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Asia -
Kyrgyzstan
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04 August 2010 |
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 Coming from the Kyrgyz town of Karakol, we took a shared taxi to Bokonbayevo, where we were picked up by eagle hunter Talgar. After...
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Asia -
Kyrgyzstan
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02 August 2010 |
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 From our base in the Jeti-Ögüz resort, we visited the Jeti-Ögüz rock formations, just a stone's throw away from the Kyrgyz resort. The...
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Asia -
Kyrgyzstan
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01 August 2010 |
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 As we were waiting for our visas for Uzbekistan and Iran, we made ourselves comfortable in the Kyrgyz capital of Bishkek and travelled...
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Asia -
India
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23 July 2010 |
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 Arriving from Kathmandu, capital of Nepal, we got to New Delhi, capital of India, only to find ourselves in the middle of...
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Asia -
Nepal
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18 July 2010 |
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 At the end of our day trip we drove to Bhaktapur, an ancient Newar city in the Kathmandu Valley. The city is almost entirely...
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Asia -
Nepal
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18 July 2010 |
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 From Kathmandu we made a day trip by taxi to several locations outside Kathmandu. One of them was the Swayambhunath...
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Asia -
Nepal
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15 July 2010 |
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 The touristic heart of Nepal's capital, Kathmandu, is Thamel. Though loaded with (great!) souvenir shops and restau...
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Asia -
Tibet (China)
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12 July 2010 |
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 On the day we had left Mount Everest Base Camp and crossed the plateau to Lakpa La pass we would be arriving at...
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Asia -
Tibet (China)
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11 July 2010 |
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 After a tiring ride from Shigatse towards the Mount Everest, we finally arrived at the Everest Base Camp (the Chinese ...
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Asia -
Kyrgyzstan
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03 August 2010 |
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 There's more to the Karakol area than rock formations and balneotherapic resorts. This sleepy little town itself shows some...
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Asia -
Kyrgyzstan
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02 August 2010 |
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 We drove from Bishkek to Karakol to see the eastern part of Kyrgyzstan. Jeti-Ögüz is a so called balneo-therapic resort located at...
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Asia -
Kyrgyzstan
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31 July 2010 |
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 Osh Bazaar, located in the western part of Bishkek. You can quite easily walk there from the centre (half an hour walk)...
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Asia -
Nepal
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21 July 2010 |
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 Once we had relaxed and spotted wild-life in Chitwan National Park, we made our way back to Kathmandu along the ...
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Asia -
Nepal
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18 July 2010 |
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 Apart from visiting Swayam-bhunath and Boudhanath stupa, we also made a stop at the Pashupatinath temple on our...
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Asia -
Nepal
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16 July 2010 |
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 Along with Nepal's national champion 2006 we went mountainbiking outside Kathmandu. We started easy, but...
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Asia -
Nepal
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14 July 2010 |
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 Arriving in Kathmandu, the capital of Nepal after coming from the dry highlands of Tibet, was a very interesting...
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Asia -
Tibet (China)
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12 July 2010 |
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 From Rongbuk monastery we took the gravel road for about 2 or 3 hours back towards the Friendship Higway that connects...
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Asia -
Tibet (China)
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11 July 2010 |
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 From Shigatse we took the Friendship Highway towards Kathmandu, Nepal, but after some kilometres we turned left...
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Asia -
Kyrgyzstan
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03 August 2010 |
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 NEW PICTURES ADDED! Kyrgyzstan might be your best shot at seeing one of your old cars from the Nether-lands, Germany, Austria...
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Asia -
Kyrgyzstan
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02 August 2010 |
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 From the Kyrgyz capital of Bishkek we took a (shared) taxi to Karakol in the east, passing Lake Issyk Kul. It was a beautiful journey; left of us...
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Asia -
Kyrgyzstan
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27 July 2010 |
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 In order to make it to Bishkek from New Delhi, India, we had to take a flight to Tashkent, Uzbekistan, from where we travelled onwards...
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Asia -
Nepal
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20 July 2010 |
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 After some great days in Kathmandu and visiting sites like Bhaktapur, Pashupatinath, Boudhanath stupa and....
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Asia -
Nepal
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18 July 2010 |
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 After visiting Swayambhunath stupa, we drove on to Boudhanath Stupa, another place or pilgrimage for Buddhists. It is...
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Asia -
Nepal
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15 July 2010 |
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 Kathmandu: the liveliest city of all, filled with colours, smiling people, great souvenirs, hundreds of temples and broken pavements.
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Asia -
Nepal
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13 July 2010 |
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 The day after we had left Mount Everest Base Camp and arrived at Dram (Zhangmu), the border with Nepal, we woke...
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Asia -
Tibet (China)
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12 July 2010 |
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 Rongpu or Rongbuk monastery lies at the foot of the Rongbuk glacier at 5,100 meters altitude and is thus the highest...
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Asia -
Tibet (China)
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10 July 2010 |
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 On the road from Shigatse to Tingri, Tibet, lies the Tibetan Sakya monastery (officially Pel Sakya, meaning White Earth...
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