Karakol Mountains
4. juli 2015, Kirgisistan ⋅ ☀️ 25 °C
Went with Killian and a Polish couple we've met in our hostel for horse riding. The landscape around Karakol was beautiful, but after 7 hours on a horse, my backside wasn't beautiful anymore.
AfterLæs mere
Issyk Kul
5. juli 2015, Kirgisistan ⋅ ☁️ 18 °C
With the Polish couple we've traveled around Lake Issyk-Kul. We camped on the beach and on the next day we hiked at the Fairy Tale Canyon.
Balykchy
6. juli 2015, Kirgisistan ⋅ ☀️ 30 °C
We went on with our round the lake trip and swam in Salty Lake. There we took a healthy, but hard to get rid of, mud bath. After some hitchhiking out of there, we've got picked up in Balykchy fromLæs mere
Bishkek
7. juli 2015, Kirgisistan ⋅ ☀️ 29 °C
Back in Bishkek we've stayed in a funny hotel, which could be rented by the hour. We've eaten more cheap local food and sent many postcards. Hoped that some will arrive... In the end we had to sayLæs mere
Delhi
12. juli 2015, Indien ⋅ 🌫 25 °C
My first city I've visited in India. After getting out of the airport and the train station, we've found our way to the backpacker quarter of Delhi. Here was our hostel, where we've stayed for 3Læs mere
Agra
15. juli 2015, Indien ⋅ ⛅ 33 °C
Not much to say about this place: we've spent one night here and could see the amazing Taj Mahal. I've enjoyed it so much! The monkeys did so, too.
Jaipur
16. juli 2015, Indien ⋅ ⛅ 33 °C
If it rains here, it rains a lot. So we always tried not to go out while raining and after, because everything is flooded. But we could manage to see Amber Fort and Monkey Temple without getting wet.
Udaipur
21. juli 2015, Indien ⋅ 🌫 30 °C
The city is built around many lakes. It's easy to walk everywhere and so we did. In the evenings we've relaxed on one of all the different rooftop restaurants.
Mumbai
25. juli 2015, Indien ⋅ 🌫 30 °C
We had just two days in awesome Mumbai. So at first we saw the most famous India Gate and walked around the main streets. At the second day we walked to the beach and some parks. In one of them is aLæs mere
Pune
27. juli 2015, Indien ⋅ ☀️ 35 °C
Visited my friend Sandra and stayed at her place for 5 nights. We've went to many tasty places together and even tried Indian cinema for the first time ("Baahubali").
Besides spending a lot of time inLæs mere
Panjim
2. august 2015, Indien ⋅ ⛅ 28 °C
Arrived in Goa in the early morning by bus. Panjim is a clean and friendly city with lots of Portugese architecture. We've visited a famous church and met up with our friend Jacky
Old Goa
4. august 2015, Indien ⋅ ⛅ 28 °C
On a day trip to Old Goa, we've visited some more Portugese style churches, but mostly we enjoyed the old ruins.
Benaulim Beach
5. august 2015, Indien ⋅ ⛅ 28 °C
Because of the rainy season nearly no tourists come to stay around the Goan beaches. So our days were calm and relaxing, even with an own watchdog at the beach.
Hampi
8. august 2015, Indien ⋅ ⛅ 28 °C
A very small village mostly consisting of guest houses and beautiful ruins in which you can spend days walking around. One of the temples is even inhabited by an elephant, who can give you a blessingLæs mere
Hyderabad
11. august 2015, Indien ⋅ ⛅ 28 °C
In the middle of a lake, there is a big Buddha. However, the rest of the city is just busy and crowded. Anyway, we've visited Birla Mandir (sadly, no photos allowed inside) and Charminar. As we hadLæs mere
Nagpur
15. august 2015, Indien ⋅ ⛅ 31 °C
In the early morning we've arrived by nightbus in the City of Oranges. In a busy shopping street, I bought another Indian shirt. In a zoo with around 10 different animals, most of the people were justLæs mere
Patna
17. august 2015, Indien ⋅ 🌫 30 °C
Here for two days in this loud and crazy city whilst getting prepared for Nepal. Didn't do sightseeing at all...
Raxaul
20. august 2015, Indien ⋅ ☁️ 16 °C
From here we had to cross the border by foot and then make our way to find the next bus.
Kathmandu
21. august 2015, Nepal ⋅ ⛅ 23 °C
After a long time on different buses, we finally arrived in Kathmandu. My favourite food here is definitely momos. You can eat them steamed, fried, half-fried, in soup, in chilli or even filled withLæs mere
Swayambhunath or Monkey Temple
23. august 2015, Nepal ⋅ ⛅ 26 °C
Many stairs... but at the top, we met monkeys in every corner and had a wonderful view.
Durbar Square
25. august 2015, Nepal ⋅ ⛅ 27 °C
Many temples are gathered together here. But not just here you can see the effects of the earthquake.
Daman, Nepal
26. august 2015, Nepal ⋅ ☁️ 16 °C
Tried to see the Himalayas. It was more or less sucessful :) But anyway, the visit to this small villiage was definitely worth the 5 hours journey on the bus (one way).
Kathmandu
27. august 2015, Nepal ⋅ ⛅ 26 °C
Back in Kathmandu, we got our Chinese visa. Took just 4 days and was much cheaper than getting it in Germany. After this we treated ourselves with Thenthuk (Nepalese noodle soup) and typical beerLæs mere
Patan
29. august 2015, Nepal ⋅ ⛅ 28 °C
It's the sister city of Kathmandu and just a few minutes away by bus. Today and tomorrow is Gai Jatra (Cow-Festival), so it was so busy at Durbar Square. We got a blessing from some Tibetan monks.
Kathmandu
30. august 2015, Nepal ⋅ ⛅ 27 °C
Today we've watched the Gai Jatra (Cow Festival).
For every person who died during the past year, their relatives have to take part in this yearly procession with a cow, a holy creature. If they don'tLæs mere
