Tag: Tajikistan
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The Wakhan Valley and Our Highest Pass(es)
Good thing we’d left our emotional hiccups and unreasonable fears behind, because the real challenge hadn’t even started. But first, we still enjoyed a few comparably “lazy” days through the Wakhan valley, with Afghan markets, hot springs, bumpy and sandy roads, and mild, sunny, but short days. The extreme beauty and ruggedness of the landscape…
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The Beginning of the Pamirs
If you thought that was it, that my last post was enough of an emotional roller coaster, you (and I) were wrong. I thought that, after making it through the first stage (over the Anzob Pass to Dushanbe) and overcoming one major emotional struggle (my irrational fears), things would get easier from here. And, at…
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Tajikistan—Up into the Mountains
“Welcome to our country, miss.” With these words and the friendliest smile of any border police officer I had encountered so far, I got my passport back with the entry stamp to Tajikistan. Everyone greeted us warmly from the side of the road, and children came running into the middle of the road from the…