civilizations
From Mardin, we drive further west and soon stop at Göblekitepe, which, after Çatalhöyük, is one of the absolute highlights […]
Since we have a few weeks until Christmas, when we want to be back with our families, we decided to […]
Crossing the border into Turkey is straightforward, and we pitch our tents on a small peninsula in a lake near […]
After driving for a few hours east from Bukhara towards Tashkent, we arrive in Samarkand, one of the most important […]
After the bustling city of Tashkent, we wanted a few quiet days. We decide to take a short detour into […]
Over the next roughly one-and-a-half weeks, we cover many kilometres. Compared to our relatively slow pace so far, this change […]
After a brief stop at the Katshkhi Pillar, a hermitage monastery atop a 50-metre-high stone pillar, we head east and […]
After completing a big round trip through Upper Svaneti at a relatively fast pace, we are longing for some peace […]
We slowly make our way further east along the Black Sea and soon head south into the Pontic Mountains to […]