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I could not get a ticket from Vientiane to Bangkok, so I crossed the Mekong River to Thailand to fetch the train from the station there, next morning.

Entering Laos is somewhat of a game of guessing: Which visa do I need for which border crossing, as most participants of The Race 3rd season also found out.

My last stop in China before entering Laos was Kunming.

Still recovering from whatever I had in Taklamakan and Tibet I spent half of the day in bed and sight seeing in the afternoon and evening.

I wanted to sample an average Metropolis in China on my way to Singapore, so i choose to do a stopover in Chonqging, a place famous for its drone shows (which i…

I changed the hotel again (to sample a different part of town) and breathed in the athmosphere of Labor Day (which is May 1st to May 5th in China).

I spent May 1st in the Gansu Regional Museum in Lanzhou.

What could have been such a wonderful 3000km through the Taklamakan and parts of Tibet became very unpleasant and somewhat dangerously serious fast.

Spent most of the day walking around the old town in Kashgar/Kashi. Very touristy place.

Spent most of the day in the hotel, before going to fetch the train close to midnight. Arrived in Kashgar the next day around noon.

I spend the day discovering the surroundings of Turpan(Turufan). Hired a driver and first went to Aydingköl and then visited Jiaohe Ancient Uighur City.

The first place I was interested in in China was Turpan, as there is the lowest point in China (and Eurasia - sans the Death Sea).

After 28 days on the road I arrived in China. In German there is a saying: "Wenn einer eine Reise tut, dann hat er was zu erzählen" - "One who travels has stories to tell" .. and: oh boy ..

Today I spent 8 hours and 63km discovering Almaty and it's closest mountains. Tomorrow I will cross the border to China.

After all the sleep depravation of the last three days I needed a day off, I spent the day in bed, sleeping and adding some features to the App that publishes t…

Originally I was taking the train to Shymkent/Chimkent/Шымкент. That takes a little more than 40 hours. Lot's of time to rest - so I thought :)

Having been woken up by the lifting of the anchor, we spent the rest of the day crossing the caspian sea.

I spent my whole day within a circle of about 200m radius, the anchor chain is less then 50m, due to the shifting wind the ship almost completed a full circle.

[Update: I am now on the ferry, but the ship will not cross the Kaspian sea for the next 2 or 3 days, we will be moored about 30km of coast to weather the coming storm.]

I am still stuck in Alat. The two ferries to Kuryk left this morning, though it was not possible to board them.

So I got stuck again - after having to fly to Baku, Azerbaijan because I did not get a permission to enter Azerbaijan on a land border - I am now stuck in Alat…

I took the cheapest flight I could find - 123 Euro to Baku. There was some art in the airport's lounge.

I do not believe I will get a permission to enter Azerbaijan on a land border, so I got myself a plane ticket to Baku and will fly there tomorrow.

I am still stuck in Georgia, and have not got the permission to enter Azerbaijan on a land border, though I decided to go to Tbilisi in case I get it before the…

Another day of waiting for the permission to enter Azerbaijan on a land border. Struggledd to buy Banana. Got different kind of fish in Oil, will sample :)

It is probably getting repetitive, I am still waiting for the permission to cross the border to Azerbaijan, I applied for more than 40 days ago.

I am still waiting for my permission to cross the land border to Azerbaijan, had to leave the hotel, they had no room for tonight.

I got fed up with being stuck in Turkiye, so I decided to be stuck in Georgia instead, waiting for my permission to cross the border from Georgia to Azerbaijan.

I am somewhat stuck in Turkey, as I still haven't got the necessary permissiom to cross the border from Georgia to Azerbaijan.

Took a Microbus to Mugla, from there fetched another one to Fethiye. Got on an evening express bus to Hatay, that took me to Antalya.

Didn't feel well, went back to the hotel, spent a second night there.

Island hopping in the Aegis, first i planned to go to Rhodes, but then realized I would get stuck there until April 3rd (for 4 days) - so rescheduled for Kos an…

I spent the day on a bus to Athens/Piraeus. Passed by Patras (Bridge), Ancient Corinth and the Canal of Corinth.

The Day started in Bari, with a regional train to Brindisi. Ever since my childhood I wanted to take a ferry from here (imagine a head tip to Jules Vernes' "In 80 Days around the World" :)

That probably will have been the longest distance travelled in one day during this journey - 1200 km.

I am trying to get to the Mediterranean as fast as possible as it is getting cold in Germany for the weekend. Munich greeted me with snow.

I needed a new challenge. After going to Iran from Germany in 2022, and Iraq from Norway in 2023, countless other trips to Africa and The Middle East - I wanted to do something difficult again.

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