Hi,
We are Anja and Thomas, and we are cycling from Zürich towards Nepal. Below you can find new blog posts whenever we find time. You can also have a look at the map of our route, and check the instagram feed for more up to date images.
We hope you will follow us on our journey 🙂
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It is buzzing all around us—motorcycles, rickshaws, cars, people, bicycles, even some camels at the side of the road. And we, with our bicycles, are in the middle of it all. Careful—a vehicle moving in the wrong direction. There is a general trend of driving on the left, creating a certain flow, but only if…
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A van sneaked up the mountain right behind us. We were slow, and the road was wide with ample space to overtake, but instead, the van kept creeping uphill right behind us. Thomas, cycling behind me, confirmed my suspicion: a police van. After quite a while, the van overtook us and gestured for us to…
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After weeks of pushing and ensuring we were not “too late” to get over the high passes, we are finally here in Pakistan. All the high passes are behind us. We are still over 2,500 meters, but from here, it’s only downhill—at least on average. Hunza Valley, the northernmost mountain valley of Pakistan, is a…
Maps – to Nepal
