http://www.travelblog.org/Bloggers/Hiasi/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from Hiasi en-us Sat, 26 Dec 2009 19:16:11 +0000 Sat, 26 Dec 2009 19:16:11 +0000 After some relaxing days in Osh with its nice and big market and its lively and pleasant atmosphere at least in daytime I headed off alone towards Kyrgyzstan's north out of the Ferghana valley which is mostly populated by Uzbeks thanks to Stalin it's part of Kyrgyzstan though to the Kyrgyz heartland.Once in Bishkek I had to solve some moneytransfer problems which forced me to stay longer http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Kyrgyzstan/Bishkek/blog-214390.html As I wrote last time we arrived safely in Alichur and checked in to the home stay of the local English teacher a 50 year old woman.She was living with her husband two of her children and a nephew who was on visit from Khorog.We explored the huge village and found out that it is half Tajik and half Kyrgyz with the city hall in the middle.The Tajiks live in the Western part where you find a T http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Tajikistan/blog-199269.html Safely arrived in Dushanbe I took my time to relax and regain strength for the next step of my journey...The city itself is very nice though unexciting and not very interesting. Yoursquoll find treelined avenues filled with Russian cars big Land rovers of development aid workers and the occasional Mercedes of a Tajik who made his fortune with his contacts or by selling out the country's reso http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Tajikistan/blog-199260.html ...as I wrote you my little bath had an influence on my onward journey...So after the nice evening in the small Tajik village I prepared myself to get up around 9 o'clock as the bus to Iskander Kul was meant to leave around 11 from the city.That night I couldn't really sleep well and you can imagine my surprise when I was woken up at 5 in the morning....we have to goWHERE WHYEverydboy wa http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Tajikistan/blog-189122.html After having left the mainly depressing poor and wild Karakalpakstan I went on to explore the rich historical heritage of Uzbekistan and joined the other tourists who come from all over the world to see what's left and to get an impression of past glory.My first stop was Khiva a nearly totally preserved capital of a once mighty emirate. The soviets turned it into an open air museum and it is d http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Uzbekistan/Samarkand/blog-189111.html After having left Turkmenistan I found myself in a quite deserted spot in Uzbekistan Konye Urgench in the Autonomous Republic of Karakalpakstan which covers the North Western part of the country. Its capital is Nukus a quite unimpressive town with an extraordinary art museum and an omnipresent heritage of the Soviet Union. The city was an outpost of the Union where biological warfare was deve http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Uzbekistan/Khiva/blog-174625.html After 6 weeks in Iran I headed for the IranianTurkmen boarder at BajgiranGaudan prepared for a totally new experience in the state of Turkmenbashy. But it turned out that my imagination was far too little for the reality in his realm. Neverthelsee my first impression at the boarder wasn't that good as I ran into a relict of the Soviet Union the customs...time stealing and unnecessary in it http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Turkmenistan/blog-174539.html First I want to say i am currenly in Usbekistan and I left Iran one week ago. During this week I crossed Turkmenistan and visited the deserted Aral Sea. But this will be in the next topic I didn't write for such a long time because in Iran like in China and some other totalitarian states internet is censored and I couldn't access the travelblog site. http://www.travelblog.org/Middle-East/Iran/blog-173685.html I made it to Tbilisi the capital of the Republic of Georgia. After leaving Hopa I entered Georgia not knowing what awaits me...and I was surprised. First by their alphabet which reminds me to Thai language...then by the plants and the forest around Batumi a city directly located at the Black Sea coast where you can find the only subtropical climate in the region. Also the hospitality of the G http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Georgia/Tbilisi-District/Tbilisi/blog-156748.html It's time to give you some updates about my further way... I am in Hopa a small city on the shore of the black Sea coast Karadeniz and ready to leave for Georgia. After I spent some delightful days in Sinop with exploring the beaches eating great fish meals discussing with old fishermen about the laic republic of Turkey and even seeing dolphins hunting I decided to continue my journey. Aft http://www.travelblog.org/Middle-East/Turkey/Black-Sea/Surmene/blog-154680.html As promised I write you this time from Asia.... I am in Sinop a city which is located on a small peninsula in the Black Sea in Northern Turkey. Since the last entry a lot of things happened and I try to give you a quite detailed insight in what happened and which adventures I went through After the great time 305 still had with Vasili in Peristera I continued my way with many thoughts http://www.travelblog.org/Middle-East/Turkey/Black-Sea/Sinop/blog-150596.html Get it in the airThis should work... After having spent so much time in hectical capitals I chose a quiet place to sit down and get you a new update of what I am doing and of what's going on on my way to China. Currently I am sitting in a lovely small house in a mountain village Peristera with a remarkable church built in the 8th century overlooking the bay of Thessaloniki in Greece. Belgrade http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Greece/Central-Macedonia/Thessaloniki/blog-144718.html Finally the first post during my journey... I successfully left my hometown which is now known to some more people who are always welcome to meet me there in the short time I spend there...if I'm absent my family will gladly help you I guess and my hitchhiking skills safely brought me to Sibylle a friend of mine who's trying to improve the educational situation in Germany in the front l http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Serbia/West/Belgrade/blog-141909.html ...the last days in my hometownAfter the last weekend with my great friends in France I went back to the cold South of Germany in order to prepare my journey and to say goodbye to my family and the friends I still have here.In the moment I'm in my hometown Miltenberg in Bavaria Germany.It's a lovely very little city along the river Main 70km South of Frankfurt. In the moment I spend my days h http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Germany/Bavaria/Miltenberg/blog-136478.html Well as the time goes by and I'm going to leave this beloved city I drop you a short notice to start my travelblog.....that's all for the moment as I want to enjoy the time which rest as much as I can http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/France/Rh-ne-Alpes/Lyon/blog-127666.html