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26th April 2018

Karakul Lake
Definitely one of my favourite places in Tajikistan...breathtaking beauty during the day and the Milky Way throbbing at night. The place where the complainers in our group left and the joy of you Marie and Emma entering. Happy happy memories.

From Blog: Day 8 Pamir Highway - Murghab to Karakul Lake

25th April 2018

Dancing Dave
David Hooper

Murghab Shipping Container Market
Really cool pic. I only saw it at dawn where only 3 dogs and a couple of guys setting up were around. Their way of protecting their goods from the dust storms I saw examples of and the numbing cold of winter.

From Blog: Day 7 Pamir Highway - Off to Murghab

23rd April 2018

Dancing Dave
David Hooper

Meeting the locals
Yaks meet sheep with maybe the odd goat if I'm not mistaken. Great pic

From Blog: Day 6 Back to the Pamir Highway - Langar to Bulunkul Lake

23rd April 2018

Dancing Dave
David Hooper

Bulunkul Lake
The Tajikistan High Pamir...Paradise by another word. Magnificent. Great pics and how good you kept bumping into Ivan and Francesco.

From Blog: Day 6 Back to the Pamir Highway - Langar to Bulunkul Lake

23rd April 2018

Dancing Dave
David Hooper

Langar
So you endured the climb and saw the petroglyphs...well done. T'was too bloody hot so we did not do so! Any pics? And a different fort to the one we visited. Isn't it grand the views the soldiers would have had?

From Blog: Day 5 Wakhan Valley Detour - Langar

16th March 2018

D MJ Binkley
Dave and Merry Jo Binkley

Fantastic
A good life.

From Blog: Day 4 Wakhan Valley Detour - Ishkashim to Langar

16th March 2018

D MJ Binkley
Dave and Merry Jo Binkley

Wakhan Valley!
I enjoyed this blog and had a laugh. Some time is it best not to share all your knowledge about a location with your traveling partner. Great memories.

From Blog: Day 4 Wakhan Valley Detour - Ishkashim to Langar

22nd February 2018

D MJ Binkley
Dave and Merry Jo Binkley

Smiling faces
The people of the Pamir Highway were so warm, welcoming and friendly. Love this shot.

From Blog: Day 3 Pamir Highway & entering the Wakhan Valley - Khorog to Ishkashim

22nd February 2018

D MJ Binkley
Dave and Merry Jo Binkley

Great shot
The rough water was something.

From Blog: Day 2 on the Pamir Highway - Kalai Khum to Khorog

22nd February 2018

D MJ Binkley
Dave and Merry Jo Binkley

Big gorges, tight squeezes and bad roads a plenty
...and yet we all have such fond memories. An amazing place on earth and checkpoints a plenty.

From Blog: Day 2 on the Pamir Highway - Kalai Khum to Khorog

22nd February 2018

D MJ Binkley
Dave and Merry Jo Binkley

Universal language
No need for English speaking as long as he can drive. Being an excellent driver is truly the only requirement for the Pamir Highway!!!

From Blog: Hitting the high way

11th February 2018

The river border - Tajikistan to the left, Afghanistan to the right

Dancing Dave
David Hooper

Tajik/Afghan border
There is something about the enormity of these mountains that is impossible to capture with a landscape shot but even so the images such that you have captured bring it all back. This great pic transports me there.

From Blog: Day 2 on the Pamir Highway - Kalai Khum to Khorog

10th February 2018

gillg
gillg

I'm hoping that the next episode is on the way and you haven't come to an abrupt end 300m from Afghanistan :)

From Blog: Hitting the high way

8th February 2018

Dancing Dave
David Hooper

High ways and byways
Which way which road? All the better for you guys if you can score a driver with no English it seems. This way then...the rougher more remote the better! Ah...warms the heart...must be our antipodean spirits!

From Blog: Hitting the high way

4th February 2018

D MJ Binkley
Dave and Merry Jo Binkley

The universal language
I often prefer having to use the international language to be understood as it makes me feel like I'm really traveling. Life on the road is grand. Your blog has really capture the spirit of the location so thanks for taking us along. Yes in this part of the world the young learn the survival skills of wheeling and dealing. It is an art form. So great you were willing to share your ride but I'm certain that enriched your trip. Thanks for posting.

From Blog: Delightful Dushanbe

3rd February 2018

Dancing Dave
David Hooper

Delightful Dushanbe
I often say in the same places everyone has a different experience...everyone's journey is different. Your blog highlights that in spades. We were in Dushanbe at the same time having arrived 5 days before our roadtrip commenced. If you had not shown pics of the Statue of Ismoil Somoni, I would not recognise we had been in the same place. Thanks for the info it was 38-40C. We wondered why we found it so oppressively hot. Fascinating how you arranged your transport into the Pamir and met the Italians. I presume you are referring to Ivan & Francesco that we met on Lenin Peak in Kyrgyzstan. Looking forward to your next instalment, Marie & Emma. What a fabulous trip.

From Blog: Delightful Dushanbe

31st January 2018

D MJ Binkley
Dave and Merry Jo Binkley

Traversing the Pamir Mountains
Beauty around every corner.... when we think back on that trip it still takes our breath away. No regrets from us in traveling to this off the beaten track of the world. We agree it is one of the greatest road trips.... people have not exaggerated the stunning beauty. Send us an email. Love to Skype with you sometime. Please come visit the U.S. It was great meeting you.

From Blog: Why the Pamirs?

31st January 2018

D MJ Binkley
Dave and Merry Jo Binkley

Nothing fresh about arriving in Dushanbe
I agree this is one of the hazards of being a world traveler. Fantastic that you had a row to yourself. It was a long flight from the U.S. also. Glad you had a little time in Singapore. So eager to read your next blogs!!

From Blog: The long way to Dushanbe

30th January 2018

Dancing Dave
David Hooper

The Pamir Highway
"Like the Bolivian Altiplano and the Tibetan plateau, this is a harsh and lonely place, inhabited by kind people. Its unforgiving landscape breathes tranquil spirituality"...and where we ultimately met. Very different than the Bolivian Altiplano and the Tibetan Plateau though. We may have travelled much of the same lonely road Marie & Emma, but each of us experienced a different journey. Looking forward to the tales of your adventures and detours on this fabled highway. Please transport us there!

From Blog: Why the Pamirs?

30th January 2018

Dancing Dave
David Hooper

The long way to Dushanbe
Auckland, Singapore, Dubai, Dushanbe...39.35 hrs...mmm...ours was Sydney, Dubai, Dushanbe...25 hrs. For us 53 hrs from Sydney via Russia...44 hrs via China. Sounds like you took a short cut!!! Anyway you have arrived and the tale of your trip can commence...can hardly wait.

From Blog: The long way to Dushanbe

8th November 2016

Nishanie
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Hilarious post !!!. Thank you , it made my day. The photos are very inetersting . What have they used for the structures ? Is it mainly bricks and tiles with very little steel ?
I wonder where the patterns on the buildings come from ? They seem very symmetrical . very cool.

From Blog: Khiva - the desert town

2nd September 2015

sumit malhotra
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Manali is the best place for travelling
Manali is the best travelling destination look out more ; http://tourortravelling.blogspot.in/

From Blog: The first step into the Himalayas - Manali

11th October 2012

herewego
Jian and Aaron

I followed your blog when you gals were traveling through South America, and have not been on travelblog in months. I randomly decided to come here tonight and noticed your familiar username. It has been awesome reading your Asian adventures! So inspiring, and making me want to get out again.

From Blog: 9 countries later...

30th September 2012

Ellen
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4 months!? Already!? Far out it doesn't seem that long at all! I've said it a couple of times, but I've loved reading the blog of braver travellers than I! So cool. Start planning your next trip so I have more tales to read. Looking forward to seeing you Ms Weston, flick me a text when you're home and hosed xx

From Blog: 9 countries later...

30th September 2012

Orla
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Woohoo!!!
Looking forward to giving you guys great big cuddles and feeding you up!! xx

From Blog: 9 countries later...

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