Karakol Mountains
July 4, 2015 in Kyrgyzstan ⋅ ☀️ 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.
AfterRead more
Issyk Kul
July 5, 2015 in Kyrgyzstan ⋅ ☁️ 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
July 6, 2015 in Kyrgyzstan ⋅ ☀️ 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 fromRead more
Bishkek
July 7, 2015 in Kyrgyzstan ⋅ ☀️ 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 sayRead more
Delhi
July 12, 2015 in India ⋅ 🌫 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 3Read more
Agra
July 15, 2015 in India ⋅ ⛅ 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
July 16, 2015 in India ⋅ ⛅ 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
July 21, 2015 in India ⋅ 🌫 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
July 25, 2015 in India ⋅ 🌫 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 aRead more
Pune
July 27, 2015 in India ⋅ ☀️ 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 inRead more
Panjim
August 2, 2015 in India ⋅ ⛅ 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
August 4, 2015 in India ⋅ ⛅ 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
August 5, 2015 in India ⋅ ⛅ 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
August 8, 2015 in India ⋅ ⛅ 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 blessingRead more
Hyderabad
August 11, 2015 in India ⋅ ⛅ 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 hadRead more
Nagpur
August 15, 2015 in India ⋅ ⛅ 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 justRead more
Patna
August 17, 2015 in India ⋅ 🌫 30 °C
Here for two days in this loud and crazy city whilst getting prepared for Nepal. Didn't do sightseeing at all...
Raxaul
August 20, 2015 in India ⋅ ☁️ 16 °C
From here we had to cross the border by foot and then make our way to find the next bus.
Kathmandu
August 21, 2015 in 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 withRead more
Swayambhunath or Monkey Temple
August 23, 2015 in Nepal ⋅ ⛅ 26 °C
Many stairs... but at the top, we met monkeys in every corner and had a wonderful view.
Durbar Square
August 25, 2015 in Nepal ⋅ ⛅ 27 °C
Many temples are gathered together here. But not just here you can see the effects of the earthquake.
Daman, Nepal
August 26, 2015 in 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
August 27, 2015 in 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 beerRead more
Patan
August 29, 2015 in 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.
