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Although it has only been raining a lot for a couple of days now, many plantations, roads and even the first houses are already flooded 😱 And so, @jithinjain and I did the only reasonable thing: We snuck out without waking up the Princess 🙀 and went to splash about in the water! 😬😜 If it doesn't stop raining soon, everything will be flooded and it might even turn ugly (like last year), but a bit of water is normal here and people take it with a grain of salt, wash their cars and ride the boat down the road to catch themselves some dinner 🐟🤷‍♂️ For me, riding through the flooded roads was a little, but much needed adventure and I'm glad that I finally get to experience Kerala in monsoon season 😜 . PS.: The land slide happened about 100km from here, we're safe 🤞🏿 PPS. (almost forgot about it): No Corona yet and we're not in a containment zone either 🤞🏿 . #tripedipity #taleofmogli . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . #flood #kerala #travel #india #monsoon #rain #adventure #water #adventurebikerider #africatwin #xrv750 #makelifearide #rideout #fun #corona #adventurecats #aww #catsofinstagram #instagood #picoftheday #me #motorcycle #motorrad #bikelife #normal #nofilterneeded #yetihaveusedone #weekend

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Eid Mubarak, everyone! 🙏🏿🎉 . Today is the beginning of Eid al-Adha, the holier one of the two Muslim holidays. It's an auspicious holiday for Muslims all around the world but what surprised me was that, here in Calicut, even my Hindu-friends got very excited about it! They told me stories about how they would normally go around to their friend's places to eat different biriyanis, and how they celebrate all the holidays together, no matter from which religion they are. While the world seems to be getting more nationalist by the day, people here are celebrating together! 😃🎉🤝❤️ It's beautiful! If I have learnt one thing throughout my travels, then it's that no religion is inherently bad, and nor are their followers. It's only when people's beliefs are used to play them against each other, that words like "islamophobia" are invented. . Let this Eid al-Adha be an auspicious one for everybody around the world, let us celebrate and fight together, not against each other 🌍❤️🙏🏿 Eid Mubarak! 😽 . PS.: We did manage to get one home-made biriyani 💪🏿😜 . #taleofmogli #tripedipity #eidmubarak . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . #eid #muslims #islamophobia #islam #holiday #happy #share #sacrifice #party #partyhard #biryani #india #kerala #calicut #travel #adventurecats #adventure #eat #together #catsofinstagram #instacat #katzen #shouldercat #rescuecats #adoptdontshop #worldride #makelifearide

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Peek-a-boo! 😽😍 . Here, not much has changed since the last update. My visa has been extended for another month, but I still haven't heard back from the commissioner about the paperwork for the Queen 🏍️ Meanwhile, Corona is finally closing in on us and every few days we hear about new cases from friends, friends of friends or their relatives. People started taking it more serious too, and some shopkeepers even put up barricades to keep people at a distance. And with more and more areas being declared as containment zones, travelling has become even more difficult than before. But now, with the monsoon rains in the south and the summer heat in the north and in Pakistan, it wouldn't be a good time to leave India anyway and this way, at least it should be possible to extend the visa and get the paperwork so that we can stay in India until March 🤞🏿😉 . #taleofmogli #tripedipity . . . . . . . . . . . . #peekaboo #lungi #kerala #india #sexy #cute #cats #catsofinstagram #instacat #dailyfluff #tuxedocats #adventurecats #adventure #aww #cozy #cuddle #travel #corona #coronavirus #calicut #kitchen #katzen #bff #picoftheday #photooftheday #instagood #instadaily #pets

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Happy weekend, everybody! 😽🧡 . The news here from Calicut (Kerala, India 🇮🇳) is that there are more and corona cases every day. We're back to Sunday-lockdowns and I wouldn't be surprised if there was another full lockdown soon. . Seeing that we won't be able to travel anytime soon, I've been trying to get the customs papers for the Queen 🏍️ extended and am now planning to start our return trip to Germany 🇩🇪 in March next year. But let's see, so far, none of the Commissioners of Customs have felt responsible for my case and I've been sent from one office to another for last for 2 months 😪 I've also been unsuccessful in extending my visa until then, but I guess I'll just try again when my current extension expires next week 🤷‍♂️ Nothing to do but to wait it out and hope everything will work out again 🤞🏿 Hope you're all safe out there! 😽 . #taleofmogli #tripedipity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . #wildlife #cute #floof #fluffy #dailyfluff #adventurecats #aww #petme# belly #eyecandy #katzen #tuxedo #tuxedocats #catsofinstagram #instacat #travel #explore #picoftheday #photooftheday #instagood #instadaily #nofilterneeded #sugar #sleep #cozy #india #kerala #calicut #travel #roadtrip

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Our book made it into the @spiegelmagazin - bestseller list! 📙🌟🎉😃😻 And the other good news is that it will be made into an audio book soon 🎧🤓 We still haven't come up with a publisher for the English 🇬🇧 version but the way things are developing, it should only be a matter of time 🤞🏿😜 . And since things are going so well, I've decided to start doing some good myself and plant a tree for every order from motomogli.com 🌲😃 It's just a small contribution and "nothing", in comparison to the generosity that I've been experiencing over and over. But it's a start and in the long run, may make a difference 🌳💚🌍 . I was considering to support @treenation_org in their mission, but if you know of other projects where the money is well spent, please let me know in the comments below👇🏿 . #tripedipity #taleofmogli . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . #plantatree #nature #trees #green #adventurecats #aww #adoptdontshop #tuxedocats #rescuecats #adventure #travel #girlswhoride #india #bestseller #read #nofilter #nofilterneeded #picoftheday #motorcycle #motorrad #roadtrip #trip #nonprofit #plant #plants #breathe #air #hörbuch

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After coming back to Calicut last week, we've settled in with @jithinjain, who had a spare room in a house just near our "old" place. This time, we informed the neighbours right away and luckily, none of them called the authorities about us 😅 Since nobody was living here, it took us a few days to clean up everything, get the spiders 🕷️ and ants 🐜 out and to stock up on basic supplies. But now this place already feels like a home 🏡😻 and since there are no dogs, Mogli gets to roam around again too! 😀😼 . I still haven't gotten any updates from the customs department (the Queen 🏍️ can normally only stay in India for 6 months and it's been around 7 already) and my visa has also only been extended for a month 🤷‍♂️ But in the meantime, traveling has only become more difficult for us. Corona is getting worse and the monsoon rains stronger and more unpredictable by the day. If it wasn't for Mogli I could give it a a shot, but with her I can't risk not finding accommodation and so right now there's not much to do but to wait and to hope things will somehow turn out well. Like they tend to do 😜 . PS.: As you can see in the 2nd pic, kitchen surfaces and sinks are about knee high in India 😒 Don't ask about the size of beds and door frames 😂 . #taleofmogli #tripedipity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . #wildlife #kitchen #india #covid #corona #Update #calicut #cooking #yummy #cats #catsofinstagram #instacat #catlife #picoftheday #update #blog #monsoon #home #katzen #daheim #travel #explore #kerala #godsowncountry #tuxedocats #adventurecats #aww #bff

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We're back in Calicut! 🏍️💨 If you're wondering what it is like to travel in India as a foreigner nowadays, and how we ended up camping in a car dealership: ⛺🚗 read on! 📖👇🏿 After the root canal treatment in Kochi, which went well, I figured, why not push on to Alappuzha, "India's Venice", as it was described to me. After all, it was only 1.5h away and I still had the idea of making it to the southernmost point in India. But when I arrived I heard news about new corona cases and a possible lockdown. I decided to turn around, back to Kochi, but the hotel in which I stayed was closed now, and none of the others would host a foreigner, booking or not 🏃‍♂️🧟 My friends in Kochi had given up their apartments due to the pandemic and went back home. And if the parents weren't afraid of a traveller, then the neighbours surely were. Someone suggested to ask the police 👮‍♂️ for help, and they tried to 🙏🏿, but without much success. It was already dark when I decided to drive out of town to camp on a beach, but after only a few km, a big monsoon rain came splashing down ☔ I was soaked within seconds and pulled over at the next shelter. A car dealership. While I was putting on my rain gear, @noldintas, who works there, approached and told me that he had heard about our journey on Instagram! 😸 And when he learned about our troubles, he invited Mogli and me to his home 🙏🏿 In the end, we decided not to scare the neighbours, he got me dinner (and brekky) from a nearby restaurant instead and we got to stay in the back-room of the dealership 😎😺 It's when things don't seem to go well, that we're meeting the nicest people 🙋‍♂️🙋‍♀️😻 . I guess we won't be going anywhere far anytime soon 🙄 but there are still exciting news 📰😬 as @jithinjain and I will be working on a short video about Mogli and me 😽😎📹 🤠 . #taleofmogli #tripedipity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . #wildlife #catlife #bikelife #coronalife #makelifearide #travel #adventurecats #adventure #aww #mask #corona #covid #india #kerala #godsowncountry #shouldercat #girlswhoride #rideout #nofilterneeded #picoftheday #tuxedocats #catsofinstagram #instacat #dailyfluff #katzen #abenteuer #lucky #storytime

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After more than 3 months, we're finally getting ready to leave our hideout in Calicut! 🏍️💨 . First destination: A root canal specialist in Kochi, about 200km south from here. A bit of an annoying task, seeing that I had it done before, but it seems to be a complicated canal and there's a small infection waiting to cause problems 🙄 On the bright side, I've scored an appointment with one of the best dentists 👨‍⚕️🥇💪🏿 and after that I'll be meeting with a designer to come up with some new motomogli stickers 🤩😻 . Aaaand that's as far as my plan goes for now 🤷‍♂️ Though the highways are mostly open, it's still not a good time to travel, people are wary of outsiders and especially finding accommodation can quickly become a big problem. But I'm hoping to have a few more answers by then: Will the Queen 🏍️ (she overstayed her welcome) be allowed to exit India? And if yes, until when do I have to export her? Will I get a visa, long enough to sit things out, or will we have to rush out of the country as soon as the borders open up again? Shots (emails) have been fired and now we'll just have to wait and see what happens 🤷‍♂️ . The biggest THANK YOU to our dear hosts here in Calicut! 🙏🏿❤️😽 I really hope to return the favour one day 🇪🇺😎 . #taleofmogli #tripedipity . . . . . . . . . . . #lockdowndiaries #lockdown #corona #travel #kerala #adventurecats #adventure #aww #tuxedocats #catsofinstagram #mogli #motorcycle #motorbike #adventurebikerider #adv #calicut #katzen #кошки #cute #visa #nofilterneeded #update #ontheroad #roadtrip #pets #girlswhoride #makelifearide #picoftheday

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Not counting cookiecoffeetrips to shops ☕🍪, yesterday I went on my first ride since the lockdown 🏍️🤩 Just when we stopped at this beautiful canal, lined with coconut and banana farms🌴🍌, I spotted a kingfisher 🐦 and then some locals invited us to a boat-ride ⛴️🤠 (they're not afraid of me anymore 💪🏿) We gladly accepted the invitation but as soon as we were on board, the clouds burst open and the monsoon rains 🌧️ hit us so hard that we had to shovel the water back out 😯 But it was beautiful! 😍 And it reminded me what it is, that I love most about traveling in this part of the world: Step out of the house and you're in for an adventure! 😎 . Thanks for taking me out! @raihanrifleclub3, @kid.in_trance and @arjun_ajn . #taleofhowmoglididntwannacomebecauseofbumpyroads #tripedipity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . #adventure #india #iran #pakistan #nepal #adventurebikerider #adv #offroad #nature #beautyfuln#makelifearide #rideout #kerala #calicut #motorcycle #motorbike #africatwin #hondabigbikes #africatwinriders #xrv750 #queen #travel #getout #coronadiaries #nofilter #motorrad #roadtrip #monsoon

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Mogli camouflages very well 😌😼 . Here in Kerala 🇮🇳, Covid is somewhat under control at the moment, the lockdown is less strict and it almost looks like we can go on short trips again soon 😬 I wonder if The Princess 😽 remembers The Queen 🏍️ . PS.: "old" clip I found from when we were crossing Pakistan 🇵🇰 with Feras and Mario ❤️ . #tripedipity #taleofmogli . . . . . . . . . . . . . #adventurecats #adventure #pakistan #india #ride #adventurebikerider #honda #africatwin #catsofinstagram #instacat #brave #cute #aww #catsofinstagram #travel #makelifearide #katzen #rideout #roadtrip #camouflage #motorcycle #motorrad #nofilterneeded #lockdown #covid #corona #kerala #dailyfluff #tuxedocats

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Almost 2.5 months have passed since our arrival here in Calicut, and the beginning of the lockdown. Then, Mogli and I were both a bit weary from the road, and didn't mind the break. When it was extended, I thought that we're gonna be bored at home. But then I looked at all the things that I've never found the time for, and all the sweet distractions, and suddenly I almost had to plan my days ahead. Nowadays, the lockdown is less strict and I even get to take the queen out for a spin, but not much else has changed. Days, even weeks go by like in a dream. Unnoticed, yet still in a hurry. Only the changing season remind me that time doesn't really stand still, just because we do. Yesterday, the mango season had started, and today, the first monsoon rains are already cooling down the hot earth. Tomorrow, it may be winter. Mangos won't grow then, but Corona will surely still be around and I wonder if we'll have woken up by then, or decided to hibernate instead. A huge THANK YOU to @sarad_narakath_thirisherry and his family, who have taken us in when we needed it the most, and are still hosting us today 🙏🏿❤️ . #taleofmogli #tripedipity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . #lockdown #mangos #kerala #calicut #india #monsoon #adventurecats #aww #travel #makelifearide #girlswhoride #tuxedocats #catsofinstagram #photooftheday #adventure #roadtrip #motorcycle #motorrad #motorbike #hondabigbikes #rideornot #dream #dreaming #time #katzen #picoftheday #nofilter #nofilterneeded

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Peek-a-boo! 🙈😺 What would you think of you saw us like this on the road? Would you notice Mogli, and would you think she's real? 😅 . I'm sorting though all my old clips at the moment, naming and organizing them and found this shot from my friend's Gopro when we were in Iran 🇮🇷😀 I never get to see her/us from this angle so I was happy about the find 🤩 Let's hope there's more! 🤞🏿 . #taleofmogli #tripedipity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . #girlswhoride #adventurecats #aww #peekaboo #ride #makelifearide #motorcycle #motorrad #africatwin #hondabigbikes #adventure #travel #freedom #home #road #iran #roadtrip #nofilterneeded #cats #catsofinstagram #tuxedocats #cute #dailyfluff #gopro #me #candid #katzen #picoftheday

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As expected, the lockdown here in Kerala has just been extended for at least another 2 weeks🔒🏡🙄 But there are good news too! 📰😀! Today I spoke with @candidalouis and on Wednesday, we shall speak again. This time live, here on Instagram 😎 Save the date! Wednesday at 6pm 🇮🇳 / 14:30 🇩🇪 / 12:30 GMT I'll put a timer in the stories (if I manage 😜) ⏲️👍🏿 . #taleofmogli #tripedipity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . #catsofinstagram #instacat #cats #catlife #cheeky #favourite #adventurecats #adventure #covid #lockdown #night #beauty #look #katzen #cute #aww #dailyfluff #mischief #alert #india #calicut #travel #adoptdontshop #tuxedocats #rescuecats #cheeky #instagood #picoftheday #nofilter

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Only 5 more days of lockdown! 🤞🏿 It's been almost 2 months now since @sarad_narakath_thirisherry and his family took Mogli and me in. Ever since, we've been taken care of as if we're family ourselves and his sister even shares a room with their parents, just so that Mogli and I can have our own space 🙏🏿❤️ I'm beyond grateful for that and hope that one day I'll be able to make up for the favour. Though hopefully under better circumstances, and maybe in beers 🍻😜 But as nice as it is, my feet are getting itchy and Mogli lazy and I'm looking forward to the day that we can be back on the road! 🏍️😎😸 The government here in Kerala 🇮🇳 has done a pretty good job containing the virus 🧟‍♂️✋🏿😷 and so far, we've been spared the big disaster 👏🏿 With a bit of luck, we'll even be able to do a trip into the jungle next week! 🐘🐒🤩 I'm glad that things are slowly starting to look up, but the bigger problem - how to get back home 🇩🇪, hasn't been solved yet. If we don't start soon, we won't make it in time before the winter ☃️. But as of now, borders, hotels and restaurants are closed, the only visa I have is a short extension of my Indian one and embassies get very irritated when asked non-corona related questions 🤷‍♂️ . #tripedipity #taleofmogli #abwartenundteetrinken . . . . . . . . . . . . . . #travel #india #hospitality #incredibleindia #kerala #thankyou #roadtrip #picoftheday #makelifearide #rideout #nofilter #nofilterneeded #adventurecats #tuxedocats #rescuecats #motorcycle #adoptdontshop #corona #betterdays #cute #aww #bff #love #companion #pillion #girlswhoride #princess

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Heard some commotion outside and so I went to check on Mogli. But she was gone, 😼 and she she didn't wear her tracker 😪. I called out in every direction, when I noticed the brave cat under a jackfruit tree, and how he kept looking up 👆🏿🤔😻 There she was, perched on huge jackfruits, cute as a button and looking back at the brave one. I think he might be secretly in love with Mogli 😻 But I've raised her well and Princess is not that kinda girl! 😌 Anyway, let's find a name for him first and then see how things will unfold with these two 😜 Taking suggestions in the comments! PS.: Yes, you can eat jackfruit, and yes, it is yummy 🤤😃 It's a staple diet down here, together with coconuts, bananas, papayas and all the other things that grow in the backyard 😜 . #tripedipity #taleofmogli . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . #wildlife #catlife #treelife #jackfruit #kerala #calicut #nature #catsofinstagram #instacat #rugrat #cute #aww #adoptdontshop #rescuecats #travel #girlswhoride #tuxedocats #instagood #instadaily #picoftheday #cute #hide #safety #top #mogli #adventurecats #india #adventure #lockdown

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Almost a month has passed since my book 📖😻 was published and, what took me a year to write down, some of you binge-read in a couple of days, while others are still awaiting their turn after their grandmother 👵📖🧡 I'm super happy (and relieved!) about all your positive feedback 🙏🏿 and above all, I'm genuinely happy that you had a good time reading it 😃 . Unfortunately though, it is still only available in German 🇩🇪 and to publish it in English (or any other language), I have to find another publisher first. So, I thought, who better to ask than YOU 👉🏿🙋‍♂️🙋‍♀️? Please drop me a DM 📨 if you "know someone" and let's all cross our fingers that we get lucky quickly🤞🏿 . 💡The best way to support our journey is to get your book from >>motomogli.com<< 😽🙏🏿 . . . #taleofmogli #tripedipity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . #bikelife #makelifearide #africatwin #xrv750 #hondabigbikes #adventure #adventurebikerider #adventurecats #aww #tuxedocats #travel #girlswhoride #tuxedofeatures #rescuecats #adoptdontshop #fluffy #tibet #india #asia #peekaboo #nofilterneeded #picoftheday #me #princess #tripofalifetime #motorcycle #katzen #кошки

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This little girl just went on a dangerous adventure! . She must've grown tired of lounging around under the bed 😴 and so she went out for a stroll. But by the time I checked on her, she was gone! 🧐 Too early to worry though, I thought and got the tracker out. It started beeping right away 👌🏿, meaning she was close, but then I found her collar, next to the tracking unit, lying on the street 😱 The rubber holder was ripped off and the collar had come off too and that's when I really got worried! I started calling out for her everywhere and luckily, a few minutes later, found her at a construction site next door 🚧😺 A load fell off my heart! . Whatever happened to her, she got away with a scratch on her chin and, putting all this together 🕵️‍♂️, I think she might have gotten hit by a scooter 🙀🛵 The roads have been very empty lately and it's possible she didn't recognise it as such... Either way, it looks like she's learned a lesson today and was lucky enough to get away with it 🍀 . #tripedipity #taleofmogli #taleofhowmoglilearntalesson @mytabcat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . #wildlife #danger #mystery #??? #lucky #lesson #cat #catsofinstagram #instacat #tuxedocats #adventurecats #aww #travel #india #adventure #adoptdontshop #rescuecats #cute #🙄 #spannend #worry #searchandrescue #happyending #truestory #lesson #life #teach #ohno #tracker

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Our 1 month quarantine is finally over!😀🕺🎉 We still can't roam freely, Calicut has even been announced a "red zone", but at least we'll be able to go for a walk now! Strictly for essential though, and only with a police permission 👮👌🏿 and a self declaration. But a walk is a walk and it's what I'm looking forward to tomorrow 😜 . Meanwhile, Princess has discovered her love for sardines 😻🐟 and is slowly getting more comfortable with Hugo 🐶 (she's learned that he's slow 😸) But it's still a loooong way to go and I wonder if she ever could become friends with a dog 😽🐶 . Happy lockdown! . PS.: Have you seen the photos of clean rivers, clear skies and wildlife returning to the cities that people from all over the world are posting nowadays? It's BEAUTIFUL ❤️🌏, and heartbreaking at the same time 🙄 Let's all learn something from this mess! 🙏🏿 . #tripedipity #taleofmogli . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . #wildlife #catlife #bikelife #cats #healing #catsofinstagram #adventurecats #aww #green #eyes #pretty #princess #hideout #india #calicut #quarantine #corona #coronavirus #explore #freedom #nature #instagood #nofilterneeded #picoftheday #katzen #motomogli #travel #girlswhoride

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Threw together my mobile clips from the last 3 weeks in quarantine and made a little edit 😀👌🏿📹 This is the TEASER ONLY - head over to our YouTube (motomogli) to see the full video (and to hit the subscribe button 😜) . Link in bio is still the one from our webshop 📚 and we've got 18 key-chains left to give away for free with every book order 📙😎 . . #tripedipity #taleofmogli #taleofhowmoglistooduptoabigbaby . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . #wildlife #quarantine #lockdown #calicut #india #kerala #adventurecats #adventure #covid #corona #animals #pets #cats #catsofinstagram #rescuecat #adoptdontshop #travel #bikelife #makelifearide #streetbreed #cute #scary #cool #entertainment #instagood #edits #teaser

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Almost 3 weeks into our quarantine, and only one away⏳from the end of the lockdown, I wonder how long it will take until we can go back to this, and when we will be able to start our return trip to Germany 🇮🇳🏍️😽😎->🇩🇪 . Slowly I need to start thinking about my visa too, the customs papers for the Queen are about to expire and some of my stuff, including new tyres, still needs to be picked up from Pokhara, Nepal 🙄 . It's difficult to get any information from the embassies and consulates at the moment and all my requests are answered with "but it's corona - you cannot travel". I can't even figure out if/how it's possible to take Mogli to some countries, it's frustrating! But from what I found out, it looks like the Russian visa will be too difficult, and way to expensive 💸 to get and so now I'm looking at alternative routes. One new option - because it looks like we'll travel in summer, is the Karakoram highway through Pakistan and China to Tajikistan. From there we could try to work our way through the 'stans to Iran or Azerbaijan. Or I could try to get a transit visa for Russia and cross it into Ukraine 🤔. Crossing China wants to be organised though, a guide needs to be booked and I would need to find a group of travellers to split the costs - all impossible right now (bloody China, being in the way like this 😠) . There's no other way north and the other option is to go back through Pakistan to Iran, in summer 🌞🔥 But I'm pretty sure I never wanted to do that again 😅🙀 . Should Mogli and I just buy a house in the jungle here and try to survive from my webshop? 🏡😍 More books, anyone? 😜 . Let's see what next week will bring 🤷‍♂️ For now I'm not even mad about the lockdown because I needed some time to figure things out and to open the webshop (link in bio 👆🏿). And what better time to publish a travel book? 😜 . #tripedipity #taleofmogli . . . . . . . . . . . #travel #quarantine #stayhome #corona #coronavirus #india #china #adventurecats #aww #travel #tuxedocats #cute #lunch #shouldercat #rescuecats #adoptdontshop #streetbreed #visa #pakistan #kazakhstan #russian #cats #chai #foodstop #dailyfluff #kerala #lockdown #makelifearide

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Ladies and Gentlemen, I present to you: "THE" Book! 📖🎉😎 Yes, that's the one I've been talking about for the last 1.5 years and it's out NOW!! 🍻😬 It's 272 pages packed with stories and pictures of our adventures, impressions from far away places and cultures and, most importantly, Mogli! 😽❤️ . As of now, it is only available in German 🇩🇪 but there will be an English 🇦🇺 version later on 👌🏿 . Order it now from your favourite book store OR give @tinotonitini88 and me ONE more day to open the webshop at motomogli.com and receive a free @motomogli key chain with every book! (as long as they last - I've got about 150 key chains left and with the virus around, getting more will take time). . Viel Spaß beim Lesen 🤓📖! . . #taleofmogli #tripedipity . . . . . . . . . . . . #adventurecats #authorlife #quarantinegreetings #outnow #book #read #travel #adventure #catsofinstagram #instacat #dailyfluff #africatwin #xrv750 #india #asia #middleeast #europe #makelifearide #pets #abenteuer #buch #lesen #katzen #reisen #motorrad #nofilterneeded #picoftheday #tiger

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A quick edit with yesterday's impressions from our 6h ride (scenic route ⛰️🤩) from Munnar to Thrissur 🎬 . It wasn't as easy as it looks though! I woke up after only 3h of sleep, for some priest needed to make sure god can hear his sermon from up there 👆🏿🌥️👼 and on top of that my stomach was really bad 😣 Because the roads in the tea estates are narrow, and some people crazy (or 🤬), I had a few near-crashes and when we left the mountains and the roads got wider, the temperature went up and Mogli started struggling 🙀 We had finally made it to @athulboss families farmhouse, where we get to stay for a few days, when the Queen didn't want to start anymore 🏍️🙄 (checked today, seems like a battery problem only). It hadn't been one of our best days on the road, but I still really enjoyed the ride, we have a whole farm without dogs and leopards to ourselves (Mogli already caught 3 baby mice 😼), we'll get to catch up with our friends from Bangalore again and even though we've had too many close calls for one day, everything went well in the end 🙏🏿 . #taleofmogli #tripedipity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . @gopro @goproindia #adventurecats #adventure #aww #makelifearide #ride #roadtrip #kerala #munnar #thrissur #bikelife #catlife #tuxedocats #tuxedofeatures #catsofinstagram #instacat #dailyfluff #africatwin #ghats #katzen #кошки #pets #cute #brave #curious #hot #blog #videooftheday #edit

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Just minutes after I took this photo on our way to Hampi, I had my first accident with a dog🐶💥🏍️😱 Poor guy 🐕 came running onto the road, hit the front wheel from the side, crashed into the fog light, my boots and the boxes, before giving a painful yelp and running off 🙄 I'm not sure how he took the impact but we were doing about 70kmph and by the time I had gathered myself again, he was long gone. We were lucky to have gotten away with a scare 😱🙀 but just a few km later, when a woman drove her buffalos 🐂🐂onto the road, without considering the traffic, a truck 🚛 swerved and nearly drove us off the road 😳 Getting to Hampi was adventurous, but in turn, with it, we've found a little paradise ⛰️😍 The internet here is as slow as the life 🐌, we're sleeping in a pretty makeshift bungalow 🏚️, made from bamboo and palm leaves 🌴 and the landscape is magical 🦄😍 . #tripedipity #taleofmogli . . . . . . . . . . . . . . #adventurecats #adoptdontshop #rescuecats #tuxedocats #tuxedofeatures #fluffy #cute #accident #bff #cat #catsofinstagram #katzen #кошкы #travel #india #asia #africatwin #africatwinriders #makelifearide #bikelife #catlife #travellife #nofilterneeded #nofilter #instadaily #instagood #photooftheday #aww

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Yesterday, after saying goodbye to @pistonhearted 😎🏍️ and #captainroads 🐶, Mogli and I squeezed together, picked up @siankosheen 👩‍🎤 and went to Palolem 🏖️ together 🏍️😃😎😽 I sang 🎶 along to her songs in the radio 📻 when I was a kid 👶 and so I still can't believe how causally we have bumped into each other, that she joined us for a ride, and how down to earth she is 👇🏿🌎🙋‍♀️😃 Palolem is not the sleepy beach 😴🏖️ that we've hoped for, but then again we really can't complain either 😜 Sian has booked us a cozy little hut that is overlooking the beautiful beach 🏠🏖️😍, sea eagles 🌊🦅 whizz by every now and then and Mogli absolutely loves the place and spends all day and half night exploring every nook of it! 😻😻😻 #tripedipity #taleofmogli #taleofhowmoglihasntsleptallday #kosheen . . . . . . #adventurecats #travel #adoptdontshop #rescuecats #tuxedocats #princess #lifesgood #beach #sun #goa #india @asia #roadtrip #hitchhiking #enjoy #adventure #makelifearide #bikelife #me #fancy #xlite #africatwin #bikercat #кошкы #cute #singing

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Us riding to Goa 🏍️😎😺 . Normally, on long rides, Mogli just chills in her bag 😺, but because the costal road was so bumpy ⛰️, and of the heat🔥 (in winter! ❄️😱), she came out whenever I slowed down 🤷‍♂️. Not so easy to navigate these roads without a clear view of them 😅, but luckily she goes back in whenever things outside get too hectic for her 🙀 (which, being in India 🇮🇳, never takes too long 😉) . #taleofmogli #tripedipity #taleofwhenmoglisawtitanic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . #gopro #adventurecats #makelifearide #adoptdontshop #rescuecats #girlswhoride #bikergirls #africatwin #adventure #ride #motorcycle #motorbike #hondabigbikes #fearless #lionking #titanic #kittensofinstagram #streetbreed #nofear #bike #bikelife #catlife #catsofinstagram #katzen #aww #picoftheday #nofilterneeded

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2019 was supposed to be the year of our return to Germany 🇩🇪🔙😎😽, but things have a habit of turning out different than one expects them to do 🤷‍♂️ and so instead, I got us a comfy hut 🏡 in the himalayan hills ⛰️, did a mad road trip 🏍️🏍️ with my mum 🙋‍♀️, another one with @regular_roamer (who shot this photo 😍👌🏿) , explored Uttarakhand with my cousin @be_to_live, did 2 visa runs to Nepal 🇳🇵, moved there for 5 months, and back to India 🇮🇳, visited Germany 🇩🇪 to say goodbye to my grandmother 😢😔, went on a 3500km long trip to Goa, started producing merchandise and in the free time, wrote a book about our journey 📖✒️😀 Mogli was mostly free to be a cat 😜😻 but even for that, she needed to learn how to deal with monkeys 🐒, dogs 🐶, goats 🐐 and even leopards 🐆 🙀 After almost 2.5 years on the road, she's must be one of the most seasoned adventurecats out there, I think 😅😼 Though I've managed to finance most of our journey myself, we couldn't have come as far without the support of so many kind souls 🙏🏿 that have supported us, from home, or on the road, with money, food, advice or a roof, and for that I am most grateful 🙏🏿❤️ . I wish you the bestest of all New Years! 🎉🍻 And that 2020 will be the year that you'll tell your grandkids about, maybe even in a book 😜📖 . #bringiton #tripedipity #taleofmogli #taleofhowmoglienjoyed2019 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . #adventurecats #photography #photooftheday #himalayas #uttarakhand #india #nepal #travel #rescuecats #roadtrip #streetcats #road #motorcycle #africatwin #hondabigbikes #adventurebikerider #tuxedocats #dailyfluff #tuxedofeatures #makelifearide #bikelife #catlife #newyear #offroad #adventure #adoptdontshop

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The coin landed on the side with the lion 🦁💪🏿 and so I cleansed myself from my sins in the holy Ganga today 🌊😇 Took a pass on drinking it's water💦 though, just to be safe 😉 Even though the traffic is crazy 🚗🚕🚓🚛🚚, Varanasi was a great city to visit 😍, and it's been treating us well 🙏🏿 too. But tomorrow we're off again, to the west 🗺️🤷‍♂️, towards Mumbai 😎😽🏍️ And I already wonder what new adventures and curiosities are awaiting us there 😀😺🏍️ Keep an eye on our IG/Fb stories for more! #taleofmogli #tripedipity #taleofhowmoglididntwanttowashawayhersins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . #varanasi #india #swim #sins #nomore #nirvana #ganga #hindu #ganges #life #holy #me #instagood #instadaily #explore #culture #cointoss #swim #selfie #nofilterneeded #asia #experience #mitallenwasserngewaschen #travel #roadtrip #africatwin #

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WE ARE BACK IN INDIA!! 🇮🇳😽💪🏿😎 And what a warm welcome we got too 😍😀 It started with the immigration officer 👮‍♂️ sending someone 🙋‍♂️ to show us a cheap hotel, and within an hour or so, I've met my neighbours and have already been inviting to a wedding and for drinks 🍻 Her highness 👸😽 wasn't too pleased to leave our beautiful place in Pokhara though 😿 and I understand why, but once we were on the road again she curled up and relaxed 😽, while I tried to dodge as many potholes as possible 🏍️🤠 Borders were fine again 🤞🏿, apart from a big, noisy festival that scared the Princess 👸🤞🏿 and I got to treat her with a can of tuna for the long ride 😻😻😻 Feels good to be traveling again! 😎😸🏍️ I'll post some more of today's adventures in the stories 👌🏿😎 #taleofmogli #tripedipity #taleofhowmoglihandleditprettygood . . . . . . . . . . . . . #travel #makelifearide #adventurecats #adventure #tuxedocats #catsofinstagram #india #nepal #ride #nofilterneeded #adventure #asia #pretty #customs #ride #update #blog #princess #hello #welcome #sleepy #now #timeforbed

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Our route so far, and our plan for next year 😎😼🏍️💪🏿 The red track is our way through the 15 countries we've been to since we started from Germany 🇩🇪 2 years ago and the dotted lines represent last year's and last month's flights back home ✈️🇩🇪🍻 The green route is an idea of how to get back 😉 There are a few things that could still get into our way and change everything again though 🤔. I don't know, for example if I can get a suitable russian 🇷🇺 visa 🤞🏿, or about the availability of cargo 🏍️ and Princess 😻 flights 🏍️😻😎✈️ from Kathmandu 🇳🇵 or Delhi 🇮🇳 to Almaty in Kazakhstan 🇰🇿 and I don't know which of the million things that can happen in that time will and which won't either 🤷‍♂️ I'd love to go by road but the reason I'm looking at flights to Kazakhstan is that I don't want to wait until summer 🌞, when it's warm enough to cross the Karakoram mountains ❄️🗻🌬️ (in Pakistan, China, Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan) and also that crossing that itty bit of China 🇨🇳 would be such a bureaucratic 🤓 and expensive 💸 pain in the butt 🤯😵 (thanks a bunch, China, for making such a big part of our planet 🌏❤️ so difficult to access 😞) . Until spring, we'll be in Nepal 🇳🇵 and India 🇮🇳, focusing on finishing the book 📖😬 and hopefully getting some more traveling done, as I have an ever growing list 📑 of places📍 and people 🙋‍♂️🙋‍♀️💕 I would love to visit in this part of the world before we leave it 😍🌏 . One thing is for sure though, I'm now as nervous thinking about coming back 🇩🇪🔙 as I was about going away, 2 years ago 🙄 . But, inshallah, we will find out what life has in store for us 🤷‍♂️😽 . #tripedipity #taleofmogli . . . . . . . . . . . . #makelifearide #bikelife #travel #roadtrip #africatwin #africatwinriders #adventurecats #adventure #china #pakistan #tajikistan #kyrgyzstan #kazakhstan #stan #beingstan #india #nepal #germany #home #whereishome #karakoram #russia #excited #worldpassport #rideornot #instagood #instadaily #nofilterneeded

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Last night a Leopard 🐆 tried to snatch Mogli from the windowsill 🌃🙀😳, her nighttime lookout spot 🌙😸 inside our cottage 🏡🙄 I heard a loud bang to the metal flyscreen and Mogli was out of my sight before I could even see her 🙀 It sounded like when Mogli claws after a dog that gets too close, only MUCH more powerful 😱 When I saw out of the open window I looked right into the curious eyes of a much bigger cat 👀😼, those of a Leopard 🐆🤯 I sprang up, startled, and that in turn startled the Leopard too and he disappeared into the dark night 🌃👀 Mogli went back to the spot immediately and carefully smelled the flyscreen where the Leopard had ripped a hole in it 😼 The aftermath: Mogli has learned about a new threat and knows the smell 👃🏿too 😼👌🏿; I got to encounter this beautiful and shy feline from close 😁👌🏿; it knows now that a potential meal 🙀 lives there and will surely check back 👉🏿👈🏿🙄 #taleofmogli #tripedipity . . . . . . . . . . . . . #adventurecats #adventure #leopard #cats #bigcats #lucky #danger #shock #beautiful #wildlife #india #uttarakhand #kasardevi #almora #tuxedocats @mytabcat #adoptdontshop #rescuecats #tuxedocats #dailyfluff #cats #katzen #gefahr #surprise #picoftheday #travel #explore

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Throwback to being escorted by special police units in Quetta 🇵🇰👮🏽🚨 It was the 4th day in Pakistan, and of our mandatory police protection and we were on our way to get a NOC (non objection certificate) that would allow us to continue our trip. Passing literally hundreds of checkpoints, waiting for new escorts or following them at annoyingly low speeds made progress painfully slow. Sometimes we would ride for more than 10h and not even make 200km, all while sizzling away in the desert heat 🌞🔥😿 We were, of course, in no position to judge the situation but at no time we felt any danger and it really did take the fun out of traveling 🙄 The few people that managed to start a conversation with us were told off instantly and so we crossed almost a whole country without having had the chance to get to know the locals 🤷‍♂️ And even though these aren't my fondest memories, I do have a whole bunch of good ones too and a post full with negative experiences doesn't tell the whole story! Like in most places, there too I've met amazing people, the landscapes in the North, where the 3 highest mountain ranges meet, are absolutely stunning 😍⛰️🗻 and even the dreaded police escorts were nice after all 😉😎 #tripedipity . . . . . . . . . #throwback #trip #bikelife #police #escort #pakistan #asia #makelifearide #rideout #travel #blog #update #selfie #danger #sandwich #explore #experience #instagood #instadaily #picoftheday #photooftheday #guns #scary

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Slowly I'm starting to belief that something is trying to keep us from reaching Nepal 🤔 We're back in our old tyre tracks and after a 230km/10h ride through spectacular landscapes, got to Dinapani, as far as last time. Only this time, the stretch of soft sand leading up to the house got the better of me 😐 The front tyre slid away and when it regained grip the 330kg heavy Queen bounced first left, then right and finally landed on my twisted leg 😣 I let out a scream in pain and hoped that somebody would hear it but we were in a little village and it was already after 9pm. Everybody was asleep. I couldn't get my leg out either, it was stuck and still twisted 😦 Without thinking twice I rolled around with my body and that must have popped things back into place. Now I managed to pull my leg out and was finally free. What a relief! And what a stupid situation to have gotten myself into too 🙄 Luckily I got hold of Mohan, the villager I wanted to deliver some shiny new shoes to, and he and his grandson helped me with the bike. After today's first checkup it seems that my bones are ok and tomorrow I'm off to the MRI. Let's all cross our fingers that the ligaments are alright and I got away with a scare 🤞🏿🤞🏿🤞🏿 PS.: Needless to say that Mogli handled the situation like a pro. This and the 10h we spent on the road before 😽😻 #tripedipity #taleofmogli . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . @adventurecatsorg #adventure #makelifearide #bikelife #defeat #crash #hope #luck #mistake #til #africatwinriders #africatwin #adventurecats #catstagram #catsofinstagram #instacat #tuxedocats #instadaily #instagood #picoftheday #nofilterneeded #sleeping #experience #explore #outdoorexplorer

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Pre-ride cuddles with the princess in Manali 👸🏻 It's been 5 days since I left Delhi and it's the longest I've ever been away from her 🙄 I miss her, of course, but @isatbodosa is keeping me updated with videos and photos and it looks like he has fallen in love with her too 😉❤️ So no worries there and I'm relieved to have found such a good place 😌🙏🏿 Back home, my family and friends were surprised and happy about my unexpected visit 😀🛬 Good times were had and now it's almost time to say good bye again 😥 I'm not good at these and though I really want to go back, to see Mogli, to explore the Himalayas and for a hundred other reasons, I wish I could take the people that are close to me with me ❤️ #tripedipity #taleofmogli . . . . . . . . . . @theopenroadcamp #tuxedofeatures #bikelife #makelifearide #cuddle #cats #catsofinstagram #instacat #instadaily #instagood #tuxedocats #dailyfluff #adventure #adventurecats #nofilterneeded #africatwinriders #africatwin #enduro #advrider #travel #trip #love #nofilter #touratech #motorcycle #honda

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