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    <title><![CDATA[The long haul westward]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Sun, 21 Sep 2014 14:27:55 +0200</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[From the border with Russia I had about 9000 km to get back home to Germany and 2 to 2.5 weeks to do it.... The route through Ukraine was a bit too dicey for me so I planned a northern trajectory through the Baltics. On average the plan was to do 400... ]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[South to UB... and back]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Thu, 18 Sep 2014 21:22:24 +0200</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[UB is the local (traveller) slang for Ulaan Batar, the capitol of Mongolia. Inevitably every traveller ends up here sooner or later, be it for visa extensions or otherbuerocratic tasks or stocking up on food or just having a short city blast after all... ]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[The northern route]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Tue, 09 Sep 2014 19:55:31 +0200</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[Although everybody was warning us that it had rained recently and roads are muddy and rivers are high which makes the Northern route to cross Mongolia very difficult we did not intend to explore mosquito heaven (we were told) and 800 km of washboard on... ]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[Northwest Mongolia]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Tue, 09 Sep 2014 16:38:24 +0200</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[So now I continue here with a bit of a delay as internet in Mongolia and Russia was scarce and/or so slow that uploading images was not an option.... When entering Mongolia in the far Northwest corner in the Altai mountains we actually did not get very... ]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[Russia: the Altai]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Wed, 23 Jul 2014 04:49:47 +0200</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[We had about 4 days to cover the 1000 km form the Kazakh to the Mongolian border due to Rachael’s visa expiry date. From the border suddenly the Kazakh steppe changed into fully tended wheat fields as long as the eye could look across the Siberian plains...... ]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[Kazakhstan: the long ride North]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Wed, 23 Jul 2014 04:26:08 +0200</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[In order to get to Mongolia we have to drive 1500+ km along the East of Kazachzstan to southern Siberia in Russia… It was a long drive on pretty annoying roads… Road conditions were sometimes ok but mostly 70 km/h was the max one could drive. A couple... ]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[Kazakhstan - we almost turned back...]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Sat, 05 Jul 2014 06:34:04 +0200</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[As the the title suspects our attempt to enter Kazakhstan turned out to be one of the toughest border crossings so far.... Bureaucracy is right up there with Iran but they are by far not as friendly and helpful as the Iranians... We were at the Koray... ]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[Kyrgyzstan with R]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Mon, 30 Jun 2014 16:10:56 +0200</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[Royalty arrived in Kyrgyzstan :-). and got a tour of Issyk Kul lake and some mountains ...
tripod on steroids.... actually this was the Kyrgyz-German-French graffity festival in Bishkek.. the international crew stayed in our guesthouse and we were invited... ]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[Kyrgyzstan]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Fri, 20 Jun 2014 09:15:02 +0200</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[Entering Kyrgyzstan was still a mountainous high altitude affair… After three different stations on the Tajik side on the pass (typically bureaucratic but friendly and no hassle) the Kyrgyz border appeared almost like a miracle… 5 minutes, small stamp... ]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[The Pamirs cntd...]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Sat, 07 Jun 2014 11:33:00 +0200</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[From Murghab to the border of Kyrgyzstan.
Offroading in the backcountry over 4300m passes  without snow in this area of the Pamir plat
Rankul lakes
just could not stop taking pictures :-)
 subtle play of colours and light 
more lakes :-)
further to the... ]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[The high Pamirs]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Sat, 07 Jun 2014 09:52:14 +0200</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[So i eventually made it and I am so glad... the landscapes up here are so absolutely stunning and I was completely on my own roaming around.... I will let the pictures speak here, no words can do justice and even the images don't really capture it...
On... ]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[2nd try to get to Khorog]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Sat, 07 Jun 2014 08:57:51 +0200</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[So on the 29th I took off to try my luck again... 400km of partially very bad roads with no assurance for success. Well after a lot of insisting and despite the clear message at all the checkpoints that Khorog was still closed they let me through to Rushan,... ]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[The 1st try to get to the Pamirs]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Sat, 07 Jun 2014 06:31:04 +0200</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[A lot has happened since the last entry....On the 21st I left Dushanbe to drive to Khorog, the village that is the gateway to the high Pamir's... Just at that day there was a shooting incident between police and some supposed drug smugglers, which left... ]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[Tajikistan: Dushanbe and the Fan mountains]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Tue, 20 May 2014 09:55:41 +0200</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[The border procedure getting across into Tajikistan was quite interesting; the contrast between the two countries could not have been bigger. As organized the Uzbek side was as chaotic was Tajikistan with about 10 different stops not or badly marked,... ]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[Uzbekistan II]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Tue, 20 May 2014 09:08:33 +0200</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[Now I can look back on Uzbekistan and I can say it is a really lovely place. People are openly curious, very hospitable and friendly. I felt safe everywhere, definitely more than in Iran, as I never had the impression people were suspicious about me.... ]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[Uzbekistan]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Thu, 08 May 2014 08:20:05 +0200</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[Have actually not written much yet on Uzbeistan....I am following the ancient silk route, read guide books for the history of it, i can't do it better...;-) I have a lot of time in the country for the route I have in mind, may be too much considering... ]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[Gateway to hell]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Thu, 08 May 2014 07:40:07 +0200</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[The Karakum desert in Central Turkmenistan is one of extremes… Temperatures over the year vary from -30 C in the winter with snowfall to 60 C in summer. At least in late April it appears generally greener than the Arabian deserts… Another special part... ]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[Turkmenistan I]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Wed, 07 May 2014 14:33:04 +0200</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[The Turkmen border officials, however, were very thorough…. Pretty well organized I had to have a transit route for 5 days specified, vehicle registration, insurance and diesel tax were calculated and I was rid of a 167 US. The diesel tax is 10 cent per... ]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[Iran: the Northeast]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Wed, 07 May 2014 14:22:37 +0200</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[Mashad is a very typical Iranian city, sprawling over a huge area with crazy traffic but with a well known center around the holy shrine thats fun to explore on foot. The holy shrine is definitely worth a visit, an enormous area with many mosques and... ]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[X ing Eastern Iran]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Thu, 24 Apr 2014 13:28:46 +0200</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[Not much to say other than vast landscapes, amazing geology (although I am off work), dimensions I am not used to despite Omans big deserts, villages in the Dasht e Lut where people sometimes live in mud houses looking the same than probably 1000 years... ]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[Towards Mahan]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Thu, 24 Apr 2014 12:38:24 +0200</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[As last time, I plan to travel mainly on backcountry roads towards Mashad and have gone off the highway at Hajabad. I realize my good old paper map is better than all the offline GPS maps I got and end up driving on dirt tracks towards Baft through spectacular... ]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[D-Day 13.04. and X-ing to Iran]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Thu, 24 Apr 2014 12:04:39 +0200</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[Truck needs to be delivered at the port before 12h, boat leaves at 21h…lots of time to kill. Luckily met Ashley, the man that drives from Dubai back to the UK on a Ducati racebike in 1 week !!! Hanging out with him the afternoon back in Dubai getting... ]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[Final farewell’s &amp; departure]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Thu, 24 Apr 2014 11:40:13 +0200</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[The date of departure comes rushing closer, last food shopping and tidbits…. Ah and Rachaels birthday :-) The combined birthday farewell party at Majan beach was really nice and a good reminder of what I will be missing, thanks guys and girls !!! Departure... ]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[getting ready]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Fri, 11 Apr 2014 12:31:05 +0200</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[After packing up the household and the official emigration from Oman (with a short trip to Germany and to Amy's wedding in Scotland) I am back in Oman as a Tourist and will be setting off to Dubai with the truck tonight. Plan is to catch the ferry to... ]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[Visas received...]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Sat, 29 Mar 2014 14:08:20 +0100</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[So just got back my passport with visas for Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan and Tajikistan, which means I will be able to make it at least to Kirgistan.... Kasachstan and Russia visas will need to be obtained on the way.... But for now the trip can go ahead... ]]></description>
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