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September 18, 2024
After a somewhat colder night, we head to Sary Tash for breakfast, where we meet Jonas again. They drove the M41 and tell us about their great impressions and pictures. From Sary Tash, their journey to China continues over the Ishkestam Pass, a route that probably awaits me too.
From here, it's only a
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September 18, 2024
We climb out of our blankets in the morning and leave the yurt, hoping to meet Marco on the way today.
The view over Lake Karakul, along these endless roads, is something new for me. It will probably be similar on American country roads, this long view over the tarmac, although not always with the snow
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September 17, 2024
Es erfolgt ein Gastbeitrag von Esme (Beans) :
Today we woke up in the little building next to the yurt as they told us last night that the tury would be too cold this time of year. I found this particularly intriguing as I had otherwise assumed the locals used their yurts all year. Nevertheless it was
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September 17, 2024
We have had a pretty windy night, but the tents are still up, and so we set off against a headwind to the Ak-Baital Pass at 4650m.
The surface is pretty good until just before the pass, the gradient is moderate, so we are actually well prepared.
The captain doesn't feel the same way today, though, and
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September 17, 2024
After we actually took a day off, we felt refreshed enough to drive to Murgab.
We spent a day and a half here at 4120m, pampering ourselves with yak butter, yak yoghurt and hot H2S water.
The local family were Kyrgyz, which is evident from the beautiful hats and the increased difficulties in communication
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Elif likes this.
September 17, 2024
A really exciting day: we crawl out of our stony windbreak in the morning to ride across the wind-swept plateau in full costume. Unfortunately, my water filter is still leaking, so we arrange the next break point to be around 13 km further on by a river.
Nils and I both ride ahead and will also get some
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September 17, 2024
I know exactly why I haven't had headphones in my ears for 3 days. It's completely silent here, only the gentle rushing of the river next to us provides a little background noise.
We're starting at almost 4000m today and sleeping at around 4250m and there are no signs of altitude sickness among the three
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September 17, 2024
I was pretty cold all night, but I managed to get a little sleep.
We make our lonely way over sandy tracks, and are only very rarely interrupted by shepherds, at almost 3500 m.
Fortunately, there are always small streams here, so that despite our rationed meals, there is always enough water available
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September 17, 2024
After Paul the day before, we finally set off this morning. From Langan it is about 5 days without food, so the food is shared and rationed so that we don't fall flat on our faces.
The climb begins right at the beginning, we often have to dismount on the sandy track, but we reach our planned 3400 m above
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September 16, 2024
I get up feeling a little better and look out over the snow-covered Hindu Kush.
At eight o'clock sharp we set off for Langar, our destination for today, so that we can hike to Engel's Peak tomorrow.
Unlike yesterday, today is just a merciless washboard alternating with sand, so the view really is the only
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September 16, 2024
Still pretty sick, we set off from our overnight camp. During our breakfast, Paul calls out "good morning" as he drives past.
The surface is now getting more and more sandy, so we have to push the bike from time to time. But we still have time to enjoy the view, because, especially on the Afghan side
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September 16, 2024
While the captain shares his sleeping bag with his new four-legged friend, Esme and I can get a little more sleep - and we need it. We've both caught a viral infection and are a little under the weather...headaches, back pain and the rest included.
So we drive past the next stuck truck to one of the many
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September 16, 2024
Everything is not as spectacular as you might have read, but the surface is about as bad as reported. Unlike on the northern route to Khorog from Dushanbe, there is a lot of farming here, and the landscape in this wide valley looks very green.
I am pleased to see the German KfW and Patria Foundation
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September 16, 2024
The first half of the day is made up of cat scratching and bike servicing, with the screws on everything and everyone now being very loose.
With the Zorkul permits in our pockets, we set off in the afternoon and begin our journey in the Wakhan Valley.
This valley was exactly what I had in mind from the
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September 18, 2024
The day is all about the slipstream, because we keep taking turns to make the most of the incline.
We don't know exactly whether this is an everyday occurrence, but the path to the last "pass" is lined with cleaning crews collecting rubbish from the road and the adjacent green areas.
Otherwise we don't
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