“Even for me life had its gleams of sunshine.”
― Charlotte Brontë


#china #silkroad #overland #travel #photography #travelphotography #solotravel #solofemaletravel #quote

“Kindness is a language which the deaf can hear and the blind can see.”
― Mark Twain

The kind people of Tashkourgan. It is my second time to visit. A lot changed in the last 8 years, the cities of the West, the buildings, the police control. All is now clad in an identikit Chinese Disneyland, overseen by an ever seeing big brother. Identity exchanged for "eradication of poverty". But the people, the people have remained like remembered them from back in 2016. Kind.

#Tashkourgan #china #silkroad #people #overland #travel #travelphotography #quotes #solotravel #solofemaletravel

"But the beauty is in the walking - we are betrayed by the destinations."
- Gwyn Thomas

The far West of China on the border to Pakistan.

#karakoramhighway #china #tashkourgan #silkroad #overland #travel #walking #travelphotography #photography #quote #mountains #solotravel #solofemaletravel

“Everything is okay. These will be very merry noodles.”
― Eireann Corrigan

The wonderful night market of Kashgar. What a kaleidoscope of scents, flavors and colors to behold.

#Kashgar #china #noodles #food #travel #silkroad #overland #photography #travelphotography

“There is nothing in the world so irresistibly contagious as laughter and good humor.”
― Charles Dickens

A beautifully random encounter at Osh market.

#kyrgyzstan #silkroad #overland #travel #photography #streetphotography #solofemaletravel #travelphotography

“All sorrows are less with bread. ”
― Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra

The traditional bread of Kyrgyzstan. What a feast.

#kyrgyzstan #bread #travel #photography #overland #silkroad #solotravel #solofemaletravel #quote

“There had to be something wrong with my life. I should have been born a Yugoslavian shepherd who looked up at the Big Dipper every night. No car, no car stereo, no silver bracelets, no shuffling, no dark blue tweed suits.”
― Haruki Murakami

#kyrgyzstan #yurt #silkroad #overland #travel #photography #landscape #nature #mountains #travelphotography #quote #solotravel #solofemaletravel

“In riding a horse, we borrow freedom”
― Helen Thompson

When horse and rider become one ...

#Kyrgysztan #horses #landscape #sport #silkroad #overland #travel #travelphotography #photography #landscapephotographgy #solotravel #solofemaletravel

“The score never interested me, only the game.”
― Mae West

The powerful game of Kok-Burro at the shores of Lake Son-Kul. What an incredible skill and horsemanship of the Kyrgyz people. One can only be in awe of the raw force in animal, human and the surrounding nature.

#Kyrgysztan #horses #landscape #sport #silkroad #overland #travel #travelphotography #photography #landscapephotographgy #solotravel #solofemaletravel

“How can I be substantial if I do not cast a shadow? I must have a dark side also If I am to be whole.”
― C.G. Jung

Tash Rabat, beautiful Caravanserai and testament to the silk road. It is easy to imagine the horses and camel caravan's to roam in the wide swept lands of Kyrgyzstan ... .

#tashrabat #Kyrgyzstan #silkroad #overland #travel #landscape #photography #landscapephotography #nature #solotravel #solofemaletravel #quote

“To see a World in a Grain of Sand
And a Heaven in a Wild Flower,
Hold Infinity in the palm of your hand
And Eternity in an hour.”
― William Blake

The high mountains between Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan. What a wondrous border between countries ... . And a high one at that.

#tajikistan #kyrgyzstan #landscape #mountains #hiking #nature #landscapephotography #travel #overland #silkroad #solotravel #solofemaletravel #photography

“There are times to stay put, and what you want will come to you, and there are times to go out into the world and find such a thing for yourself.”
― Lemony Snicket

A lone gas station along the wakhan corridor. I wonder if the car made it ... .

#wakhan #tajikistan #walking #travel #overland #silkroad #streetphotography #photography #solotravel #solofemaletravel #quote

“We're all golden sunflowers inside.”
― Allen Ginsberg

A beautiful random encounter while walking the Wakhan corridor in Tajikistan.

#tajikistan #wakhan #travel #overland #hiking #people #silkroad #solotravel #solofemaletravel #photography #nature #adventure

"Always focus on the front windshield... ." - Colin Powell

#publictransport #khorog #wakhancorridor #tajikistan #silkroad #solotravel #solofemaletravel #travel #photography

“...I pray this winter be gentle and kind - a season of rest from the wheel of the mind...”
― John Geddes

The kind people of Tjikistan.

#tajikistan #silkroad #overland #travel #photogrpahy #travelphotography

“I have found a dream of beauty at which one might look all one's life and sigh.”
― Isabella Bird

#tajikistan #mountains #hiking #landscape #overland #silkroad #solofemaletravel #travel #photography #landscapephotography

“To remember the nature, spend a day with a shepherd; to remember yourself, spend a day with nature!”
― Mehmet Murat ildan

Magical encounters while hiking the Fann Mountains.

#tajikistan #fannmountains #silkroad #overland #hiking #nature #travel #photography #landscapephotography #solotravel #solofemaletravel #quote

"To walk in nature is to witness a thousand miracles." - Mary Davis

#hiking #fannmountains #tajikistan #silkroad #solotravel #solofemaletravel #travel #photography #travelphotography #nature #landscapephotography

“I like trains. I like their rhythm, and I like the freedom of being suspended between two places, all anxieties of purpose taken care of: for this moment I know where I am going.”
― Anna Funder

Somewhere in Uzbekistan.
Trains are just the most wonderful form of travel - and the Uzbek trains a stark reminder of the trains of my youth, where windows still opened, and people still smoked.

#silkroad #overland #travel #trains #photography #solofemaletravel
#travelphotography #quote