May 25, 2014
The homestay was
full of tourists last night: three Americans who were traveling in a jeep and
four Russians on motorbikes. We had our own little room and slept comfortably.
We left the village at 9:30, but before that, we went to the centre to get some
drinking water from the only well in the village. There were some people in
line for filling up their water bucket.
With a strong
head wind, steep road, and constant bumps, we walked our bikes the last 5 km to
the border where we registered and left Tajikistan, but we still had 25 km to
the border control of Kyrgyzstan—25 km of no-man’s land.
After the Tajik
border control, there was the famous Pamir Goat monument, in 4200 meters. We celebrated our achievement by taking photos with the monument. The
scenery changed suddenly on the Kyrgyzstan side of the border. The surface of the
mountains changed from rock to soil, so it suddenly got green with more
springs. There also were many high mountains straddling the two countries.
We rode our
bikes downhill in a very bumpy but beautiful road until 7 o'clock when we
decided to camp. We could not go further because it was getting too late, but
we did not have Kyrgyz visa yet. We could not stay a day in Kyrgyzstan without
passing the border control.
We camped in a
beautiful spot and had a lot of instant noodles. Let's see how the Kyrgyz
border control deal with our stay without visa tomorrow.
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| Breakfast in the Homestay |
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| From left to right: Italy, Catalonia, Iran/ Canada, Romania |
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| Raimon at the Top; Photographer: Radu |
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| Going down to Kyrgyzstan; Photographer: Radu |
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| Melting Snow for Dinner |
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| One of the locals in Kara Kool |
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| The Statue of the Goat at 4200 meters |
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| Going down to Kyrgyzstan |
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| Kyrgyz/Tajik No-Man's Land |
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| Melting Snow |
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| Chinese/Tajik Border |
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