Gods own country That is the slogan of the Kerala Tourism Department. Kerala is the southest state of India at the west coast; 30 million people are living here on an area 10 times smaller than Germany. Kerala has the highest literacy rate in India (90 %) and the highest alcohol consumption per head. So […]
India, Rajastan, December 2012. I´m on my way to the thar desert. Not on a camel or a jeep, no, of course on my bicycle. I think this video works well without words, enjoy it. To watch the video in High Quality please watch it at the Vimeo website:
I´m on the road for almost ten month now, so it is time for a small review: For HD-Quality please watch the video on the Vimeo-Website.
The border-crossing to India is quite straightforward. I passed the gate, where the day before the border closing ceremony took place, took a last picture with a Pakistani soldier and his bomb-sniffing dog, crossed the line and there I was – in India. But from the gate to the Indian Customs building it is two […]
The last things from Pakistan I want to show you is a short video from a bikeride in Islambad. I met some other cyclists from the Critical Mass, a worldwide cyclist movement, they have it also in Pakistan. For HD-Quality please watch the Video on the Vimeo-Website. The second thing is an article about me, […]
So, finally I can present you the Video from Pakistan. You have the chance to peek into a country, which is avoided by most cyclists and also many other tourists. It is only in the news when once again a terrorist-attack or a corruption scandal happened,but Pakistan is a lot more. I missed it to […]
2012 is over already and I still have some videos from last year which I want to show you. So this is an Interview with Tim James Davies, life long cyclist on his way from Singapur to Manchester: Tim James Davies – Cycling from Singapur to Manchester from Florian Schmale on Vimeo. And this are […]
In Multan hält der Bus irgendwo am Stadtrand an. Mein Rad wird abgeladen, ein letztes mal ertönt die Hupe, und da steh ich nun, die Packtaschen und das Rad neben mir. Es ist halb vier in der Nacht, es ist kalt und ich bin müde, die Busfahrt war nicht sonderlich angenehm. Ich frage ein paar […]
This article ist only available in german language. „Pakistan? Ist das nicht gefährlich?“ Vielleicht ein wenig, zumindest wen man von Iran über Land einreist. Schon im Iran, 400 km vor der Grenze, werde ich von der Polizei gestoppt, und erst nach einer langen Diskussion darf ich weiterfahren. Allerdings begleitet von einem Polizeiauto, welches im Abstand […]
