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Independence Day at the Capital
... we had noted the previous evening, it looked like it might on any Sunday morning. There were hardly any cars on the street and fewer people still. Either we were too early or these people were not too keen on celebrating, so we decided to walk around and see what else this city was about.
Dushanbe is a good looking capital with the wide, tree-lined prospekt (avenue) Rudaki as its focus. Roughly central on Rudaki is Maydoni Azadi which is surrounded ...
Time flies when you are having fun
... Azerbaijan) get to work, sucking our USD accounts dry. And I have to tell you, all three embassies and their people are not the nicest or most competent people. Sufficient to say, we have been stuck here since Wednesday, trying to get everything sorted. But the wait is fine, as time is really flying past.
We enjoy hanging out with our new friends, talking about past travel experiences, cooking together, and most of all, ...
Nights with Radmila et al.
... and along the Afghan border for at least 350kms. As it went dark the road got rougher and more dangerous to manouvre - especially when doing 60 kph! Any error of judgement on the driver's part would see us plunging over the side into the raging river never to be seen again. The river was soon a black void that thundered below us and all we could see was the sheer valley walls rising directly up on our right hand side. Because of the severe rutting in the road from ...
Greasy soup land
A multiplicity of ideas swarms round in my head, my inclination towards each periodically waxing and waning. I am set to leave the country in four days provided my housemate manages to get my flight booked, and nothing has become any clearer asides from the fact that I'm going back to England for a short while. Today was a day of rain, characterised by wet socks and a lot of typing. The damp feet owing to my newly bought, ...
Finally...a note from Sarah!
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I flew into Dushanbe from Kyrgyzstan on July 14th and within 1 hour of arriving I already met two cyclists (1 from Switzerland, 1 from Italy) who let me know about a cheap old Soviet era hotel where beds were $12. This was pretty cheap for this overpriced capital and this option sounded better than my other option of camping in the courtyard of a hostel outside of town for $5/ night.
The reason I ...