Since I arrived to Iran I felt the call for the desert. I dreamt about spending a couple of nights and days there. I was specially fascinated by the idea of sleeping under the sparkling stars in the stillness of the desert. So there I sat now and felt the warm wind of the desert […]
Hitchhiking
The magic of Iran
Persian poets, magical nights under clear desert sky and people who are truely touching your heart. If you really want to experience a country with all its different sides and colours, Iran is the country to surpise you and take you on an incredible journey… Ancient caravanserei Historical house in Kashan Among friends […]
Armenia – a rough and beautiful country in the Caucasus
So far this little mountain country always seemed just remote and inaccessible to me. Thinking of hitchhiking through this rough mountainous land got me really excited. For 8 days and nights I was roaming around the lands where I found wild and untamed nature with unique old monastries, gleaming mountain lakes and healing mineral […]
A black night (China Pt. 2/6)
Here my biggest challenge was supposed to begin. I was standing at the side of the road in the Chinese border town. After a long day I was totally done. Yet I didn’t feel like I already reached my destination. I could have stopped and find a place to sleep. It would have been more […]
Once a monk, always a monk (Pt. 6/6)
From one car to another I travel on the road over mountains and green beautiful green landscapes. By then I had made my way to the Tibetian highlands. A contrast to all what I had seen in China so far. Also the people looked different. Their skin was darker. They were Tibetians. My next stop […]
This is hitchhiking in China! (Pt. 5/6)
After a couple of days doing this I found my way of hitchhiking in China. I let them drop me off at the service areas or the police. There I showed them my Chinese letter. x In the meantime, I had two letters. One of them I showed them before the ride. It was explaining […]
Living among truckers in Kazakhstan
Here I was sitting being fascinated by the atmosphere of the harbor in the night. Somehow I love this atmosphere when I am in the middle of nowhere or a total stranger in this place. There is something exciting about being lost. I was a bit tired and hungry but excited about the coming adventure […]
Through the solitary vastness of Western China (Pt. 3/6)
From Kashgar I took a bus out of the city to the only road going first 1500km through the Taklamakan desert North-East and several thousand kilometers through a varity of landscapes like the Gobi desert and the Tibetian high plaine. After I left the bus I was walking along the highway. From here I tried […]
The power of the Taklamakan desert (China Pt. 4/6)
Since I saw the sanddunes the day before in Shan-Shan, I was determind to go there. The next morning I woke up in my tent. I was still on the way hitchhiking in China. I crawled out of my tent and ate the water melon I got the evening before while two middle-aged women curiously […]
Where no rules apply – Hitchhiking through Western China (Pt. 1/6)
After I crossed the border from Kyrgyzstan to China by foot the officers just put me in a truck which was supposed to take me to the Chinese border checkpoint. It was a remote border crossing in the high Pamir Mountains. On this road there were only trucks. Pamir mountains from Kyrgyzstan to China Thus […]
Sharing moments
There is something special about encountering people. Getting to know them, sharing thoughts, feelings, opinions and ideas. Even some fast passing encounters can be full of power and magic. These three stories are dedicated to those that made our trip a great journey. Spontaneous night at the NAVY commander Dating a fantastic girl under the […]
Forget your past
An abandonned gigantic monstrosity in the mountains of Central Balkans: The Buzludzha Monument. When we first heard about that, we knew: We have to go there! It was built on the peak of Mount Buzludzha exactly at the place where in August 1877 a group of 5,000 Bulgarian and 2,500 Russian rebels repulsed an attack […]
Hospitality and joy of living
At this moment I was already fond of the Romanians and their welcoming openness. Of course, this was also influencing my future time in Romania. I believe that if you are travelling you have to bring a certain love for the country with you and the willingness to find the special side of the people. […]
Attacking jackals in the night
While Marisha started collecting some branchwood Alexander and me were driving up the hill in the forest. Tomek and me decided to sleep here in, according to Alexander, one of the last wild places in Bulgara: the Cape Emine. This rocky cape is the eastern most tip of the Balkan Mountains where the mountains reach […]
Winter in Romania
After we found just some hours of sleep in the petrol station, we packed our bags and at daybreak we walked out into the winter. It was snowing and we were actually happy about it. We walked out of the city again, passing the piece of forest where we were escaped from the dogs in […]
A dark night in a forest
We spent two days of great hospitality in Timisoara and it was great to see my old friend and her family again. After that we continued our journey heading towards the Romanian mountains, the Carpathians. They warned us of the bears and wolfes living there and told us what we should take care about. It […]
Happy reunion and first acquaintance in Budapest
Judit and me met three years ago in Paris and it’s the first time I’m seeing her again. I am visiting her for four days. She lives outside of Budapest, just next to the Danube. She also just returned from France two days ago where she was living for 6 months. Therefore she is kind […]
The downside of hitchhiking
After the first night in my tent, I started the day slowly. Breakfast, then a little workout – and it felt so good to do all that in this nature. I was in very positive mood, so afterwards I followed the little path back to the station. I was feeling ready to start an adventure. It took only five […]
Comfort vs. adventure and uncertainty
That was not the way I expected things to happen in the first days. Right now I am laying here in Austria on green gras, right at the lake and surrounded by mountains. That’s were I will sleep tonight. So far I am surprised how well everything went. So relaxed it will not be the whole […]
Hitchhiking to Mongolia
When, if not now?! I wish I would have had the courage to do the things I was really dreaming of. Never I want to be forced to say that looking back in my life. I’m not saying we can realise all our dreams and goals, that would be foolish. But mainly it is not […]