by Calvin Sun | Jan 8, 2016 | Tajikistan, The Nightlife, Way Way Off the Beaten Path, Winter 2015: The Silk Road
After a one hour drive from the creepy haunted Soviet sanitorium, we arrived in Tajikistan’s capital Dushanbe. Formerly a small village known for its weekly Monday bazaar (the name “Dushanbe” means Monday), it gained global attention in 1920 when the emir of...
by Calvin Sun | Jan 7, 2016 | How's the weather?, Rules Are Meant To Be Broken, Tajikistan, Way Way Off the Beaten Path, What Dreams May Come, Winter 2015: The Silk Road
From death tunnels to haunted hotels, the last 2 days were straight out of a setup for a horror movie. To begin, we first set off at 8am from Khojand to Dushanbe, driving towards the Fan Mountains. We first stopped over at Istaravshan, formerly...
by Calvin Sun | Jan 5, 2016 | Border Crossing, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Winter 2015: The Silk Road
After 2 days in Samarkand, the group arrived in Tashkent in the afternoon and we did a leisurely walk through Independence Park, observing some national monuments and a public fair. By the memorial to veterans, there are gold plated books listing...
