My round the world trip backpack
One of the most frequent questions that people asked me before I left was what I was going to pack. About two years ago I decided to start travelling light. What does it mean? …
Hitchhiking to Naryn
I was headed from Song Kul lake back to Kochkor yesterday. By car with the yurt owners. But the idea of going to Naryn was on my mind all day. …
My hike to the Kul Ukok and Kul Tor lakes
A week before I hiked there I didn’t even know these two lakes existed. I heard about them from a Czech traveller and when I saw some pictures I decided to go for it. …
Hiking and hitchhiking in one day? Why not?!
Hitchhiking is something I wanted to do more of on this trip. I hitchhiked my longest route today. 270 km from Saty to Almaty. Four cars all of which I stopped in less than five minutes. Five hours. One flat tyre. …
An unexpected trip to the lakes
It’s Sunday. I wanna have an easy day after having hiked the previous day. I go out and think of seeing the few sights in Almaty. …
How my hike to Bukreev peak turned out to be a hike to Furmanov peak
Finally some good stuff! Hiking, mountains! This is what I came here for. …