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Camping spot
Just before the beginning after Kulob
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Camping spot
Just before the beginning after Kulob
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Camping spot
Just before the beginning after Kulob
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Road and clouds
Watching back the road cycled
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Uphill
Sweating with the spring sun
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Simona cycling uphill
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The view going up
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The view going up
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The view going up
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Bird of pray
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Almost on top
The road is degenerating!
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Almost on top
In the fog
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After the Shurobod Pass
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After the Shurobod Pass
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Downhill on a very bad road
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Impressive valley going downhill
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![Impressive valley going downhill](https://www.becycling.net/becycling/wp-content/plugins/justified-image-grid/timthumb.php?src=https%3A%2F%2Flive.staticflickr.com%2F591%2F20935765602_6716edd951_h.jpg&h=350&q=90&f=.jpg)
Impressive valley going downhill
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![Impressive valley going downhill](https://www.becycling.net/becycling/wp-content/plugins/justified-image-grid/timthumb.php?src=https%3A%2F%2Flive.staticflickr.com%2F578%2F20758760609_204726e41a_h.jpg&h=350&q=90&f=.jpg)
Impressive valley going downhill
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![Impressive valley going downhill](https://www.becycling.net/becycling/wp-content/plugins/justified-image-grid/timthumb.php?src=https%3A%2F%2Flive.staticflickr.com%2F5645%2F20757461260_5b7b119335_h.jpg&h=350&q=90&f=.jpg)
Impressive valley going downhill
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Afghanistan
This is our first look to the afghan mountains!
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We reached the border with Afghanistan
The Panji marks the border, we will cycle along the river for almost 1000 km.
![Ready to rest](https://www.becycling.net/becycling/wp-content/plugins/justified-image-grid/timthumb.php?src=https%3A%2F%2Flive.staticflickr.com%2F754%2F20757468790_6f7cf8a3ae_h.jpg&h=350&q=90&f=.jpg)
Ready to rest
We camped in a settlement with the workers for a turkish road contruction company.
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Great morning light on the afghan mountain
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Border
One of the very few bridges crossing the border between Tajikistan and Afghanistan
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Cycling in the Panji valley
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Small Afghan village in the green nature
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![Beautiful asphalt on this part of the road](https://www.becycling.net/becycling/wp-content/plugins/justified-image-grid/timthumb.php?src=https%3A%2F%2Flive.staticflickr.com%2F665%2F20945555285_d261bef746_h.jpg&h=350&q=90&f=.jpg)
Beautiful asphalt on this part of the road
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![View on the map and on the Panji](https://www.becycling.net/becycling/wp-content/plugins/justified-image-grid/timthumb.php?src=https%3A%2F%2Flive.staticflickr.com%2F737%2F20757589398_55f45e72a8_h.jpg&h=350&q=90&f=.jpg)
View on the map and on the Panji
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Panji river
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Cliffs on the road
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Cycling in the Panji valley
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Steep uphill
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Bridges, rocks and cliffs
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![Waterfall everywhere](https://www.becycling.net/becycling/wp-content/plugins/justified-image-grid/timthumb.php?src=https%3A%2F%2Flive.staticflickr.com%2F620%2F20324521563_d3a7593261_h.jpg&h=350&q=90&f=.jpg)
Waterfall everywhere
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Bridges on the valley
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Watching the afghan side
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Watching the afghan side
Small tents camping along the river
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Watching the afghan side
Working hard to build a path similar to a road. The afghan side of the valley is much more remote than the tajik side
![Simona resting](https://www.becycling.net/becycling/wp-content/plugins/justified-image-grid/timthumb.php?src=https%3A%2F%2Flive.staticflickr.com%2F646%2F20952976651_bec3d22f13_h.jpg&h=350&q=90&f=.jpg)
Simona resting
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![Green Afghanistan](https://www.becycling.net/becycling/wp-content/plugins/justified-image-grid/timthumb.php?src=https%3A%2F%2Flive.staticflickr.com%2F590%2F20757625338_1f8169bf1d_h.jpg&h=350&q=90&f=.jpg)
Green Afghanistan
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![Beautiful waterfall on the road](https://www.becycling.net/becycling/wp-content/plugins/justified-image-grid/timthumb.php?src=https%3A%2F%2Flive.staticflickr.com%2F5629%2F20322993054_7d233dbf16_h.jpg&h=350&q=90&f=.jpg)
Beautiful waterfall on the road
We had a shower cycling in the water
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Cows
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Camping on the grass of a school in a small village
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Morning sunrise
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Cycling along the river
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![In this area also the afghan side is rich of water](https://www.becycling.net/becycling/wp-content/plugins/justified-image-grid/timthumb.php?src=https%3A%2F%2Flive.staticflickr.com%2F5707%2F20757532390_6eae6a6507_h.jpg&h=350&q=90&f=.jpg)
In this area also the afghan side is rich of water
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![Beautiful asphalt](https://www.becycling.net/becycling/wp-content/plugins/justified-image-grid/timthumb.php?src=https%3A%2F%2Flive.staticflickr.com%2F5714%2F20935841652_1b3fd0fe36_h.jpg&h=350&q=90&f=.jpg)
Beautiful asphalt
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![Beautiful asphalt](https://www.becycling.net/becycling/wp-content/plugins/justified-image-grid/timthumb.php?src=https%3A%2F%2Flive.staticflickr.com%2F699%2F20919359666_bfabf31b89_h.jpg&h=350&q=90&f=.jpg)
Beautiful asphalt
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![Strange mushroom and herb](https://www.becycling.net/becycling/wp-content/plugins/justified-image-grid/timthumb.php?src=https%3A%2F%2Flive.staticflickr.com%2F5719%2F20952998301_eb3ca9c73a_h.jpg&h=350&q=90&f=.jpg)
Strange mushroom and herb
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![Big bread disc!](https://www.becycling.net/becycling/wp-content/plugins/justified-image-grid/timthumb.php?src=https%3A%2F%2Flive.staticflickr.com%2F627%2F20758840449_883dd80176_h.jpg&h=350&q=90&f=.jpg)
Big bread disc!
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![10.000 km from Rome!](https://www.becycling.net/becycling/wp-content/plugins/justified-image-grid/timthumb.php?src=https%3A%2F%2Flive.staticflickr.com%2F5798%2F20919365866_56d227b85c_h.jpg&h=350&q=90&f=.jpg)
10.000 km from Rome!
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![Simona](https://www.becycling.net/becycling/wp-content/plugins/justified-image-grid/timthumb.php?src=https%3A%2F%2Flive.staticflickr.com%2F566%2F20324571493_cd8941c0f4_h.jpg&h=350&q=90&f=.jpg)
Simona
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![Kalaikhumb](https://www.becycling.net/becycling/wp-content/plugins/justified-image-grid/timthumb.php?src=https%3A%2F%2Flive.staticflickr.com%2F5688%2F20953005341_f4697dab82_h.jpg&h=350&q=90&f=.jpg)
Kalaikhumb
We are half way from Khorog
![Afghan village](https://www.becycling.net/becycling/wp-content/plugins/justified-image-grid/timthumb.php?src=https%3A%2F%2Flive.staticflickr.com%2F731%2F20757548420_351d2298e3_h.jpg&h=350&q=90&f=.jpg)
Afghan village
Women washing carpets, quilts and clothes in the Panji river
![Afghan village](https://www.becycling.net/becycling/wp-content/plugins/justified-image-grid/timthumb.php?src=https%3A%2F%2Flive.staticflickr.com%2F591%2F20324578153_5553b06985_h.jpg&h=350&q=90&f=.jpg)
Afghan village
Women washing carpets, quilts and clothes in the Panji river
![Panji River in the evening](https://www.becycling.net/becycling/wp-content/plugins/justified-image-grid/timthumb.php?src=https%3A%2F%2Flive.staticflickr.com%2F569%2F20757552050_b9b41b7bdd_h.jpg&h=350&q=90&f=.jpg)
Panji River in the evening
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![Good morning](https://www.becycling.net/becycling/wp-content/plugins/justified-image-grid/timthumb.php?src=https%3A%2F%2Flive.staticflickr.com%2F5620%2F20945629115_fe96c51594_h.jpg&h=350&q=90&f=.jpg)
Good morning
We slept on the typical asian gazebo