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So i eventually made it and I am so glad... the landscapes up here are so absolutely stunning and I was completely on my own roaming around.... I will let the pictures speak here, no words can do justice and even the images don't really capture it... On...

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So on the 29th I took off to try my luck again... 400km of partially very bad roads with no assurance for success. Well after a lot of insisting and despite the clear message at all the checkpoints that Khorog was still closed they let me through to Rushan,...

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A lot has happened since the last entry....On the 21st I left Dushanbe to drive to Khorog, the village that is the gateway to the high Pamir's... Just at that day there was a shooting incident between police and some supposed drug smugglers, which left...

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The border procedure getting across into Tajikistan was quite interesting; the contrast between the two countries could not have been bigger. As organized the Uzbek side was as chaotic was Tajikistan with about 10 different stops not or badly marked,...

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Now I can look back on Uzbekistan and I can say it is a really lovely place. People are openly curious, very hospitable and friendly. I felt safe everywhere, definitely more than in Iran, as I never had the impression people were suspicious about me....

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Have actually not written much yet on Uzbeistan....I am following the ancient silk route, read guide books for the history of it, i can't do it better...;-) I have a lot of time in the country for the route I have in mind, may be too much considering...

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The Karakum desert in Central Turkmenistan is one of extremes… Temperatures over the year vary from -30 C in the winter with snowfall to 60 C in summer. At least in late April it appears generally greener than the Arabian deserts… Another special part...

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The Turkmen border officials, however, were very thorough…. Pretty well organized I had to have a transit route for 5 days specified, vehicle registration, insurance and diesel tax were calculated and I was rid of a 167 US. The diesel tax is 10 cent per...

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Mashad is a very typical Iranian city, sprawling over a huge area with crazy traffic but with a well known center around the holy shrine thats fun to explore on foot. The holy shrine is definitely worth a visit, an enormous area with many mosques and...

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Not much to say other than vast landscapes, amazing geology (although I am off work), dimensions I am not used to despite Omans big deserts, villages in the Dasht e Lut where people sometimes live in mud houses looking the same than probably 1000 years...

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