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Ishkashim Border Crossing Between Tajikistan & Afghanistan

Ishkashim Border Crossing Between Tajikistan & Afghanistan Updated April 2024, The Ishkashim Border Crossing Between Tajikistan & Afghanistan was originally written in October 2019 The Tajikistan-Afghanistan border crossing at Ishkashim connects the Tajik and Afghan Wakhan valleys. For visiting the Afghan Wakhan crossing the Ishkashim border crossing is the only feasibly safe way to access the […]

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Afghanistan Travel Guide

Afghanistan Travel Guide Updated April 2024, The Afghanistan Travel Guide was originally written in September 2018 Afghanistan, the graveyard of empires and the epicenter of my curiosity for a few years. So much so that I’ve now visited the country several times in the past few years and as of this most recent update have visited

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A Beginner’s Guide To Central Asia Travel: Discover The Silk Road

A Beginner’s Guide to Central Asia Travel: Discover the Silk Road Updated March 2024, A Beginner’s Guide to Central Asia Travel was originally written in February 2019 For travelers looking for something different, this mostly unspoiled region will surely deliver. Personally, if I was only allowed to travel one region of the world for the rest

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A Day Trip To Takht e Rustam, Afghanistan

Day Trip to Takht e Rustam & Samangan, Afghanistan Updated February 2024, Day Trip to Takht e Rustam & Samangan, Afghanistan was originally written in February 2019 Much of Afghanistan’s Buddhist past has been razed and built over as Islam spread over the land. The few that remained through the Islamization of Afghanistan didn’t survive the

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Photos From The Wakhan Corridor, Afghanistan

In Photos: Wakhan Corridor, Afghanistan Updated February 2024, In Photos: Wakhan Corridor, Afghanistan was originally written in January 2018 In September of 2017, I was finally able to make it across the border from Tajikistan and into the Wakhan Corridor of Afghanistan. With my time cut shorter than I would have liked to have spent in

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Visiting The Beautiful Panjshir Valley, Afghanistan

Visiting The Beautiful Panjshir Valley, Afghanistan Updated February 2024, Visiting The Beautiful Panjshir Valley, Afghanistan was originally published in August 2020 A newer province of Afghanistan, Panjshir Province was split off of Parwan Province in 2004. With jagged snowcapped peaks forming its boundaries, the Tajik stronghold of Panjshir Valley has remained one of Afghanistan’s most

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Bamyan Travel Guide

Bamyan Travel Guide Updated January 2024, The Bamyan Travel Guide was originally written in February 2019 We weren’t supposed to get here (safely, anyway) according to my research prior to our arrival in Kabul. Thanks to a terroristic act on the Intercontinental Hotel in Kabul carried out by the Taliban, 9 of the 22 victims were pilot or

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Getting High On Balkh: Old Walls, Blue Tiles & Hash

Teetering on Crumbling Walls + Hash with a Baba in Ancient Bactria Updated January 2024, Getting High on Old Balkh: Old Walls, Blue Tiles & Hash was originally written in January 2019 Welcome to Old Balkh. First Stop: Haji Piyada It’s almost unbearably hot, even in September as the dust settles. Today we left Mazar e

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Herat Travel Guide + Photos

Herat Travel Guide + Photos Updated January 2024, Herat Travel Guide + Photos was originally written in July 2019 Herat is easily a highlight of any visit to Afghanistan boasting an impressive number of important and historical sites around the city. From dazzlingly tiled mosques to an ancient (though rebuilt) citadel, bazaars teeming with life, delicious

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Ishkar & Ceramics in Istalif, Afghanistan 

Ishkar & Ceramics in Istalif, Afghanistan  Updated January 2024, Ishkar & Ceramics in Istalif, Afghanistan was originally published in December 2021 Clung to the Koh Daman Mountains, perched on the Shomali Plains, near the former Bagram Airbase, and less than an hour drive north of Kabul, Istalif had long been on my to-do list on

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