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. Despite the closed car windows, everything inside got covered with dust.
We still were at a high altitude of 3,600 m метров. Because of that, many of us did not get enough sleep. Some complained of nausea and skipped breakfast, others felt weak. All these symptoms would disappear once we descended but that day we stayed above 3 km all day.
After lunch in a yurt, we turned in the Wakhan Valley. The mountains grew taller and became snowy. The views were more dramatic. The road runs close the river which is the border with Afghanistan. The river is narrow and shallow, easy to wade across. We could see sheep and cows grazing on the Afghan side. On the Tajik side, we kept meeting with military patrols who ignored our cars.
It was very late when we got to the village of Langar where the Wakhan and Pamir rivers combine to make the Panj. This night, we were staying in the guest house, each room sleeps four. We were having power outages all night, internet was not available at all.