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Dusjanbe - Osj ( 1250 km 2 weeks )

Jolien will cycle the Pamir highway with her father in September 2018. We cycled together to Compostela in 2010 ( 2250 km in 15 days ).
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Turnhout Belgium

Time is running fast when you're having fun. Dushanbe, here we come.
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Dusjanbe

The flight Brussel - Istanbul felt as if i had booked first class. 70 passengers in a plane with 300 seats is more than enough space for everybody. And a strong cab-driver completed the trip to our ho...
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Dusjanbe

After reassembling the bikes we enjoyed cruising the city ( or at least a small part of it ) went to the market and had a nice dinner. Tomorrow will be the start of the biggest challenge for both of u...
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Almost Tavildara - Soforon ( 70 Km )

After a few eggs and some bread we where ready to tackle a new day. Instead of sleeping in Tavildara ( Initial plan ) we had lunch in this nice city ( although described as a ghost town on many blogs ...
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Soforon - Kualaikhum ( 51 Km )

This very gentle family where three generations live together who offered us dinner and breakfast waved us into the mountains. Steep mountains, and dirt road will make sure you don't travel to fast. :...
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Kualaikhum - Choroeg ( 242 Km )

Due to the dirt road Jolien and i decided to take a break and to take a taxi to Choroeg. It would give us some extra time to try to finish this cycle adventure. But then, after i was scammed by a woma...
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Choroeg

On doctors advice we only translocate with a taxi. Thank God the botanical garden was closed so my foot could rest the whole day.
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Choroeg - Ishkashim ( 60 + 49 km )

After 48 hours rest i wanted to see if i could use my foot again for cycling. Blogs said the road was poor and fair compared to bad for the roads we already travelled. And in the beginning on flat sur...
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Ishkashim

We spent two nights in Ishkashim so we could try to arrange a taxi to Osh where we will fly to Belgium again on Friday. During the day we went to a hot bath and in the evening we arranged a shared tax...
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Ishkashim - Murghab

The ordered taxi is not on time or is not in Ishkashim at all. He was coming from Murghab to pick us. So in no time we arranged a new local taxi, who could only bring us to Murghab. We will have to ta...
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Murghab - Osh

Marlies and Diego decided to stay in Murghab and to cycle to Osh when Marlies was in good shape again. So we took a taxi and a German hitchhiker joined us to Osh. It was a very long ride, 12 hours in ...
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