The Chimgan Mountains rise a mere 80 km northeast of Uzbekistan’s capital Tashkent. They belong to the foothills of the …
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In the mountains near the industrial town of Alaverdi in the north of Armenia, two Christian monasteries from the 10th …
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„Oh yes, that is very blue!“ – „Oh, look – how blue it is!,“ shout the Japanese tourists, looking in …
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The first blog post we did in 2006 as a sort of technical test was a report about the „88 …
Although we had an early start in Tashkent, it is already noon by the time we arrive at the Bolshoi …
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The Kol Mazar holy lakes lay behind a range of high mountains. From the village of Arslanbob we hiked up …
Until the 19th century, only Shinto pilgrims visited the inhospitable mountains of central Japan. The British missionary Walter Weston was …
During the Edo Period, the Nakasendo (“the way through the mountains”) was one of the main roads connecting Tokyo – …
