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Breaking the Cycle Central Asia: A Trek to the True Source of the Oxus / Amu Darya
15th – 16th August | Chelab Valley: Aqtashtoq to the source of the Chelab Stream (trek) | Distance: 31km | Total Distance: 9001km The true source of the Oxus/Amu Darya has been a matter of conjecture for at least 200 years;…
Breaking the Cycle Central Asia: Cycling to the Roof of the World
13th – 14th August | Sarhad-e-Broghil to Lake Chakmaktin (Little Pamir, Afghanistan) | Distance: 89km |Total Distance: 8970km Up until 2023, Sarhad was the end of the line, the road stopped there. Accessing the eastern half of the Wakhan Corridor, a region…
Breaking the Cycle Central Asia: Into the Wakhan Corridor
10th – 12th August | Ishkashim to Sarhad e Broghil (Wakhan Corridor, Afghanistan) | Distance: 194km | Total Distance: 8881km Ishkashim is the gateway to the Wakhan Corridor and the Afghan Pamir. It has a real “frontier town” atmosphere. The…
Breaking the Cycle Central Asia: Across Badakhshan (Shir Khan – Ishkashim)
5th – 9th August | Dusti (Tajikistan) to Ishkashim (Afghanistan) | Distance: 484km | Total Distance: 8687km Apologies for the delay in producing the Afghanistan blogs. Many of you will know that I successfully completed the expedition accompanied by my excellent Afghanistan…
Breaking the Cycle Central Asia: The Fergana Valley
30th July – 2nd August | Ken Sai Border Post (Uzbekistan) to Khujand (Tajikistan) | Distance: 402km | Total Distance: 8203km Surrounded by high mountains (such as those I just crossed in Kyrgyzstan), the Fergana Valley is an extremely fertile, densely populated enclave divided between Uzbekistan,…
Breaking the Cycle Central Asia: Back to the Source
17th – 20th July | Arabel Suu Plateau to Naryn (Kyrgyzstan) | Distance: 201km | Total Distance: 7276km As those who are following my blog will know, this is an expedition from the SOURCE (of the Syr Darya) to the…
Breaking the Cycle Central Asia: The Wakhan Valley
10th – 14th July | Langar to Khorog (and return to Dushanbe) | Distance: 216km | Total Distance: 7075km My journey through the Wakhan Valley began in Langar, where the Pamir River and the Wakhan River (that flows from the Wakhan Corridor in…
Breaking the Cycle Central Asia: Crossing the remote high Pamirs to Lake Zorkul (and on to Langar)
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+…