Kyrgyzstan und Kazakhstan (second try)
after the Borderpass Kyzyl Art
from time to time eternal ice blinks out of the sidevalleys
the kyrgyz Borderpost after 20km of nomansland
first jurts on kyrgyz ground
Harvesting
after Sary Tash the road starts climbing again
real Hairpins up the Hill...
...and also downwards
wow, in Paradise! waterfiltering next to the road
Landscape stays georgeuos
Kids by the road are curious
the road leads us down the Valley
waiting for the Bus
the last Pass! on the Top with Emil
real german Beer-Advertising on this Jurt
Lenin shows us the way in Osh
The road through the Plain north of Osh
Özgön, a city on the Run
Bad Surface?
encounter on the road
created by erosion.. Wonderful
preparations for a Horserace next to the Road
the End of my Adventure
and the alternative way of travelling
Nathan´s Bike Workshop
my Cassett, old and new
on the way to the Mountains with coco
thats how canada may look like
we climb fast
up there it is already winter
wondeful views down
on the Glacial Ice the last meters to the Top
on the Top with Coco!
View down in the Plain around Bishkek
wonderful Glacier underneath us
back in Bishkek, Manas the Nationalhero
sovjet Architecture and Technic all around
Plattenbauten along the Road
Old and New, my Backwheel
Graveyard on my way to Yssyk Köl
again the Kids
Busstop with a kyrgyz Felthat on Top ;-)
at the Seaside, Mountain in the Haze on the other Side
along the Lake
the Roads are seamed by Trees
and also up here there are a lot of Graveyards
idyllic Farm
the road climbs after the Lake ends
and crosses the Border to Kasachstan on the Top
View back to the Border and the Mountains
two minor Passes are still on my way
taking a Picture with Locals at the Monument of the Kazakh NAtional Hero... Name?
portable Sawmill
perfect Bikepath into the Sunset.... Highway under Construction on my way to Almaty
Almaty sourrounded by the Mountains
sovjetic Flair in the Metro
back in Bishkek, also with a impressing Backdrop
a totally typical kyrgyz Senior, Face and Hat
Sary Tash with the Transpamir Ridge in the Back
just like it will be in China, superstraight road
on Top of the last Pass in Kyrgyzstan almost 3800m high
from there it went down to the Border
View to Irkeshtam, the Bordervillage with it´s Truckqueue from the weekend