Day 9 Pamir Highway - to Kyrgyzstan!

Asia » Kyrgyzstan
August 17th 2017

Published: April 28th 2018

It was 100km or so from Karakul Lake, Tajikistan to Sary Tash, the first town over the border in Kyrgyzstan. With the border crossing it took us around 4 hours to get to the Sary Mogol, the next village over. We left at the same time as the other bloggers from our homestay, so for the first little while we were basically a convoy of 3 vehicles of travel bloggers, which was fun. Not so fun was the... Read Full Entry

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30th April 2018

Dancing Dave
David Hooper

Stunning border
I agree the scenery on the Tajik side of the border is stunning. I spent some time down the hill from the border post gobsmacked at the myriad of striated colours that seemed to ooze from the mountains on the Tajik side. Pretty spectacular on the Kyrgyz side too. Real pleasure to have been there.

30th April 2018

Dancing Dave
David Hooper

A convoy of bloggers
I recall our drivers took turns to race each other to the border. What fun to have met up with other Travelbloggers such as you and share tales of our adventures and the dust of the road. Glad you escaped the tummy troubles that plagued Denise in Tajikistan and me to a lesser extent. One of the group of cyclists we met in Karakul had to be taken to hospital so bit of a lottery and you can never be too careful in what you eat and drink in remote places.

3rd May 2018

D MJ Binkley
Dave and Merry Jo Binkley

Boarder crossing
We thought Dancing Dave was going to get all of thrown in jail. He was in there showing off his watch and conversing. We were a bit worried he was trying to make a bride. All ended well. It was fabulous meeting you. An amazing trip. An amazing road. Amazing people.

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