In which Zach sets out upon the famous “Silk Road” of Central Asia, starting with the city of Bukhara. However, for the first time since his arrival in Tajikistan, he is now traveling without his Tajik family and is seeing the sights alone.

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In which Zach visits a new cybercafe in central Dushanbe, the complimenting gift from Boulder, Colorado to their sister city – a completion of the journey he began a year ago when he visited Dushanbe’s gift of a beautiful teahouse to Boulder.

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In which Zach learns a little bit more about the incompetence of the Tajik government when his group is forced to halt because of a mudslide for 8 hours on the last day of their trip to the Pamir mountains.

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In which Zach returns to the village of Kalai-Khumb with a slight intestinal illness from drinking unfiltered spring water. Perhaps delirious, he attempts to climb a 1,500 meter mountain at night, without water or guides, and after his narrow return, his sister is attacked by tiny yellow scorpions in a bathtub, like something out of a horror movie.

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In which Zach stays in Khorog, the southern provincial capital of Tajikistan, and explores the local sites of hot springs, high-altitude gardens, and even gets a couple hand-knitted stockings out of it, too!

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In which Zach heads deep in the eastern mountains of Tajikistan along the Panj River separating Tajikistan and Afghanistan, encountering roaring rapids, landmines, waterfalls, and ridiculous roads.

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