CENTRAL ASIAN POMPEII


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July 29th 2010
Published: September 4th 2010
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From the Acted homestay we took a cab to the taxi stand across some cement factory, about 15 minutes from where we were staying, the cab ride was 15 somonis, lots of traffic police as usual, in almost every corner, and they are like sharks, stopping cars at every opportunity we saw yesterday how they blatantly accept bribes in the street, it's ridiculous how often vehicles here gets stopped by the... Read Full Entry



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a young boy investigates our presence in his village
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Tapio and the alarm clock
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Tapio and watermelons
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man fixing my shoe
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Nematov homestay, me with the Lithuanians and our Tajik hats
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museum named after Rudaki!
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cool waiting shed
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kids that asked for fotos



5th September 2010

hey mate thanks for sharing your stories. great to see you go through central asia i think is an amazing place, i spent 8 months living/travelling through there as well. unfortunately didnt get to make it to tajikistan (it was november by then and would have been freaking cold!). keep it up! :)

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