This post is part of a series called Silk Road Tajikistan Sept-Oct 2019 Silk Road 18: Murghab, Tajikistan; Sept 2019 After the cold night in the yurt at Lenin peak, we awoke in our yurt, did our business, had a quick breakfast, and left to drive onto Murghab in Tajikistan. We did not have a…
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This post is part of a series called Silk Road Kyrgyzstan Sept 2019 Silk Road 17: Lenin Peak & Turpal kul (lake), Kyrgyzstan, Sept 2019 After a great few days exploring Osh , it was time to move on towards Tajikistan. So early the next morning, Erali arrived with his brothers Ahmadali and Sherali, who…
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This post is part of a series called Silk Road Kyrgyzstan Sept 2019 Silk Road 16: More Osh, Kyrgyzstan; Sept 2019 After the wonderful experiences the previous day in Osh, the next day, we got up early to go to Sulaiman-Too, the sacred mountain in Osh city, for a hike, before it got too hot…
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This post is part of a series called Silk Road Kyrgyzstan Sept 2019 Silk Road 15: Osh, Kyrgyzstan; Sept 2019 We took the Air Manas flight from Bishkek to Osh; on a packed 737 (not the Max fortunately). The flight went over flat farmed lands, followed by the Ala Too mountains, and then back over…
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This post is part of a series called Silk Road Kyrgyzstan Sept 2019 Silk Road 14: Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan; 15th Sept 2019 Since we had a wonderful trip in mid 2016 covering part of the Great Silk Road in Xinjiang, China and Gilgit-Baltistan, Northern Pakistan , we decided to continue checking out more Silk Road routes,…
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