 🌊🚱

After waking up at the shores of the Aral Sea 🌊. We decided to drive down to the shore. Where is saw a couple of yurts. The people they were building housing for tourists so they could offer them aLäs mer
Muynak Ship Cemetery

It seems like the two days in the desert, visiting the Aral Sea was too much for my European skin.
Sun stroke meant that i stayed in a hotel for 2 nights, drinking lots of water and tea.
The peopleLäs mer
Nokus and Khiva

Still taking it easy, we travelled two days to the cities of Nokus and Khiva, the letter which has a UNESCO world heritage site.
A beautiful town, which is more than 2500 years old where i met manyLäs mer
Bukhara

After a long, six hour ride between an oasis and desert with the sun burning at 40 *C we arrived in Bukhara. Unfortunately, we had to stay on the desert highway the green water region which We couldLäs mer
Samarkant

Samarkant would be the last city in Uzbekistan. It was nice but i feel the cities were all quite similar and riding between the cities meant going through hot desert like plains during the days. AndLäs mer
Seven lakes TJ

After a smooth border crossing from Uzbekistan to Tajikistan we headed to the famous seven lakes.
The way there was wow, beyond amazing. Beautiful dirt roads climbing to 2,300 meters. One lake afterLäs mer
Entry to Dushanbe

Hermino had left the day before from seven lakes and Markus bike had broken down at the lake. So i helped organize an old Russian truck for Markus to load his bike onto and set of to Dushanbe, capitalLäs mer
Pamir highway D1

On day, one of the Pamir highway, we (Herminio and I) set off from Dushanbe to a small village on the Afghan / Tajik border.
Of course i did not fuel up in Dushanbe where there was good petrol… soLäs mer
Pamir D2

Day two, starts very early alarm at 4 am hit the road at 4:30. The reason was construction on the road we wanted to take, there would be a roadblock from 7 am onwards due to construction. We made itLäs mer
Pamir D3

We spent the night at 3300 meters to acclimatise for our next destination which would be even higher. We passed my some historic ruins which had a great view on Afghanistan and the valley.
First 200Läs mer
Pamir D4

The goal for today was to go to the highest point of the highway, where there is a large lake and the Kyrgyzstan border.
The roads are not in particularly good shape and while stopping to meet someLäs mer
Pamir D5&6

The way back to Dushanbe, the capital of Tajikistan was along the M41 highway. This is the official Pamir Highway where also the trucks drive, and the main border traffic between Kyrgyzstan andLäs mer
Bike repaired!

And after five days in Dushanbe, the suspension arrived, and it was a matter of hours until it was in the Bike.
I spent the days I had with a Ukrainian motorcyclist who has been on the road for twoLäs mer
Leaving Tajikistan

43° and not a lot colder in the night, made a tough to sleep, but the campsite was worth it.
Was a nice spot just before the board to Uzbekistan, which I tried to cross the next morning. On my wayLäs mer
Made it to Kyrgyzstan

After a long day entering, then leaving Uzbekistan on the same day, I made it to Kyrgyzstan.
I entered close to the capital Osh, it was around 45° and super busy on the streets - traffic. So ILäs mer
Lake Kara Suu

Kyrgistan is just beautiful lots of nature and beautiful roads.
I spent a night at kara Suu lake on around 2000 meters. The road to there was difficult and heavy off-road causing yet anotherLäs mer
Lake Besh Tash

After enjoying the lake so much, I decided to visit another one, as they are in abundance here.
What I did underestimate I was that it’s at 3000 m and in the night it was close to 0°. Meaning I hadLäs mer
Re united NL

After a spontaneous check in with Geertjan and Sigrid, a dutch couple i crossed Russia with 3 weeks ago it turned out that we were very close to each other. Thus we decided to have lunch together andLäs mer
Amazing son Kul

I spent two amazing nights at the lake son kul. It’s a lake and 3000 m.
I got a tip from my Belgian friends which I met there again that’s on the 20th that would be the Kyrgise famous horse gamesLäs mer
Road to köl Suu

Köl Suu is a very remote lake. It’s required to get a special permit as it is so close to the China border region. I request it at the start of the week and it was ready for pick up by the end.Läs mer
Stone Rabat

A fully day of off-road. Ending with Stone Rabat as a highlight.
Tash-Rabat is the most extraordinary stone monument in all Central Asia and along the Silk Road. This caravanserai is a stone walled,Läs mer
Beach day!

Lovely day at the waterside relaxing!
Gold mine

This is the best maintained off-road rout in the country. It leads through multiple glaciers and is on 4000 meters +. At the end of the road there is a gold mine, and they maintain the road so well toLäs mer
Road to Almaty

After a amazing kyrgistan , my next goal was in Kazhastan and Almaty.
The journey there was amazing, and I stayed a night in a hostel, where some lovely Indian friends cooked for me.