Maitse Myanmarista Thaimaahan – Myawaddy – Mae Sot -rajan ylitys
Rajan ylitys Myanmarista Thaimaahan Myawaddy – Mae Sot -raja-aseman kautta oli kahdeksas maata pitkin ylitetty maarajamme tällä reissulla, ja yksi helpoimmista rajanylityksistä.
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Intiasta Myanmariin – seikkailu läpi Zokhawthar-Rihkhawdarin raja-aseman
From Aizawl, the capital of the North-East Indian state of Mizoram, we headed to Champhai in the same state. Champhai was our last destination in India, as it is the last bigger town before the border to Myanmar. We crossed the border through the Zokhawthar-Rihkhawdar border post, which opened up for foreigners just recently and …
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Wagah Border: Pakistanista Intiaan ja kreisi rajaseremonia
After our last breakfast in Lahore we came back to our hotel accompanied by our local friend Salman. It was almost twelve, time to check out, say goodbye and start our journey towards the Wagah Border, the border between Pakistan and India. Johanna has visited India twice and Seri already three times before. But this …
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Kiinasta Pakistaniin: Khunjerab Pass, maailman korkein rajanylityspaikka
We crossed from China to Pakistan through the Khunjerab Pass. Being at 4693 meters, it’s the highest official border crossing point in the world, and also the highest part of the Karakoram Highway. The bus was not quite what we had expected but the ride through the mountains was epic and we had some fun …
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Tashkurgan: Viimeiset päivät Xinjiangissa
Tashkurgan is the last city on the Chinese side before the Khunjerab Pass and the border of Pakistan. Also, the border of Tajikistan is near. Therefore, majority of the inhabitants of Taskurgan are Tadjik, but most of the hotels and restaurants are run by Chinese, and some by Pakistanis. The mixture of cultures there is …
Irkeshtam Pass: Rajan yli Kirgisiasta Kiinaan
At the moment, the political situation in China‘s Xinjiang is tense, and the Chinese authorities are not exactly looking forward to have tourists wandering around there. Therefore, crossing Irkeshtam Pass, the border between Kyrgyzstan and China, was not too easy. The border procedures took us around 7 hours, with numerous amount of checkpoints and controls. …
Viimeinen päivä Kirgisiassa: Pamir Highway, Sary-Tash ja perinteitä
It was time to leave the city of Osh and to start our journey towards Irkeshtam Pass, the border between Kyrgyzstan and China. We had luck, again, as our Dutch friends Lena and Tjerk were headed to the same direction. We got a ride from them along the Pamir Highway to one of the last …
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Matkalla Kirgisian rajalle, osa 1 – kanjoniseikkailuja ja ylläreitä
Our plan for the next two days was to get from Almaty, Kazakhstan, to Karakol, Kyrgyzstan through the remote Karkara border and to have an overnight stop at the famous Charyn Canyon on the way. This was not the easiest way to get to Kyrgyzstan as most parts of this route wouldn’t be covered by …
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