After leaving the villages behind, the next section of the trip took us through Badakhshan National Park, which is close to the Tajik border with China. Although it had a much more remote and deserted feel, we saw many transport trucks along this section of the highway bringing goods from China into Central Asia and …
Over the next few days, we passed through several interesting villages and towns. Khorog is one of the largest towns in the Pamir region with a population of about 28,000. We had a fantastic Indian lunch and a quiet night exploring the riverfront. The next day, we stayed in Ishkashim, a sleepy town full of …
The next day, we headed towards the Bartang Valley where we had planned an overnight hike into the Bartang Valley to the village of Jizeu. Orzu didn’t come on the hike with us but had organized our accommodation with a family in the village beforehand. He dropped us off at the start of the hike …
We departed Kalai Khum in the morning and followed the road along the Pamir River again. Day Two would see us travelling 175km in about 4-5 hours. Across the river, we saw many more villages on the Afghan side. Another interesting sight were the many Tajik soldiers we passed patrolling the road. Because the Pamir …
Picking up where Steve left off, the next few posts will cover our time in the next of the ‘Stans we visited. After we crossed the border from Uzbekistan, we headed to the capital city of Tajikistan, Dushanbe, where we had a quick one-night stop to prepare for our upcoming road trip. For this section …
Heading back to where we left off… It was mid-June and we were wrapping up our visit to Hong Kong and heading over to mainland China. China was not really a place on my travel bucket list but Ashraf, my brother, and his partner Aneta are currently living in Shenzhen and we wanted to visit. …
Hi everyone! Steve and I are officially delinquent bloggers… it has been over two months since our last update. We have done a lot since our last post, but instead of jumping right back to where we left off, I wanted to give an update of where we are right now… We made it to …
After finishing our trek in Sagarmatha National Park, we had just under three weeks left in Nepal before our flight onwards to Thailand. We considered heading east to the Annapurna Region for more trekking but ultimately decided not to, mostly for financial reasons. The info from our guidebook (Lonely Planet’s Trekking in Nepal from 2016) …
We took an impromptu rest day in Chukkung because we were so tired. We made a deal that Steve could pay for internet to watch the latest Game of Thrones episode on his phone and I could take a hot shower (they were the same price lol). The next day was clear and sunny – …
Gaining so much elevation in one day meant that we needed to take at least one rest day in Namche Bazaar to acclimatize. Namche is the biggest village along the path with some interesting attractions and side trails so we took two full rest days to take it all in. On Day 4, we took …