Murghab, Tajikistan

Langar to Murghab

So we decided that the price to Murghab was too much. 3000 (about $300 for the car) so we eventually settled on 1200 to the junction with the Pamir. There were four of us - Lisa and I, James and Alberto. To the junction in a 4wd the journey was still very, very bumpy. And then dropped off at the junction planning to hitchhike the rest and no traffic in sight. Would we have to spend the night on a very cold desert road with no traffic? Well, no (sorry for the lack of suspense there but some people get easily stressed).

We were picked up by lorries after about 10 minutes. Lisa and I in one going to Murghab, Alberto in another going to Alichur and James remounting his bike carrying on to Alichur. The lorry driver didn't charge us but we paid for his lunch. Travelling in the cabin of the lorry was comfort itself after the bouncy 4wd but it was slow - the roads weren't up to the lorry going fast. I would estimate that we were going around 20kph most of the time. But it didn't matter. Just very comfy. We stopped for lunch at Alichur then arrived at Murghab at abut 10pm hoping to cross the border tomorrow. Hopefully there will be no problems this time. Remember I'm on an evisa that is a bit dodgy (in that the computers at the border didn't seem to like it for some reason despite it being in perfect order). So I hope (a) that they let me out and (b) that Kyrgyzstan let me in - your name needs to be on a list as you enter the country due to the recent contretemps between the two countries (I won't call it a war). We both should be on that list but until you're across your'e never sure.Read more