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Wednesday, August 05th, 2009 / Murray

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If you are visiting for the first time, the Roof of the World Rally blogs begin at the bottom of http://thetravelmur.com/page/9/ and read up from the bottom.  You can view the subsequent days by clicking the “Next Entries>>” link at the bottom of each page.

Highlights of what have been blogged include:

  • death warnings at sendoff
  • driving where Germans only walk
  • our first (of many) shakedown by police
  • finding a backwards solution to a breakdown in Kazakhstan
  • attacked in Kyrgyzstan
  • a river runs through it–the car, that is
  • near-death experience by altitude sickness
  • creative ways to pay for a Tajik hospital stay
  • unwelcome to most popular in a Pamiri village

Stories soon to come:

  • twice a fugitive
  • sleeping in minefields
  • driving through waterfalls
  • the most treacherous roads of the journey
  • the most treacherous non-roads of the journey
  • the benefits of bad tuna
  • bridges that shouldn’t be
  • a conversation with the KGB
  • the finish line
  • the vodka line
  • the toilet line
  • Tajiki departure
  • European departure

Videos

Videos continue to be uploaded and are listed in the column to the left or by clicking here:  VIDEOS

Maps

The map of our drive has been updated here:  MAP

Photos

Photos continue to be uploaded from the trip and can be viewed by clicking the photo below.

Roof of the World Rally 2009


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Head towards Afghanistan for safety?
Monday, June 22nd, 2009 / Murray

Something I never expected to hear was someone recommending we get as close to Afghanistan as possible–just to be more safe.  Today we received an update from the Rally officials that started with this:

Hi there folks,
Got some breaking news on Taj . Just an important security update basically to do with militants on the route around the Garm area and army operations in the area…

They go on to recommend a route change.  This change moves us out of the militant area and extends our route along the Afghan border.  A great deal of the Pamir Highway we are going to take skirts the Afghan border, but we had planned on heading inland from the border as soon as practical.  I guess practical was replaced by non-militant.  This keeps it interesting if nothing else.

It was good for a reality check on the potential dangers involved driving through this region of the world.  Bart, maybe you were onto something.

The map of the proposed route has been updated.  It now shows Ukraine, Russia, Kazakhstan, and Kyrgyzstan, as well as this most recent route change.  Fun times in Central Asia.

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