Dushanbe Hotels - Reviews and Rates

I couldn't update the blog yesterday from my laptop but the helpful owner of the internet cafe said if I got a USB cable I could transfer the data through their computer so off I wander to find a USB to USB cable. In Dushanbe? On my tour meet a distraught Frenchman I met briefly in khorog. He is beside himself with anger because he canno...

Hi all,
Arrived in Dushanbe this evening after a great day on the road from Qalalchum on the Afghan border down in the south of Tajikistan.
The scenery was absolutely stunning with the road following the river separating the two countries with towering snow-capped peaks on both sides of the border. I can honestly say I have never driven al...

17 January 2008 I arrived in Dushanbe, Tajikistan early on the morning of the 17th, around 0430 or so. I got through the customs and passport control without incident, and proceeded to the baggage claim area. The entire reception area at the airport could be likened to an old greyhound bus terminal. Plus, it was bitterly cold inside the baggage ...

so...I have not written forever. So I am going back in time to give you an entry from February. After Afghanistan, I was unfortunately stuck in Dushanbe for a few weeks, basically for meetings with bosses. But I did have some time to do some nice snowshoeing (Erica was cool enough to bring me back snowshoes from Italy). You can see the photos fo...

Wow, the last week really flew by. Last Saturday I attended a Tajik concert, traditional music from the Pamir mountains where a group of 5 musicians played on their handmade instruments. People in the seats got up to start dancing the traditional dances and the musicians came down to dance with them while others kept up the beat. The best part w...

(Instead of putting a map pin on each town/village that I slept in Tajikistan, I simply let it default to the capital city, Dushanbe) August 18 OSH (Kyrgyzstan) to Murgab (Pop. 6,500) (Elev. 3756m) 420km 12 hours $120 I wasn't quite ready for the 12 hour ride at 5am, having only 4 hours of sleep on the floor (I volunteered since they ran out of ...