The road ran along the border with Afghanistan and we kept watching what was happening on the other side. We saw fields with cattle and few people. Sometimes, we saw vehicles – regular cars, trucks with cargo or the armed Taliban. In other wors, life went on as usual. On Tajik side, it was military […]
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The Pamir Hwy, Kyrgyzstan We left the Pamir Highway, turned sharply south, and entered the Wakhan Corridor. This is the border area between Tajikistan and Afghanistan. Visiting it requires a special permit from the authorities that all of us obtained before entering Tajikistan. The Wakhan Valley, or Wakhan corridor, is a narrow strip of land
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The Pamir Hwy, Kyrgyzstan There was not much food at breakfast in our Murghab hotel. We ate what we got and moved on. The road that day was the bumpiest and the longest. By evening, we also realized that it was the dustiest part. The mountain air here is extremely dry, precipitations are very rare.
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Bulgaria to Türkiye, Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan Osh was the meeting point for the Young Pioneer Tours group Pamir Highway trip that started next day. The group consisted of 10 people: 4 women and 6 men from different countries. Our drivers picked us up from our hotels. We quickly exchanged introductions in the car and were
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Three months of my relatively stationary life in Bulgaria came to an end. My 90 visa-free days in the EU were almost over. The long road back home to Colorado was going be east via Asia and not west. Before I start any trip, I am always in the state of something close to a
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For my beach time between the travels in Arab countries of the Arabian Peninsula and Africa, I chose the island of Thulusdhoo. It is conveniently connected with the airport in Male by ferries, it does not have 5-star all-inclusive hotels and it was cheap. The hotels on Thulusdhoo look more like private houses save for
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Saudi Arabia to Kuwait I spent my first day in Kuwait simply wandering around. The Ramadan just began with all its restrictions. Fortunately, IBIS Salmiya Hotel served food for its customers at any time of the day. Everything else was closed until the sunset. The main attraction in Kuwait City is the Kuwait Towers. Apart
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“Believing in omens and fate is all right as long as you know exactly what you are doing.” Robin Davidson, Tracks Riyadh I stayed in Dammam for some time during which I did a daytrip to Manama in Bahrain. Next, I planned to keep traveling along the coast to Kuwait and I wanted to do
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The weather in Riyadh was a lot nicer than in Jordan, pleasantly warm but not hot which allowed me comfortably to wear pants and long-sleeve shirts without being overheated. Female tourists are not required to wear abayas but it is better to be covered. I took the metro from the airport to the city center.
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It was a few degrees above freezing in Ammam when the plane landed – a stark change from the heat on Socotra. I put on all clothes that I had in my backpack to keep myself warm. The bus from the airport brought me to Amman’s 7th Circle, I walked to the hotel from the
