The Big Nothing

Kazakhstan is big. Very big.

And it’s full of …

… nothing!

To the Heavens, to the Moon, to the People

The celebrations for our 19^th wedding anniversary, left us awaking with our first hangover in months, crawling out of bed and making coffee, still warmly wrapped up against the bitter cold, we are greeted by two chirpy hitchhikers heading to the border. It’s too early to be chirpy and we’re too fuzzy headed to understand

The Waiting Game & Happy Reunions

Returning to Kyrgyzstan, one of the top countries of our tour to date, we were warmly welcomed at the cold border of Torugart and quickly stamped into the country in record timing: five minutes for the passports and another five minutes waiting for the soldier to complete our entry papers for the car: all in Russian, so he did them for us!

More China Photos

For everyone who could only view 1 photo in our album on Flickr, we apologize, we are just learners on that site!

The 7 Nations tackle China

South Yunnan. Rainy season. Permanent drizzle and rain. Thick, grey, mist hanging in the tropical air. The hillsides seem like they are slowing falling apart, exposed to the elements. Piles of rocks and deep red earth splayed across the road. We witness mini landslides and some generally small rock falls, causing us to drive an occasional slalom course.

Bruce on the Beach

Velvet sand under your feet, sifting between your toes.

Feathery breezes tickling your arms.

Silky water gliding over you as you float effortlessly around the water’s surface.

Tibet Revisited

In a week we enter China and are officially homeward bound!

The Butchers & the Farewells

What to do with Bruce in Laos when we go to Vietnam?

Reunions in Vietnam

If there was one thing Tom didn’t want to do, it was to ride on a moped in Vietnam. „I’d rather die than (a favourite saying of his) get on one of those things.“

That was until he and Jens arrived back from the airport in Hanoi now with Stefan, and noticed Jens’s iPhone missing.

Laid back in Laos

At 1 or 2am it’s pitch black outside: no stars twinkling overhead, no moon peeping through the clouds.