dushanbe

we hitchhiked one last truck out of the pamir and finally, the landscape opened up again as we got closer and closer to dushanbe. instead of the desolate, rocky terrain, we now had incredibly lush hills to either side, no trees, just endless green grass. it's how i imagined heaven when i was a kid, i'm sure they shot that windows xp desktop background there.

as for actually getting to dushanbe, we had no other option except taking a shared taxi. spent three days there resting a bit and other than going for a run, getting my hair cut and doing the damn registration at the office where they tried to scam us, i didn't do much. this wasn't all my fault, it's also because dushanbe ist just not a very fun city. it feels really weird walking through the lavish city center, knowing the state that the rest of the country lives in.もっと詳しく