In Moscow we were awaited by our friends who took us to a flat for sleeping and to Sheremetovo airport the next morning. There we nearly missed our flight because we were sitting happily in a restaurant celebrating our return home in advance. At last we arrived in Munich, got our taxi to Innsbruck and realized that nothing had changed at home during the six weeks we had stayed in another world. Compared to Europe Tuva is a very lonely place. We met few people and cars during the days on the bike.
Nature is very beautiful and seems to be intact.
We saw a lot of birds, especially birds of prey. Only people dump their waste wherever they are. Therefore it looks pretty messy around the yurts and in the villages. The problem will get worse with all the heavily packed western goods. Biking in Tuva was a very shaking experience.