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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This post is part of a series called Silk Road Tajikistan Sept-Oct 2019 After the long ride through the high desert of the Eastern Pamir mountains the previous day, we slept well and comfortably. Sher’s House Inn was recently built and so was modernish and comfortable; beds, heating, hot showers, etc. The only drawback was…
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This post is part of a series called Silk Road Tajikistan Sept-Oct 2019 After arriving in Murghab from Lenin Peak Yurt Camp the previous day , we settled in and had dinner at Erali’s family Guesthouse, where there were 3 motor bikers from Turkey, also staying overnight here. I never imagined that I would so…
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