We were about to enter Pakistan. It was going to be a mixture of surviving traffic, waiting, friendly people, nice food and the lack of freedom. We left in Zahedan (Iran) at 06:10 am, so we would be on time to go to Dalbandin (Pakistan) the same day. ...
Iran, country of mixed feelings
Here I am, sitting on a couch, two countries away from Iran already, thinking about a way to start writing about it. Iranian music playing in my ears. One of the things I really liked about the country. Same with the sound of the language. Luckily th ...
More blue on the street
In Holland sometimes people say that there isn’t enough blue on the street. They would like to see more police-officers on the street. Maybe those people should spent a few days in Turkmenistan. It might change their opinion.We got an invitation lett ...
Kyrgyzstan, expect the unexpected
No power. We're in the capital of Uzbekistan and the power went down. Already for half an hour. Nobody really seems to care. It's a normal thing in Central Asia. One of the normal things around here. As normal as not having a toilet inside your house ...
Pamir Highway
We were already in Dushanbe Tajikistan. Now we had to decide whether we would take the northern or the southern route to Qalai Kumb. We chose the northern route with more offroad sections, less traffic, shorter than the southern route and some other ...
Ferry hot
FerryThe ferry from Baku (Azerbaijan) to Aqtau (Kazachstan). Well the ferry actually goes from Alat (80km south of Baku) to Kuryk (70km south of Aqtau). But hey, we just want to cross the caspian sea as fast as possible, so we won’t complain about an ...
Baku harbour and ferry experience, in Spanish…
For our Spanish speaking friends (or use Google Translate...). Alberto, whom we met at the Baku harbour, wrote a story about his experiences there and the border crossing afterwards. The video is also fun to watch. https://lavidadeato.com/2019/ ...