6th – 9th July | Murghab to Langar | Distance: 318km | Total Distance: 6859km Murghab town, the main centre in the eastern Pamir (population 6000), on first appearances is a desolate place where temperatures can drop to -50C in winter and reach 30C+…
29th June – 4th July | Rushan to Murghab | Distance: 529km | Total Distance: 6541km Following the Amu Darya from the Aral Sea to it’s source(s) is a complicated journey. So far I have followed the Amu Darya, its key tributary, the Zerafshan River,…
20th – 27th June | Termez (Uzbekistan) to Rushan (Tajikistan) | Distance: 719km | Total Distance: 6012km I may have just posted Blog 18, but the last couple of weeks have been intense with no time to write or opportunities to post. Also, I…
14th – 19th June | Urgut to Termez | Distance: 403km | Total Distance: 5293km Back in Uzbekistan with the new team, Georgia (just returned from the UK), Ilhom and Mansood, the aim over the next four days was to reach the city…
9th – 12th June | Samarkand to Khisorak Settlement | Distance: 275km | Total Distance: 4890km So far I’ve explored UNESCO’s Zerafshan – Karakum Corridor World Heritage sites in the Karakum Desert and Zerafshan River hinterland; a route of virtually all flat land.…
1st – 8th June | Bukhara to Samarkand | Distance: 271km | Total Distance: 4615km Arriving in Bukhara, there was a sense of what it was like arriving as a Silk Road traveller who had endured crossing the desert from Merv –…
27th May -1st June | Merv to Bukhara | Distance: 404km | Total Distance: 4344km The Zerafshan-Karakum Corridor – Stage 1 Arising in the mountains of Tajikistan, the Zerafshan River gushes down to the steppe, and passes through the legendary city of…
23rd – 26th May | Turkmenabat to Gonur Depe | Distance: 266km | Total Distance: 3940km Day 60, Turkmenabat Turkmenistan’s second largest city, Turkmenabat, was adorned with eye-catching contemporary buildings that are intended to show off the power and wealth of the country; for…