Morning We got up quickly, wiped the sleeping sand off our eyes, and were ready to hit the road quite fast. As morning exercise, the Heffalump had to climb from 2000 meters to 2600 meters in less than fifteen minutes, after which it was a long steady downhill drive in a valley towards At-Bashi. The At-Bashi valley in the morning …
Day 11 Bishkek – Naryn | First touch on Kirgisia and the mountains
Bishkek Bishkek is a big town dressed in green. The streets are filled with big trees and every street has a wide space for pedestrians in front of the buildings. The leafy trees cover the buildings so well that it’s difficult to find what you’re looking for whether it’s a money exchange office, a diner or a street sign. The …
Days 9 & 10 – Astana – Bishek | Through Kazakhstan
Astana We woke up to a morning in Astana, aiming to be at the Finnish Embassy by 9 am. From there we collected our double passports, which would help us continue to Kyrgyzstan and China. It was a beautiful and sunny morning (as it usually is in Astana), and the view over the city from the embassy on the 17th …
A treasure in Himalaya
The same time the boys left towards Himalaya, we left it behind. Behind us was three weeks of work in Kathmandu. Our job was to order and documentate all 5000 jewels that were oncoming to Finland. It was a big job in three weeks, but fortunately our associates are wonderful, hard working people, that we are happy to work with. …
Day 8 – Kazakhstan #1 – Troitsk – Astana | Crossing the Border, Getting Lost and Wide Expanse as Far as the Eye Can See
Day 8 – Kazakhstan #1 – Troitsk – Astana On the Boarder We laid still on the car bunk with our lights out and had troubles getting sleep. The excitement of being on the first foreign border checkpoint was overwhelming already in itself, but now we also had to stay there for the night. We’d assumed that the checkpoint …