sudden urge to learn German

People forget really everything beautiful has always been created.

GM NOstr!

I’d love to visit Pakistan but logistically it’s challenging right now. However, the road, or off-road, has a way of working things out so we’re open to the idea.

GN Nostr 🌇

#2 in this retrospective of favourite images from 2025. These are all Kyrgyzstan (do you get the feeling I liked it there?!)

1. Lenin Peak, Kyrgyzstan. One of the easiest 7000+m mountains to climb (apparently, I didn’t go up there) and often used a training ground for Everest.

2. Isla and her friend Matilda walking back to the truck after a morning of “homeschooling” that involved a hike up to a viewpoint, artwork in the wildness and clambering over rocks and boulders to learn about mountain safety. The rainbow mountains make a spectacular backdrop!

3. Jess and Otis. This was shot on our way up the Kumtor Gold Mine Route. Captured as a marketing image for Kovered Bags (use code “GLOBALTRACES” for 15% off their bags… which make awesome Christmas presents!)

4. Crossing a dried up high altitude lake to one of the best park up spots we’ve had … so great we visited twice and spent about 4 days there in total. The park up is unofficially titled “Desert Rock Dream” in iOverlander (an App we use to find parking places) and it really is an incredible out of the way dreamscape place to hang out.

5. The night before we crossed in to Tajikistan (the other side of those mountains in the background) we parked next to a dried river bed. Fortunately we didn’t park in the river bed, because not long after this was taken the meltwater from the mountains decided to flow through turning a dry river bed to a raging torrent! Before that though, Isla was in her element playing out in the wilds.

Which is your favourite from this set?

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#photography #fineart @travel #alternativeliving

دنیا مطلبی حے.

the world is self-serving.

I know that many of you already know this, but I’m really amazed at how much of a difference it makes towards my mental health to get my heart rate above 130 for 20 minutes within an hour of waking up. Every time I do that I always feel so much better than I would anticipate I would.

It’s a strange illusion to feel in a funk and then to simply extricate oneself from it by a brisk walk. I somehow always forget that doing that allows for me to feel so much better and be able to take on the day from a place of feeling empowered, rather than being tired and cranky.

I really got to remember these little hack for myself to make my life a bit easier.

all AI tools do same

The Self is the hardest tool to use because you must live your entire existence through its lens, and for the vast majority of people who have ever existed or currently exist, it’s not a tool but their God.

For the brilliant to the retarded and for the sociopathic to the pious, too frequently Truth equals satisfaction of the self, often even in noble pursuits and many times among “men or women of God.”

Yet if you sincerely accept that Truth is Divine reality, due to the “flexible nature” of man, then it simply becomes a question of which Divine reality? Your morality must then derive from what you accept as Divine Truth, aka religion.

You can never view the self as a tool if you view it as “God.” Even if you accept yourself as a means to Divine ends, it’s frequently those chasing false idols who are often mentally deranged.

As a rational, stable individual, viewing yourself as a tool of the Divine feels odd. You don’t want to be associated with the loony bin. That’s understandable, but it still doesn’t change the fundamental reality that the “YOU” you are so proud of is just an ever-changing series of Divine decisions—therefore, you must view yourself as an instrument of the Divine, despite the urge not to.

I know this is kinda gay, but the key is to have a clear and clean heart with sincere love for others. Only then can you truly connect with the Divine in a meaningful way. That’s the only path to Truth.

There’s this tiny restaurant in the Spice Bazaar. You go in through a little door. It has Michelin stars but barely anyone knows about it. Not expensive at all, and honestly the best place to try real Turkish food.

Don’t do it to punish yourself🥹

You did the meme 🤣

One of the drawbacks of being a nomad is not having a base where you can keep a few physical things like vinyl collections, art, books, knickknacks from friends and families— these things can really help ground your mentality

Just can’t get enough of this mountain river we’re parked next to, so we had to wade over today for a fun family portrait.

#livefree #alternativeliving #travellinglife

GN Nostr 🌅

Home is not a place.

It is not bricks and mortar.

It’s the people you surround yourself with.

This is home.

📍Assy Plateau, Kazakhstan.

#thinkdifferent #alternativelifestyle #livefree

Travel buck list alert! 🚨

After our near truck tipping scare, we were invited to visit a nomad family just over the way. We have spent the last two nights parked next to their yurt, sharing meals with them, going on horse treks in to the upper forests and generally just observing a nomadic way of life in the Assy Plateau.

Tonight we had lamb…that we watched them select and slaughter earlier in the day.

It’s so uncommon to the western world, but it’s good to know where your food comes from. And, what we have noticed - they produce very little trash… because there are no shops, there’s no packaging, they live from what they have here and everything gets used. And their carbon footprint is almost non-existent.

Us “civilised” westerners could learn a thing or two from them about saving the planet, because we’re certainly not the enlightened ones.

#travelgoals #alternativeliving #lifeoffroad

Welcome to all you new followers, thanks for joining the journey!

To give you the 101 intro, this is our home on wheels. An ex British Army truck upcycled in to an overland truck for us to travel the world as a family.

The family is me (Dave), my wife (Jess), our four year old daughter (Isla) and our five year old Hungarian Vizsla (Otis).

We’ve lived in the truck since Isla was 8 months old. But this longer trip began in January 2024 when we left England.

We’re now in Kyrgyzstan and getting close to starting the infamous Pamir Highway, the second highest drivable road in the world.

Common questions:

Isla has so far visited 25 countries.

No, we’re not sponsored.

Yes, Isla will be homeschooled.

No, we’re not independently wealthy.

Yes, I still work (professional photographer.)

No, she’s not very fuel efficient compared to a car.

No, I can’t think of a better way of living life and spending time together as a family.

Yes, it’s worth the challenges.

No, life’s problems don’t go away.

No, those wheels are not light (180kg each.)

Yes, I’d love borderless currency to be more widely accepted.

Welcome along for the ride! Feel free to ask any questions and I’ll do my best to answer them.

#livefree #seetheworld #borderlesscurrency #borderlessliving

I SAID GM!!!