Dushanbe, Tajikistan

... actually fly, or if I could get a ticket, and I could not afford to wait. The jeep arrived in Dushanbe, the capital of Tajikistan, at 3:30am. I splurged. I stayed at a $70/night hotel. I sooooooooooooo appreciated an indoor toilet. Dushanbe is a ...

I'm away early and enjoy the rest ride to Dushanbe. I book into the Vakhsh Hotel which, the LP solemnly informs me, was occupied by bearded mujaheddin rebels during the civil war. Perhaps that is why the president is busy issuing edicts! I spend the ...

... 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 cannot get a Uzbekistan ...

I've never even dreamed of visiting Tajikistan, but hey, while I'm over that way...I have a very dynamic, and super-intelligent, friend I met through church, Chris Whitsel, who is actually studying in Tajikistan.  Chris is doing his PhD through IU ...