Me at the Yumchum fort

Wakham Valley to Murghab

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September 23rd 2008
My search for a travel buddy to share costs to rent a car and driver for the Wakham valley turned out well meeting Nathaniel a French guy doing a silk road trip from Instanbul to Kasgar. Time was pretty short so we organised the 4x4 through one of the agencies paying $US500 for the full trip from Khorog on the western boundary of Tajikistanian Pamirs to Murghab in the middle of the Eastern Pamirs ... read more

Asia » Tajikistan

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The Tajik people came under Russian rule in the 1860s and 1870s, but Russia's hold on Central Asia weakened following the Revolution of 1917. Bolshevik control of the area was fiercely contested and not fully reestablished until 1925. Tajikistan beca... ... read more