Away From Home I Feel at Home

Where I sit if you look up for this location (38°28’35″N, 70°57’56″E) on a map and draw a vertical line through it, in the south the line will cross a city named Layyah in Pakistan. Layyah is my home town, where I was born and spent two-third of my life. This is where my brothers … Read more

Bicycle Check In Tajikistan

Could this be the last bicycle check during the trip? Well I hope so! The wobbly rear wheel gets straightened yet one more time, after getting treatment in Mashhad, Bukhara, Samarkand, and now in Dushanbe. It is still not perfect but I think the mechanic tried his best for the 25-Tajik-Somoni-job. Now I hope the … Read more

Greetings from Denau

Greetings from Denau! My last five days were spent cycling in the mountains. The route turned to be surprisingly stunningly beautiful, one of the best in the whole journey so far. The greenish landscape with tall mountains looking down at the road provided refreshing views especially after having cycled desert-like Turkmenistan to Bukhara route. However … Read more

Goodbye Samarkand

Time to say goodbye to Samarkand and its turquoise domes, and hit the road again. If I don’t get the chance to access internet during the next seven days in Uzbekistan, I shall catch up with you guys from Dushanbe in Tajikistan which is still 480 samar from here. Plenty of time to cycle in … Read more

Start of Donauradweg in Vienna

I have been looking forward to cycling the popular Donauaradweg (Danube Cycling Route) for quite some time. I bought specialized cycling maps for that purpose. My ride on Donauaradweg started in Vienna, Austria and ended in Esztergom in Hungary. I cycled 275 km in one day.