Kategori: Diverse

After the 2 weeks in the “Stans” we have now crossed the border from Kirgistan to China. The border city in China is Kashgar. From ancient times a very important city on the silk road. We spend 3 long days in Kashgar to take care of all the practicalities like import of the car, chines…

Kirgistan var den sidste af “Stanstaterne” i Central Asien inden vi skulle ind i Kina. Vi havde blot planlagt to overnatninger i hhv. Osh, som er den næststørste by i landet, og en lille bjerglandsby Sary-Trash, hvor vi boede på Pamirextreme-Shamurat gæstehus. Sary-Trash ligger kun 40 km før grænsen til Kina i Irkestam – se…

Chimgan After 6 days with devastating and unbearable heat (40 – 45 degree) in Bukhara and Samarkand we decided to escape to the mountains. We were recommended by many to go to Chimgan. Chimgan is a very nice, small mountain village with a few good (but heavily overpriced) hotels. We found a nice looking hotel…

Bukhara Char Minar (Four Minarets) 1807. Former gatehouse to a long gone medressa. Kalon Mosque og minaret 16. century. Big enough for 10.000 people. Nice tile work in the courtyard. The minaret was built in 1127, 40 m tall with 10 meter foundation. Has survived erthquakes and was spared by Genghis Khan during the ransacke…

Form the border city Saraks between Iran and Turkmenistan we continued to Mary. A city with big boulevards, marble palaces, golden mosques and huge government buildings. Behind the facade bazars and daily life like we have seen in it in Iran. On many of the big buildings the president was pictured. Always smiling. On the…

FARVEL TIL IRAN Onsdag morgen ankom vi til Mashad, som er den næststørste by i Iran og et vigtigt religiøst centrum for hele Iran. Hvis man som Iransk muslim ikke kan rejse til Mekka, (måske fordi man ikke kan få visum) kan man “nøjes med” at rejse til Mashad. Her findes en “magnificient holy shirne”…