We were driving on the roof of the world rally 2009 from england to tajikistan crossing 14 countries in three weeks in a ford mondeo estate station wagon.
Roof of the world rally tajikistan.
Talk about a good cause.
The need for ambulances in tajikistan really is dire.
Tajikistan the roof of the world.
Bed and breakfast dushanbe.
Most of the territory of tajikistan is occupied by the great mountain range of central asia pamir which means roof of the world pamir is a harsh alpine climate region where locals and geologists know about several caves which entrances are located on inaccessible steep walls which are composed of limestone of the devonian carboniferous cretaceous and jurassic geological periods.
But having to witness the festival of the pamir mountains is another thing.
The roof of the world is a yearly event one of the biggest festivals held in khorog tajikistan.
Until 2010 the tajik capital dushanbe with a population of over 80 000 people only had two ambulances neither or which had stretchers.
Travel agency world roof tours have been established in 2012 and in spite of the short time period of work as well as competition the company is a prosperous company of the largest holding company of the republic of tajikistan.
The festival s objective is to develop.
It has been pointed out to us here at travelwakhan that starting next month the roof of the world charity rally will be taking off from the uk on an 8 000 mile quest to deliver ambulances and raise money for tajikistan charity work.
Tajikistan seems particularly exotic and few foreign tourists have had the thrill of climbing its mountain peaks because it was virtually closed to the western world for 100 years.
Travel agency roof of the world travel an experienced team managers guides and drivers are always happy to organize tours on your request in pamir and other parts of tajikistan.
Check out their website support if you re able and look out for more info from.
Few foreign capitalists passed this way since 1891 when the russians expelled the consummate great game player francis younghusband from the pamirs.
Referred to perhaps lazily by some as the stans the five ex soviet republics of turkmenistan kazakhstan kyrgyzstan uzbekistan and tajikistan are a fascinating mishmash of eurasian influences.
Our mission is to ensure maximum comfort and a true pleasure from the journey getting unforgettable emotions during passage through the paths of the great silk road even in the most demanding tourists.
Go help aside from helping to import our ambulance supports clinics and emergency services across central asia and we would love to be able to help them continue with this life saving work.