Towards Nepal

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 🙂

  • Escorted, Delayed, Delivered—Pakistan Part 2

    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…

  • Hunza Valley—Holidays in Pakistan

    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…

  • Flying through China

    Today, I am not actually cycling. In my imagination, we are flying up Muztagh Ata (7,509 m)—through the clouds, along the crevasses, deep into the core of the mountain, over the endless plains, and through the deep valleys. How beautiful it all looks from up here! And I can feel everything—the rough rocks, the mountain,…

Maps – to Nepal