From Dushanbe, we had to travel a long way north to a very specific border crossing that could process the truck. The scenery continued to be very impressive for several hours Including lots of avalanche/rockfall shelters And several very long tunnels, including the Anzob tunnel, which runs for over 5km and is the modern link […]
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Walking up a back street in Dushanbe on the way to the Hostel I came across these girls playing “elastics“. It made my heart absolutely sing to watch them 🙂 I have such fond memories of playing this game back in primary school – we were totally obsessed with it! It seems things have
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After several days of bush camping, we rolled into Dushanbe – the capital of Tajikistan. To be honest, after wandering and exploring for 2 days, there doesn’t seem to be much to Dushanbe, it’s more like a very large town than a capital city. Everywhere you look in Tajikistan, you see President Emomali Rahmon looking
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Although we didn’t get to bed until after 1am in Khorog, we were up early the next morning to head off for another long day of driving. It was going to take 2 days to get to Dushanbe, the capital of Tajikistan, and given the roads we had driven on until now – no doubt
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Late start this morning after a night that was still below zero, but not quite as cold the night before. Was lovely to be able to eat breakfast in the sunshine and enjoy the view 😊 Then, with 20 sets of fingers and toes crossed, we headed back up the road to see if we
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