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Afghanistan is close - and magic hiking too
Trekki Says: I found it very much amazing to be that close to this mysterious and famous country. It is literally a stone throw away (provided you get the stone threwn over the river). Khorog’s airport is located north of town, directly at river Panj, the one that separates Tajikistan’s...
Highest botanical garden at 2800 m
Trekki Says: The botanical garden was something very much interesting to visit while I was here. LP said that it is the second highest in the world, at 3900 m (all other sources I found said the same, but they most probably have only copied LP). It cannot be that high, as Khorog is 2200...
The Regional Museum is worth a visit
Trekki Says: As I was a bit longer in Khorog than originally planned, I did see a lot of this charming town. One of the real highlights was the visit in the little museum. Well, little is not exactly true, as it is bigger than one would expect a museum in such a little town. It has a lot...
Stroll around in the village – along Gunt
Trekki Says: So why did I choose the heading “maybe this is Shangri La” for Khorog ? This is very easy to explain: I arrived after having had this **** experience with the rip-off company in Dushanbe, I wanted so badly to see the Pamir mountains and I wanted to flee the brutal heat of...
Trekki Says: Finding a bed in Khorog turned out to be not that easy as I thought. LP (of 2004) and the Hauser Map had listed ACTED (Agency for Technical Cooperation and Development) and MSDSP (Mountain Societies Development Support Programme) as organisations with base in Khorog, which...
Trekki Says: Khorog has a lot places to grab food but not much restaurants (or they were hidden). LP lists one I did not find (Alyosh), but I found 2 others where I liked the food. Unfortunately they didn’ have signs, and with my inability to speak Russian, I even could not ask for the...
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Wonderful and lively market (bazaar)
Trekki Says: Yes, there are several stores to buy food in Khorog, but the best is without doubt, the bazaar. Here you get all you need for your travels or trekking along the Pamir highway. It is wise to do food shopping here, as on the way, you will most probably not be able to get food...
Get your OVIR registration and money !!!
Trekki Says: I have already explained the necessity = MUST to get registered with the Tajik officials on my Takikistan page. It is a waste of time to do it in Dushanbe (will take long and is quite buerocratic). If you are heading to Pamirs anyhow, the best place to get your stamp is in...
Some remarks about Khorog beforehand
Trekki Says: From what I could read in our forums, “my” German Trekkingforum and other websites, most travellers use Khorog only as the western base for travelling along the Pamir Highway. This is a shame, as it is definitely worthwile to stay here a bit longer.I was in the … well,...
Trekki Says: Hauser map and LP have village maps of Khorog, so I could not place them here (maybe I would have gotten permission from Markus Hauser, but I didn’t ask), so I made one in powerpoint. It is easy, as Khorog has 2 main roads, north and south of Gunt river. The northern one is...
Trekki Says: In case you need any medical help, I can highly highly recommend to go to Khorog’s hospital ! As already mentioned, I had caught a quite nasty case of “Montezuma” in Bukhara and was too stupid to bring activated coal with me, but tried to treat it with antibiotics. It didn’t...
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Khorog - maybe this is Shangri La ?
Update: April 21, 2007: nothing new, I just worked a bit on all photos, as a lot of them had a greyish touch and got some cleaning with PhotoImpact (thanks to a very sweet person for reminding me to...
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