Traveling Alone As A Woman in Tajikistan Yes it’s possible! I spent a month in Tajikistan last year. I plan to head back this summer/fall for 6 weeks. When I tell people I traveled to Tajikistan I usually get a contorted facial expression from my listener. A face somewhere between shock, confusion, pure horror and…
The World’s Most Epic Road Trip: Pamir Travel Guide The Pamir Highway, the Bam-i-Dunya, the Roof of the World, officially the M41. Bone crushing roads, vast remoteness, low oxygen, high altitude passes, cold nights and warm souls…. Not for the faint of heart. The Pamir Highway is about as adventurous as it gets! Keep on…
Trekking In Tajikistan: A Fann Mountains Guide. The Fann Mountains may quite possibly be the best trekking destination you’ve probably never heard of. In Tajikistan’s Fann Mountains you’ll find yourself surrounded by sky-scraping jagged mountains, crystal clear lakes of azure and the warm heart & legendary hospitality of the local people. Although- This is a…
To The Pamirs and BEYOND! Day Haft (7): Alichur to Murghab to Jarty Gumbez. Had I really put some effort into it and had better researched the Pamirs I could have saved myself some time and kilometers (money)… But I didn’t, oh well. I of course wanted to see some Marco Polo sheep while I was…
To The Pamirs and BEYOND! Day Shest (6): Langar-Bulunkul-Alichur. Today we headed left Langar and began leaving the Wakhan Valley. We passed a small waterfall and made a kajillion stops on the way out cause it was just that pretty. But of course, I could’t the Wakhan without getting into the Pamir River, the natural…
10 Reasons To Visit Tajikistan. Untouched, unspoiled and unrivaled. Tajikistan is an oddly shaped, mountainous, landlocked country squished between Afghanistan to the south, China to the east, Kyrgyzstan to the north and Uzbekistan to the west. A country unknown to most the outside world that I chose to visit exactly for that reason. Those that make…
To The Pamirs and BEYOND! Day Panj: Khorog-Langar. After an early breakfast we were off headed into the Wakhan Valley. I had loosely planned to be passing through Ishkashim on a Saturday just in case the cross border market with Afghanistan was opened back up. A few days prior to me heading out of Dushanbe…
Tajikistan Travel Guide Where Carib-blue glacial lakes reflect atmosphere scraping mountains, hospitality is something of legend and where travel is just opening up. Wild and rugged, Tajikistan is a country that attracts few adventurers, but those who dare go here are more than rewarded. If you’re looking for idyllic raw nature where few others roam…
I haven’t wrote anything in 2 months and I don’t particularly give a fuck. To catch everyone up, after nearly 100 days on the road, a complete circle of the globe, 18 flights, thousands upon thousands of kilometers… Err I mean miles (now that I’m back into this god damn country that insists to continue…
To The Pamirs and BEYOND! Day Chor (4): Jizeu-Khorog I was up before 6 and out the door take photos of the Lake. Then around 7:30 I was back at the homestay having breakfast and by 8 I was back headed out of Jizeu. As I rounded the last corner before the bridge back across…
