Tag: culture
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Giving India a second chance
Having had a difficult time the first time we were here, we thought that we were heading for the same kind of trouble. But the universe doesn’t work that way …
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Ups and downs in Nepal
Although we enjoyed our time in Nepal very much and we still recommend it as a cycling destination, it’s also a land of huge contrasts and you never know what’s around the corner …
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Nothing Like India
India has a terrible reputation when it comes to road safety and for this reason alone we weren’t really looking into it. We did, however, manage to learn a lot about things which don’t normally catch our eyes …
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“Blinded” by selfies in Pakistan
Weeks before entering Pakistan, we already had a love/hate relationship with it…
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China, Chi-no!
Our time in China was nothing like we were expecting. We ended up doing very little cycling and a lot of discovering, not just the uniqueness of Xinjiang Province and how the Chinese government tries to control absolutely everything, but also about ourselves.
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About that Time we Went to the Pakistani Border Knowing we Didn’t Have a Visa
Bad Internet on The Pamir, nowhere to go to in China and terrible IT systems in Pakistan; a story about cycling to Nepal
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Tajikistan; cycling at the top of the world!
Tajikistan is, for many cyclists, synonym of mountains, and that’s what we went there for! What we didn’t know, nor expected, was that there’s much more to fall in love with than just that…
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Surprisingstan; unexpected Uzbekistan
Spring had finally come and we were really looking forward to camping and spending some time in the wild. “Unfortunately”, Uzbek people had other plans for us…
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When the World Carries You Away
Generally speaking, traveling is not about following a straight path from A to B. Often, the road takes you to unexpected places and you have absolutely no control over this. In this entry we would like to show what happens when you freely allow fate to do its work and surprise you with what the…
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Iran: land of contrasts
Iran is quite simply a land of contrasts. We spent three enriching and eventful months there and we still often talk about it and compare our current situation with our life in Iran, especially, but not only, whenever we have a beer! This, beer, is the best example of what life is like there because…
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