Just close your eyes, put the hoodie on your head, take the blue pill and imagine that you are in a 5 star hotel. It seemed like the only choice, sure we could have complained of our misfortunate, but in reality that rarely gets you anything. Lets face it, we are going to be […]
India – Udaipur, When the River Lights Up
Chai masala! Chai masala! This must be at least the 3rd time this morning that i heard someone selling tea in the subway car. Either the Indian folks have no manners, get up really early or i am not entirely sure what time it is. In the now-infamous Darien Gap crossing we discovered the […]
India – Stuck in Mumbai with no money
Mumbai (aka Bombay), India (GPS: 18.936134, 72.837918) The “Superpowers of the Future”, back in the 90’s it seemed that both China and India will come out swinging in a global economy and take over the world. You couldn’t helped to notice it in the news when the Chinese economy surpassed the US (in total, […]
China – The Great Wall
Here is the main difference between backpacking and overlanding, schedule. With the car we pretty much had complete freedom of movement, WE decided how long we wanted to stay in each place and what time we should leave. None of the waking up at the crack of dawn just to make it to the […]
Korea – A Turn For The Unexpected
We thought that we spent enough time in Moscow, come on guys it was almost 6 weeks there. If the weather was nicer maybe our stay would have been much more pleasant, but the fall in Moscow is short, summer can turn into winter in a matter of days. Of course the Russians don’t […]
Russia – Moscow – Winter Is Coming
Our stay in Moscow is getting unexpectedly longer and longer, there are reasons for it, but I am not at liberty to discusses them at the moment. Lets just say that some interesting things are up ahead and those of you who know us already will not be surprised by the announcement. Man, really […]
Russia – Moscow – Family and Friends
Finally, we are here – Moscow. Actually its my great-grandma’s summer home just outside the city…but after coming this far…this is Moscow to us. All my cousins decided to surprise us by showing up at the house and welcoming the world wanderers with a great company. Quickly lets go through my family from left […]
Russia – Nizhniy Novgorod, Vladimir and Kazan (trip with Grandma)
I might have overdone it with the driving in a single day from Miass to Kazan. The distance wise it is about 470-500 miles, basically something that i do once in a while when driving to see my parents in San Jose. Back in California this drive usually takes me 7 hours 30 minutes […]
Russia – Miass
We learned a trick to passing the border with minimal hassle. During a usual border process the passengers go through the immigration and then wait in a separate area while the customs officials inspect the car. This is what we do now, Hyein just follows me back to the car and sticks around. The officers […]
Kazakhstan – Astana, Unexpected Gem of the Steppe
The last post felt like a final point, it even included a summary for Kyrgyzstan. Chronologically speaking, we still had to get from Pamir back to Osh, then Bishkek and then onto Kazakhstan. Although there are not a lot of new pretty pictures for you guys, we did have a little adventure. The trip to […]