Pamir Highway part 3

Day 3 of the Pamir Highway trip was mostly more of driving through some of the most beautiful scenery that I've seen. We stopped by a large "crater", an old soviet observatory, and some petroglyphs,Meer informatie
Day 3 of the Pamir Highway trip was mostly more of driving through some of the most beautiful scenery that I've seen. We stopped by a large "crater", an old soviet observatory, and some petroglyphs,Meer informatie
Conflict between Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan resulted in the border closing in 2021, only opening for foreign tourists again in July 2023. The border is still closed for locals which meant that we hadMeer informatie
I headed back to Osh via a couple more days in Bishkek as I'd managed to arrange a ride share for a Pamir Highway trip. The Pamir Highway is a mountain road through the Pamir mountains, built in theMeer informatie
After sufficient time chilling in Bishkek I headed to Karakol in the east for some trekking in the famously beautiful Kyrgyzstan mountains. First I enjoyed spending time in Karakol itself, previouslyMeer informatie
Leaving Uzbekistan I crossed over into Kyrgyzstan by land. I stayed in Osh for a couple of days doing research into a pamir highway trip, and then moved straight onto Bishkek, the capital. Bishkek isMeer informatie
Next I was in a shared taxi to Tashkent, the capital of Uzbekistan. Tashkent was also a major player on the silk road, but after being destroyed by an earthquake in 1966 it was rebuilt by the SovietMeer informatie
On the fast train this time I was off to Samarkand, the last of the big silk road cities in Uzbekistan. Samarkand had a rich history with evidence of inhabitation since the paleolithic period, andMeer informatie
Back on the Soviet train I headed to my next stop on the silk road, Bukhara. Bukhara is over 2000 years old and was a major centre for islamic culture from the 8th century. It is the best preservedMeer informatie
Khiva was my first stop along the Silk Road in Uzbekistan. It had been inhabited since the 8th century, but was just an outpost of the Khorezm region, of which the previous capital Konye Urgench I hadMeer informatie
I crossed the land border from Turkmenistan into Uzbekistan and arrived in Nukus, the capital of the Karakalpakstan region in the west. Karakalpakstan is mostly desert and is sparsely populated. It isMeer informatie