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 🙂

  • Ankara to Cappadocia

    When Thomas asked me what I expected from my birthday, I shrugged and said, “Cycling…?” We began our unspectacular journey the day before from Ankara, mostly along an almost highway-like road, with three more days of cycling ahead to reach Cappadocia. I’ve never really liked my birthday and usually dread it rather than look forward…

  • Four Days to Istanbul

    Four days from Alessandropolis to Istanbul. 390 km. Four days of rice fields, sunflower fields, wheat fields, some old houses, beautiful forest cemeteries, empty children’s playgrounds, old men drinking chai, heavy wind, and even more fields. Over time, the rice fields became fewer, wheat predominated, and the sunflowers did not yet smile towards the sun…

  • Break Days in Greece

    When we cycle (particularly during the early days when I wasn’t so fit yet), I sometimes feel like a machine, or an engine really. Fuel in—energy out. No fuel in—no energy out. We sleep, we eat, we cycle. Then, there are also break days: We sleep, we eat, we don’t cycle. Break days are some…

Maps – to Nepal