We are happy to have left the huge city of Tehran and are heading for one of the three major pilgrimage sites in Iran:…
Author: Oliver Gorny
Western Iran: a world of its own
Nobody thought it is possible ... and we ourselves were also unsure until the very end, but the entry into Iran with our medical…
Eastern Turkey: arriving in the real Orient!
After leaving the very touristic Turkish Riviera behind us, we drive through the scenic Taurus Mountains to Konya. This ultra-conservative city is - like…
Western Turkey: Istanbul, a bit of antiquity and a polarizing coast
Istanbul, with over 15 million inhabitants meanwhile by far the largest European city, welcomes us with autumn temperatures and some rain. From our very…
Via the street of Corinth to the Olympus and Chalkidiki
We leave the beautiful Peloponnese via the street of Corinth: where many ships used to save several hundreds of kilometers of sea travel, today…
Ionian coast and Peloponnese: countless bays, beaches and cozy taverns …
After the wild, mountainous Northern Greece, we are looking forward to the “typical” Greece. For the first time we hit the coast north of…
Across the Balkans to Northern Greece
Finally, the wheels are rolling again: we really have been looking forward to the start again. The summer in Mallorca was fantastic ... but…
Over the “camel border” back to Kenya’s coast
For a few days the frustration sits pretty deep: the fact that we could not enter Ethiopia via the closed land border due to…
After a short beach vacation, up to the deserts of northern Kenya
After the dusty loneliness of the Rift Valley and the great national parks Amboseli and Tsavo, we need some rest: e.g. palm trees, turquoise…