We would like to ride the Pamir Highway again. Some good videos by people who have done the less difficult route, following the Pyanj river from Dushanbe to Kalai-i-Khumb:
https://www.dangerousroads.org/asia/tajikistan/430-pamir-highway-tajikistan
https://www.dangerousroads.org/asia/tajikistan/430-pamir-highway-tajikistan
The aim is to drive to Turkey, Iran, Pakistan, India and Nepal before visiting Tibet again, and then through Myanmar, Thailand, Cambodia and Vietnam before returning via China and Russia.
We drove to Prague and reached a Robin Oil service area (where you get free wifi outside the cafe) about 4 pm. It was already nearly dark and there was … Read more
We drove into Warsaw on 3rd December and fund a parking place close to Castle Square. Two very friendly Polish people helped us operate the complicated parking meter and we … Read more
Spent most of the 1st December driving. Had dinner near a church which claims to be the oldest in Latvia. Arriving in Riga we looked for the most interesting attraction … Read more
In the morning of the 29th, we visited the Piskarevskoye Kladbishche, a mass cemetary where about half of the 1.6 million victims of the siege are buried in hundreds of … Read more
On the 26th, we drove over 300 miles to Novgorod and, after getting lost because it was dark and I failed to notice that we had crossed the river, finally … Read more
After leaving the splendid Slavyanka Hotel, we went to look at the Tambov cathedral and watched part of a service. There have been a couple of niggling problems with the … Read more
The road from Volgograd to Saratov passes through rolling steppe land. From the top of the hills you can see for dozens of miles and the light was bright (rather … Read more
We spent much of the 19th relaxing next to the large Islamic graveyard at Kotyayevka and decided to set off for the border about 4 pm in the hope that … Read more