Since my last post I had to alter my initial plans quite a bit and I am now back in Peru counting my last hours of this trip. Due to high prices and cold and bad weather in Chile I decided, after a lot of thinking, not to go all the way down to Patagonia… Read More 9000 km update and the end of another chapter pt.1
Over 3000 km down, Ernesto is still going strong and I am in Peruuuuuu! Roads in Colombia were unexpectedly good, however, many landslides on the road, a lot of rain (I was there in rainseason) and loco drivers made it a little challenging sometimes and I decided to only go south to save time… Read More 3000 km update
Ernesto. My Suzuki GN. After half a year of working at home and a month of travelling Cuba I am finally ready to start my next motorcycle journey in South America from north to south. Doing the Pan-american Highway, the longest road in the world, has been… Read More South American Motorcycle Adventure
In one of my previous posts I talked a bit about my time in Uzbekistan and how I was going to post more frequently. With so much going on though I became a little lazy with keeping this blog up to date since. I have been home for over two months now and nostalgia is kicking… Read More Coming Home
This and similar questions I got a lot throughout this trip on my bike. Often, when I went to see a mechanic they would laugh and some fellow bikers would tell me how unprepared they think I was for this trip. At first I almost felt a little intimidated by the people on big 1200… Read More “You are from Austria. Why aren’t you on a KTM?”
the last conversation I had at the Tajik side of the border: at the customs:” $10″- points at the stamp me: нет(no) b: да, да (yes, yes) me: нет, нет b: $5 me: нет puts the stamp in my passport without saying anything. Sometimes they aren’t very elegant about the way they are trying to… Read More Uzbekistan/ following the ancient Silk Road
Having managed to cross the border successfully I started my way through Tajikistan a few weeks ago. In many aspects the expercience in this country could be described similar to Kyrgyzstan…some of the most hospitable people I have ever met anywhere on this planet…and again the tea of course. For the majority of my time… Read More Tajikistan/ driving the Pamir Highway
“Stan what??” To be honest if you asked me a year ago I probably wouldn’t have been able to point out where on the map it is either. Also, it wasn’t my original plan to start this motorbike trip here. The dream was to start in India and go through Pakistan, Iran, Turkey… However, it… Read More Nomadic Kyrgyzstan
Hey! I’m Jan, nineteen and currently travelling ’round the globe. It’s been almost a year now since I left Austria and I finally decided to start this blog. The idea of writing a blog has been floating in my head for a while, yet I never felt as if my story was unique enough to… Read More About
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