Entrance to Navruz Palace

October 8th 2016
And so we get to the end of the road - an all too brief visit to Tajikistan. Still I can't complain, as us two Aussies had our visit to this country doubled in length by the stuff-up over getting a re-entry visa back into Uzbekistan (refer that blog), meaning we could not return to Almaty (to pick up our return flights to Sydney) via Tashkent as scheduled and instead had to return to Almaty via Du ... read more

Asia » Tajikistan

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

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Joan & Neil

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Joan and Neil have posted blogs below on the following trips: 1. South America for 3 months, from Sept07 through to Nov07, visiting each of Ecuador (including the Galapagos Islands), Peru, Bolivia, Uruguay, Chile and Argentina. 2. Far north Thailand in Mar08 where Neil taught English at a Summer School for the SPF charity he was involved with. This also included a side trip for the weekend to Luang Prabang in Laos. 3. Russia (cruise from Moscow to St Petersburg), then visit to each of Croatia, Budapest & Vienna for a total of 4 weeks, starting in mid Sept08. 4. Neil did a similar SPF te... full info

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