Day 80, 21st June, Alichur
Assumed the road to Murgab would be atrocious so gave ourselves two days to get there. Relaxed in the hotel struggling with the very slow wifi until about midday then … Read more
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Day 79, 20th June, Khorog
The journey from Kalai Khumb to Khorog is 143 miles consisting of about 30 miles of quite good road and the rest about the worst we have been on. It … Read more
Day 78, 19th June, Kalai-Khumb
The most scary journey of my life. It started off OK with a good road from Obigarm to Darband, then the sign to Khorog sent us off on an unmetalled … Read more
Day 77, 18th June, Obigarm
A strange day.Woke and ascertained that we were on the wrong road, so we returned towards Dushanbe to get on the right road and, having noticed that 27,400 miles including … Read more
Day 76, 17th June, Dushanbe
After driving up a few hairpins and marvelling at the snow-covered Turkestan Range in front of us, we drove through a tunnel with its name in Chinese and a length … Read more
Day 75, 16th June, Isferavshan
A run of good luck after the fruitless drive to Kuldyk yesterday. I got up about 05.00, conscious that we were getting behind schedule and I’m desperate to see my … Read more