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The 5 Stans of the Silk Road – Epilogue

Summary We didn’t really know what to expect when embarking on this 24 day pilgrimage. We were a bit trepidatious about some of the countries, and very ignorant about others. We had general impressions - Islamic culture, post-soviet nations, mountains, grasslands, and authoritarian regimes. I was intrigued by the Darvaza gas crater, and both of … Continue reading The 5 Stans of the Silk Road – Epilogue →

Tajikistan

Our next country, Tajikistan is immediately a very different place to Uzbekistan. Over millennia, this region has been subject to repeated invasions, from Persians in 600BC, through Alexander ‘the Great’ (not to this country), Greco-Bactrians, Kushans, Sassanids, Hephthalites, Gokturks, Samanids, Ghengis Khan, then Tamir (who we met in a previous episode), before the Russians deemed … Continue reading Tajikistan →