Pamir highway D1

On day, one of the Pamir highway, we (Herminio and I) set off from Dushanbe to a small village on the Afghan / Tajik border.
Of course i did not fuel up in Dushanbe where there was good petrol… so i got a refill on the way.
Day one started with a good amount of off-road already, with minor water crossings and a spectacular climb to 3200 meters.
A special landmark we came across was the tulip mountain.
The village in which we wanted to stay in a hostel was unfortunate full… but the owner was so nice to offer us a sleeping place on his balcony for $10 a person with dinner. The entire village was full as a group of 40 Chinese tourists in 10 cars arrived.
This we had a short night on the balcony because we needed to get up early next morning anyways.Read more