http://www.bambi-on-tour.eu Tue, 19 Jan 2010 11:02:21 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Dear Friends, Feels like I was sending the last Xmas mail just some days ago. And that this one here is the 3rd in a row from the road abroad makes me stunning too.  Neither that I planned to be away for so long, nor that I feel this journey will ... http://www.bambi-on-tour.eu/?p=341 Russian Roulette, that's what we felt when we arrived at the Russian border post.  After clearing immigration on the Mongolian side the nice lady opened the gate and we entered no man's land. With a smile on our face we cycled up the mountain, because against all odds it seemed ... http://www.bambi-on-tour.eu/?p=338 Hello out there, After a long and bumpy ride towards western Mongolia we finally arrived in Olgii (the provincial capital of the most western province). From here it's a short stretch of 120km to the Russian border. Given the fact we will be able to clear the Russian immigration (with ... http://www.bambi-on-tour.eu/?p=337 Hello again, It's time again to say hello before heading off into the void. It's now 3 weeks ago since we arrived in Ulaanbaatar and the organisation of the Russian visa, a new Chinese visa (just to go back for 1 day to obtain a new Mongolian visa) and necessary border ... http://www.bambi-on-tour.eu/?p=336 After 5 month (!?!) of not cycling it is time to hit the road again. Since my arrival in Lhasa Xmas 2007 many things happened. January and February I was laying down dead sick recovering from a severe pneumonia that stroke hard on me (and other cyclists in Lhasa too). ... http://www.bambi-on-tour.eu/?p=332 Hello All, Meanwhile the smoke settled in Lhasa and slowly we're going back to normal. After a long night in a telephone kiosk last Sunday in Nangartse (140km out of Lhasa: see last update) my friend and me refrained from our plans "escaping" into the mountains. Based on the information from ... http://www.bambi-on-tour.eu/?p=331 Dear Friends, Today is the first day I learnt about the riots here in Lhasa. For the last 10 days I was out mountaineering with 3 friends. Yesterday evening we got arrested because we hiked into a forbiden area. After the showdown on the police station we were asked to show ... http://www.bambi-on-tour.eu/?p=330 Dear All, What people, what a landscape, what political injustice, what an endeavor: after leaving Kashgar 16 weeks ago I arrived in Lhasa in health a few days ago. This stretch of my journey was the hardest so far, both physically and mentally. Since my departure in Kasgar I cycled 3870km on ... http://www.bambi-on-tour.eu/?p=275 Hello, I just would like to use one of the few moments I'm able to be online to say that I'm doing well. I'm still heading East towards Lhasa. I expect to be there around Dec. 15th. There are around 1000km left and my next destination will be Mt. Everest base ... http://www.bambi-on-tour.eu/?p=273 Hello everybody, There is a time on each tour you touch ground with the bottom of motivation. This is what happend to me during the last 4 weeks. Beeing stomach sick since I left Gilgit for most of the time and having seen the hospital twice I felt quite ... http://www.bambi-on-tour.eu/?p=271