Khorog, Tajikistan Travel Blogs

It's unlikely ever to get better than this
Sep 25, 2009 (10 photos)

... one, to potter along and take a couple of days doing the main bit of the Pamir Highway from Murgab to Khorog. Pass follows pass. Broad valleys follow ravines. Good tarmac follows rollercoaster tarmac follows potholed tarmac follows piste and all the time ...

Finished my trip
May 19, 2008 (49 photos)

... , ueber diese Grenze kommen ja die meisten Drogen (Afghanistan ist ja der groesste Opiumproduzent der Erde). Tajikistan ist der drittgroesste Beschlagnahmer von Opium, aber ich nehme an, dass der Drogenschmuggel dennoch ganz gut zum BSP ...

Shakhdara Valley - Wakhan loop
Sep 21, 2006

... the 120 liters of fuel we needed to start the loop route through the wakhan corridor - the bottom of the GBAO region of tajikistan where the country is seperated from Afghanistan by a small river. Since we left late, we did the loop backwards, and would ...

Khorog
Sep 26, 2009 (6 photos)

The Pamir Lodge was full yesterday when I arrived so I booked into a peaceful and comfortable homestay across the road run by Laalmo Mubarakkadamova. Not having experienced what seemed to be the hustle and bustle of the Pamit Lodge where every backer ...

Kabul and Fayzabad
Oct 20, 2007 (3 photos)

The flight from Kabul to Fayzabad...

Khorog
Sep 28, 2009 (15 photos)

... hoped to smuggle it out of Tajikstan to be cared for. Because he was buying so much meat the cub was discovered and taken to Khorog. It is now in a cage, an absolutely stunning creature, and seems to be well on the way to being merel.y an exhibit. We all ...

Looking for a new jeep in Khorog
Sep 23, 2006

... beautiful valley and the impressive Hindukush mountain range across the Panj river in Afghanistan. We arrived in Ishkashim around 4pm and Khorog around 9 pm - plus a flat tire. Back in Khorog our jeep needed to be serviced for 2 days and we wanted ...

Gipfelsieg am Pik Laurin
Aug 26, 2007 (2 photos)

Oesterreich vermeldet die erfolgreiche Bezwingung des 4777m hohen Pik Laurin ohne zusaetzlichen Sauerstoff! Frohe Botschaft fuer unser Land gelangt durch den Fernmelder aus dem fernen Tajikenreich an unsere Ohren. Zum wiederholten Male hat die Republik ...

Jurm
Oct 21, 2007 (4 photos)

Visiting and working around the villages of Jurm

A walk in the park and back to pre-mobile days
Sep 27, 2009 (5 photos)

... to visit the park again. It is a beautifully landscaped piece of work amidst towering mountains and the constant danger of rockslides. Khorog stretches along both banks of the River Gunt in a narrow valley. Huge cliffs and mountains tower above the town. ...

The Western Pamirs - Reaching out to Afghanistan
May 19, 2008 (13 photos)

... here apart from the local administration or Afghan drug trade. The pamirs are one of the poorest region on the planet. In Khorog I team up with Olivier, a french guy that had already travel through Turkey, Iran and Central Asia for the past 2 months. A ...

Travel Oscars: Part II
Sep 1, 2008

... , blackcurrants, cherries, strawberries, pears Shashlyk - Gods gift of meat to the post-India traveler. Afghan Market, Khorog, Tajikistan Also, we have a deep suspicion that our flight to Dushanbe will be a spectacular highlight (hence why we have ...

A look into Afghanistan
Aug 30, 2008 (7 photos)

... Shia), at the present time was not at all evident despite my probing (I had only two days ago read, on arriving in Khorog, a BBC report suggesting the Taliban insurgency had never been closer to Kabul.). But I had decided that this was more than a stoic ...

In Khorog
Aug 28, 2008 (8 photos)

We are now in Khorog in the Gorno-Badakshan region of Tajikistan on the Tajik-Afghan border. This is half time in our tour through Tajikistan. Since the 18th we have been travelling across the Pamir Mountain Range- one the most epic landscapes that ...

Khorog - gateway to the Pamirs
Aug 5, 2009 (7 photos)

... surprise Khorog felt like small sleepy country town that would take a few hours, at most, to navigate. Khorog suffered badly during Tajikistan's independence from Russia in 1991 and when the money supply dried up completely Khorog reverted to barter. One ...

Khorog - on Afghanistan and the Wakhan Valley
Aug 7, 2009 (5 photos)

(Sim) Our driver Nush, organised through Pamir Lodge, arrived with his Nissan Patrol at 7:30am. It wasn't long before our bags were stowed up on the roof rack and we were on the road. This time, with just 5 of us (Guellem, Bidell, Akira plus James and I), ...

Geisev Valley - a hikers paradise
Aug 6, 2009 (29 photos)

... the drive down from Dushanbe, again taking in the sight of Afghanistan across the river. After an hour we turned off the Khorog – Dushanbe road and started up the Bartang Valley. The road quickly turned into a one and a half laner that picked out ...

Rubies and spinels from the Pamirs, Tajikistan
Sep 22, 2007

... the visit to the "Gubjemast" company which is mining in both Kul I Lal and Snijnie. You can enjoy our fieldtrip report, photos and videos at the following link: Tajikistan: Gems from the Pamirs. All the best, Vincent Pardieu, www.fieldgemology.com