Tawang is end of the road, sort off, from here you can only continue to China, and that is obviously out of the question. So we need to track back to Dirang, again. On the way back we make a detour to see the Chakzam bridge, an iron suspension bridge built at the end of … Read more
Except that there turns out to be another road to Tawang. Since a few years, there is also a Sela tunnel. And the tunnel is open. Until now, that had not been worth mentioning. So after having come down a bit from the road to the pass, which we found closed, we take a turn … Read more
We leave Assam behind for the next NE India state, Arunachal Pradesh, home to the largest Buddhist monastery in India, Tawang. We plan to cover the distance, some 430 kms, in two days, also because we climb from Brahmaputra level to around 3100 m, deep in the Himalaya mountains. The Assam part of the journey … Read more
The road to Svaneti, via Lentekhi and the Zagari Pass, gets nicer along the way, with high peaks and glaciers, and a sea of flowers. The road to Lentekhi partly follows the Rioni river, too, the same one that passes by Oni, and further downstream flows through Kutaisi. Once again, the countryside is dominated by … Read more
Our mounteneering experience on the Lomnicky Stit in the High Tatras ends up in the clouds. Using Levoca as a base, we spend the day scaling the second highest peak in the High Tatras, Slovakia’s most important mountain range. Lomnicky Stit is 2634 m high, and we are coming from 880 m. Usually one would … Read more
The beautiful mountains above Port-au-Prince allow for a crossing to the south, but not by car.
To get to one of the most remote areas of Georgia, Tusheti, we undertake a gruelling drive, and back, but the spectacular mountain scenery in autumn is worth every minute of it.
One of the most accessible roads into the Caucasus is the Georgian Military Highway, which continues into Russia, with several touristic attractions along the way, both man-made and natural.
Drab Quba, in the Northeast of the country, contrasts sharply with the mountain village of Xinaliq, amidst spectacular scenery.
Time is running out, but we decide to make a detour to Huaraz anyhow, for the mountain scenery of the Cordillera Blanco and a unique sculpture museum