Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
8
Getting¨Around
AIR
Domestic lights are limited to Dushanbe-
Khojand and the spectacular but notoriously
unreliable Dushanbe-Khorog service (p347).
BUS, MINIBUS & SHARED TAXI
The bus/minibus network is limited, though the
new Asia Express bus company plans to ex-
pand. For now shared taxis are the only public
transport between Dushanbe and Penjikent or
Khojand, while shared 4WDs are the main link
to Khorog and Murgab.
Travellers commonly organise themselves
into groups to rent chaufeured 4WD vehicles
in the Pamirs or for chartering a whole shared
taxi/vehicle so that they can stop more fre-
quently en route. Several good traveller meet-
ing places are listed (see boxed text opposite),
or pre-organise a group through lonely Plan-
et's Thorn Tree, through Couchsurfing.com or
via the forum of www.tajiktourism.com
