I doubt this is the usual overlander/traveller blog topic! Nevertheless, as one travels through the countries that we have on Fromeward Bound there’s no doubting the influence that concrete has in shaping the region. It should be noted that I’m a big fan of concrete; both as a building material and also aesthetically. I particularly […]
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Tajikistan Video
For most of the time we were in Tajikistan poor old Brian was stuck in his box. To begin with it was too windy; then we were alongside the Afghan border and flying him didn’t seem like the cleverest idea!! So, instead of a video full of beautiful footage from Tajikistan, you’ve got a video […]
Tajikistan Photos Pt. 2
Tajikistan Photos Pt. 1
The Wedding Crashers
I have no idea if this is a traditional thing or a new thing…in fact, I know nothing about it and I won’t pretend that I do. But, from what I’ve seen in Central Asia, it seems that there is some sort of wedding custom that involves a fleet of cars. Yes, I hear you […]
The Hunted
We drove through a beautiful wide valley filled with fruit trees; farmers ploughing fields and small road-side stalls of apples, onions, melons and squash. The road meandered for a few miles following a dry river bed hemmed in by gentle sloping hills on either side. We eventually came across a track that crossed the river […]
Thoughts on Tajikistan
#1 No men riding horses (well the odd one or two but certainly nothing like Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Mongolia) #2 The Pamir Highway and the Wakhan Valley are beautiful. I recommend Autumn for travelling through them #3 Lots of pomegranates #4 School uniforms are terribly smart #5 Like the rest of Central Asia and Mongolia […]
The Pamir
The M41, romantically referred to as the Pamir Highway, connects Osh in Kyrgyzstan with Dushanbe in Tajikistan. It’s a road of about 1600km that rises to an elevation of 4655 metres. Much of it is unpaved or rough pot-holed tarmac; not much wider than a single lane and is carved out of the mountain sides. […]
Tajikistan Route
One of the ‘big ticket’ items on the drive home to Frome was always going to be the ‘Pamir Highway’ – a semi-paved roadway that starts in Kyrgyzstan and climbs up on to the Pamir plateau in Tajikistan before slowly descending to Dushanbe, the capital of Tajikistan. I can now report that we have successfully […]
Surprise, Surprise
Nine months passed between deciding that Fromeward Bound was going to happen and finally leaving Tokyo. During that time I did a huge amount of researching and planning – reading blogs and forums, pouring over maps, etc. – and created quite a clear idea in my head of how I thought things would play out. […]