This post is part of a series called Silk Road Tajikistan Sept-Oct 2019 Dushanbe, Oct 2019 Oct 10, 2019 We spent a couple more days in Dushanbe checking it out some more; as it is a pleasant, clean city. A little more about Dushanbe, which translates to Monday in Persian. It is the capital and largest city of Tajikistan. As…
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This post is part of a series called Silk Road Tajikistan Sept-Oct 2019 Dushanbe, Oct 2019 Oct 8, 2019 After a wonderful few days in Khorog, we made our way to Dushanbe, the capital of Tajikistan. There were no flights from Khorog to Dushanbe, and the National Airline (Tajik Air) had ceased to operate a…
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This post is part of a series called Silk Road Tajikistan Sept-Oct 2019 October 5, 2019 After the Pamiri wedding celebrations the previous evening, we got up at the Serena Inn and had a very nice leisurely breakfast. The plan was to spend several days in Khorog, in part to recuperate from the strenuous trip…
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This post is part of a series called Silk Road Tajikistan Sept-Oct 2019 September 30, 2019 In Ishkashim, we stayed with another Pamiri family; the Ruun guest house run by father and son. Their place was 2 story guesthouse, recently built, so fairly clean and modern; but the bathroom was still an outhouse 🙁 ….
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This post is part of a series called Silk Road Tajikistan Sept-Oct 2019 After Bulunkul visit the previous day, we arrived in Langar in the afternoon; plan was to stay the night at Misha’s Guest House in Langar. Langar is a small town (280 families) in the Wakhan Corridor, along the Panj river, with Afghanistan…
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