Occupying a full square meter in the cupboard-sized office, Mr. T.’s photo looked kindly down on us when we collected …
Continue reading “A transit through Turkmenistan – with Mr. T. , Leader of the Turkmens”
The bus moves slowly through the desert, it is too hot, and everyone is slumped drowsily in their seats. Suddenly …
Continue reading “The heirs of Timur: Timurid nationalism in Central Asia”
Researchers of new information and communication technologies (ICT) who are interested in online communities usually end up in, well, offline …
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“Ne robotayet,” muttered the woman who had been waiting with us for half an hour wearily and walked away. Indeed, …
Nightbus N 22 to “Schlebusch ueber Klinikum” stops just in front of the station. Supermarket shelves are full of German …
Continue reading “Kumys and Kaesekuchen: German traces in Kazakhstan”
„Silk Road“ – that evokes images of oriental cities and caravans laden with huge bundles of silk, making their way …
Getting up to pay our Internet bill, we noticed the Uighur boy in the next booth playing one of those …
Continue reading “In Muslim China: Travelling to the Uighur region”
A traditional oriental market in Hotan, Western China. Every Sunday thousands of Uighur traders come to the Hotan Sunday Market …
We have been travelling for 6 weeks in China now. Thinking back, didn’t encounter any major problems and so far. …
Emperor Shi Huangdi wanted to be immortal. It could have been possible. He had just conquered every kingdom he knew …
