Misadventures in KHOROG Drew Prineas, UK I am not hurrying back from a walk in a botanical garden, occupying second place in the world by height above sea level. I wanted to quickly get to his hotel in a small town called Pamir Khorog. Everything was fine until I saw four Tajik soldiers who marched across the bridge over a river. Khorog Gouron is the capital of Badakhshan, located on the border with Afghanistan. The city is located in a valley that is surrounded by four mountain peaks, and shares the river flowing between. This picturesque place is situated in a rather inhospitable parts of the world. Child in Khorog Tajikistan gained independence in 1991 after the collapse of the Soviet Union. But in 1992-1997. the country's civil war broke out, which was a repetition of the events 70 years ago, when there were large-scale battle with the Soviets basmachs. This time the warring parties were based in Dushanbe and the Gorno-Badakhshan region, which tends to become an independent Islamic state. At this point he had already received the status of autonomy. If you come here with the Tajik credit card, you know - here not accept it. To travel to the Gorno-Badakhshan need a special permit is issued in the Tajik Local Police Department. Khorog war in Afghanistan has affected the development of the region. In a short time in Khorog open university. Many locals dress in European style, and it seems that Tajikistan is forever gone from the customs of the nomadic tribes. But it only seems that way. My visit to this country came in the month of March. In this time of year here to do nothing special. Due to the fact that you came in this time of year, local look at you as if you survived the mind, but this is where I met with someone local felt even more crazy. It was the Swiss, who arrived by bicycle from within Switzerland. Cyclists in general are among the most interesting people, which only can be met while traveling. Typically, such meetings take place in the most remote corners of the globe. At the time, this inveterate lover of outdoor activities go through the same agonizing process that I underwent in Dushanbe. Deadline for registration of necessary documents, he waited for the seventh of eleven days. When we had just started talking, he said: "Oh, I'm so glad to see you! So glad there is someone with whom you can talk in English. I was so bored, I even wanted to get out of his room. " In fact, to overcome the way to Dushanbe, which took me 24 hours, it took six days. So taking into account the expectations, it's already thirteen days! Soviet truck Unlike Dushanbe, in the Gorno-Badakhshan soldiers can be seen on all roads outside the city. So he was stuck. On the last day of his visit, I met a couple from Scotland, so we have a Swiss cyclist became the first tourists in the Pamirs in the year. Footbridge during Nowruz (the festival of spring and beginning of new year, approx. Perevi.), Which lasts several days to do absolutely nothing here. That is no new information I did not get back. The main problem for those who come to the Pamirs in itself, is the fact that everything here is very expensive. Roughly speaking, you'll need at least $ 100 a day, if you decide to leave town. But in this time of year it does not matter much, because all roads are still closed. It is for this reason, to somehow keep him occupied, I decided to climb the mountain, located close to town and visit the botanical garden. View from the Bridge on the River Panj Nothing special, I was not expecting, but the thought that I would see all sorts of thorns, was very much attractive. I must say that I was disappointed to see trees with leaves, but the kind that opens from the garden, forced me to take another look at the city, Pamir highway and tunnel that was built to protect the track from numerous landslides. (We are talking about the highway that connects the Tajik city of Dushanbe and Khorog, Osh, Kyrgyz, with the Afghan city of Mazar-i-Sharif, approx. Perevi.) In the botanical garden, I went to the Swiss, who came back by taxi. I decided to walk back and arranged to meet him in the city in three hours. "You have to get used to the difficulties of road - I told myself after turned to something not there, and spent another half hour. - Make sure you have to get used to. " Deadline for material:
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