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7 days free in Tajikistan

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by JoeF » Tue May 30, 2023 11:08 am » in Places » Tajikistan

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I was planning on traveling from Dushanbe via Khorog and Murghab to Osh but with the border being shut this does not look possible. As such I now...

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Istaravshan with Abdullatif Sultan Madrasa ( Kök Gumbaz ) and some other nice places.
I don't know what you like, but about 4-5 km before the town,...

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Visiting the Chil-Ustun cave near Osh

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by TheNonFlyingDutchman » Wed May 24, 2023 11:12 am » in Places » Kyrgyzstan

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I saw the Chil-Ustun cave online and I thought it’d be incredible to visit it. It seems it’s a bit of an expedition though, and I’d certainly need a...

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I got a telegram number from a guy via a travel agency. He told me that there might be locals that could take me to the cave, but they’re no...

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Trip Report: Buying a Pchak knife in Shakhrikhan

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by TheNonFlyingDutchman » Tue May 30, 2023 4:29 pm » in Places » Uzbekistan

I heard about the traditional craft of knife making in Uzbekistan, and I wanted to get a nice souvenir. There are two knife villages in Uzbekistan,...

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Aktau to Nukus by train

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by leela » Sun May 27, 2018 9:19 pm » in Transport » Trains

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Contrary to what I'd read up to now, googling today has turned up that there's a train 309X direct to Nukus, daily (good news) that takes 32 hours...

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Regarding payment problems: I struggled with this lately and found out something. On my ipad (probably uses the website as a desktop) I could only...
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Group tour Turkmenistan October 2023

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by Leotjo » Tue May 30, 2023 4:02 pm » in Places » Turkmenistan

Hello!
I am a 33 year old solo traveller from the Netherlands looking at sharing a 7 or 8 day group tour around Turkmenistan. I would like to enter...

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Planning trip from Europe to Mongolia

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by heniatha » Wed May 17, 2023 2:35 pm » in Travel sharing » Other destinations

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Hi there,

I am moving to Mongolia in July and am investigating options to travel there by land. I would love to hear people's advice for the journey...

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Check other threads about this, a couple of people are trying it atm, including myself. I’ll sum up my hurdles briefly (Dutch citizen).
Countries...

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Pamir Highway Dushanbe Loop - Looking for buddies 17/18 to 27/28 September 2023

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by Leotjo » Tue May 30, 2023 3:54 pm » in Travel sharing » Pamir Highway rideshare

Hello!

I am planning to go to Tajikistan in September and am looking for 2 or 3 travel buddies to do the Pamir Highway road trip together (with a...

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