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CLICK FOR INTERACTIVE MAPUseful books, maps and websites (1)
Trekki Says: In preparation for a trip to Tajikistan and Pamir, you might not find as much books, maps and websites as for, let’s say, European countries or US or any other...
...and much more delicious food: The best yoghurt on Earth !
Trekki Says: If you like dairy products, you and your stomach will be in heaven when travelling through the Pamirs !The eastern part of the Pamirs, the one, where you will...
Useful books, maps and websites (2)
Trekki Says: Markus Hauser, the one who worked on the Pamirs Map, also has his own website with lots of pictures, descriptions of his expeditions, etc. Please check Markus...
Trekki Says: Tajikistan, and more so its eastern region, the Pamirs are one of the most hospitable countries on this planet. All over in the Pamirs there are guesthouses,...
Trekki Says: A permit for Pamir region is essential for any travel within the Pamirs (be it for hiking, mountaineering or any other activity).Police and Military guys will...
Take the altitude serious (2) !
Trekki Says: I personally did not have any serious problems above 4600 m. Which amazed me, as I was not fine at all with some leftover Montezuma from Bukhara (UZ). But I had...
Warnings and Dangers in Viloyati Mukhtori Kuhistoni Badakhshon
Take the altitude serious (1) !
Trekki Says: The most serious warning and danger about Tajikistan and Pamirs is not coming from the country or the people or even military – it is in the traveller...
Warnings and Dangers in Viloyati Mukhtori Kuhistoni Badakhshon
Police and Military Checkpoints
Trekki Says: As I wrote before, there are quite a lot of checkpoints where military or police guys will look at your documents. Make sure, you have all of them (Visa, GBAO...
Trekki Says: The second important document you need when travelling in Tajikistan, and especially in Pamirs, is the so-called OVIR = Office of Visas and Registration.This is...
The Pamirs - go and touch the heaven :-)
Well, I do not have a slightest idea why VT Database lists the Pamirs region under such a name, the correct name should read Gorno Badakhshan Avtonomnaya Oblast, but well.... Update, October 2006: Oh...
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