Category Archives: Tajikistan

Where I Slept: Murgab, Tajikistan

Posted on October 1, 2009 by Megan

Murgab, Tajikistan | 1 October, 2006 | $8.75 Murgab is the main town on the Eastern end of the Pamir Highway near the Tajik, Kyrgyz and Chinese borders. We arrived in Murgab around lunchtime and our driver took us directly … Continue reading →

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Where I Slept: Alichur, Tajikistan

Posted on September 29, 2009 by Megan

Alichur, Tajikistan | 29 September, 2009 | $8.75 We arrived in Alichur with an hour or two before sundown so I went out exploring. I took wonderful photos of the local kids and the father and daughter I had tea … Continue reading →

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Where I Slept: Navabad, Tajikistan

Posted on September 28, 2009 by Megan

Navabad, Tajikistan | 28 September, 2006 | $5.83 Although there are a few official home stays that are approved by a Tajik organization we spent most of our nights on the road in the Wakhan Corridor and Pamir Highway with … Continue reading →

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Where I Slept: Khorog, Tajikistan

Posted on September 27, 2009 by Megan

Khorog, Tajikistan | 27 September, 2006 | $8 One of the two guys I was traveling with in Tajikistan flew into Khorog a day early and met me at the airport. He had walked, but a nice petroleum businessman from … Continue reading →

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Where I Slept: Dushanbe, Tajikistan

Posted on September 24, 2009 by Megan

Dushanbe, Tajikistan | 24 September, 2006 | $10 USD It took me all day to get from Samarkand, Uzbekistan to Dushanbe, Tajikistan. The trip through the mountains was beautiful and you can read more about it here. The only real … Continue reading →

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I Need Your Vote

Posted on February 10, 2008 by Megan

Not too long ago I was asked to participate in a contest sponsored by the French Tourism Office of Martinique. The idea was to have 25 bloggers write a 500-word story about their “most exciting, astonishing, funny, special holiday experience.” … Continue reading →

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Central Asia is Holding me Hostage…

Posted on October 3, 2006 by Megan

and China won’t let me in. Tajikistan started and ended on bad notes (waiting for permits in Dushanbe… almost getting into a fight with the militsia in Murgab and projectile vomiting at 3,800 meters), but everything in-between was completely amazing. … Continue reading →

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Us Aid in Tajikistan

Posted on October 3, 2006 by Megan

There’s a lot of US Aid goods being recycled in Tajikistan. I’m not sure if they were given to Tajikistan or Afghanistan but it’s nice to see my tax dollars at work in this part of the world.

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Spa Day in Tajikistan

Posted on September 28, 2006 by Megan

By my estimate it would be four or five days before I got another chance to take a shower. I was waiting in the small Pamiri town of Khorog, Tajikistan, to find a driver to take my friends and I … Continue reading →

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Here we go… Tajikistan

Posted on September 25, 2006 by Megan

Crossing over from Uzbekistan to Tajikistan was relatively simple—It was one of the least busy borders I’ve ever seen. A German guy named Vincent whom I met at my hotel was heading to Dushanbe as well and decided to tag … Continue reading →

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