Tajikistan
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[edit] Accommodation
[edit] Sary Tash
There are a couple of home-stays/guest houses in town. Simple sleeping arrangements and food (fried potatoes) for around $6-$8. Dress warmly. Temperatures dropped to -15 Celsius when we were there in early October.
[edit] Murghab
About 10 Tajik somoni ($6), including dinner and breakfast. There are several other guesthouses in town.
[edit] Wakhan Valley
Just ask around at the local store. Expect to pay from 5-30 somoni, depending upon the place and food options. Don’t expect water for bathing and bring toilet paper with you for the outhouses. We bathed, very gratefully, at the hot springs in Bibi Fatima and Garam Chasma.
[edit] Khorog
For its lovely hosts, delicious food and hot showers, The Pamir Lodge is a great place to stay in Khorog, especially for $5 per person. The Pamir Lodge is located across the river from the market near a school and friendly bee keeper whose bees produce some of the world’s strappiest honey.
[edit] Food
You don’t come to the Pamirs to eat. In Murghab, we ate yak meat and yak yogurt, both of which were both surprisingly tasty. After that, we mainly ate fried potatoes, a grain resembling bulghur wheat, bread and tea until we reached saturation…and the town of Khorog. A wider variety of food may be available during the summer months, but pack power bars, nuts and dried fruit and other goodies to get you through sparse eating opportunities. We highly recommend ordering kurtob, a fresh, light layered dish made with strips of bread, homemade yogurt, onions, tomatoes and coriander, at the Pamir Lodge in Khorog. A welcome treat after a week of bland fried potatoes and uninspired bread.
[edit] Tajik visa and LOI
Not to risk, it is better to get the visa in your home country in advance...Letter of invitation from http://www.tajikistanvisa.land.ru costs 12 euros... or you can look through the tourist forums, probably you will find somebody to make it cheaper.
Links to travelogues about Tajikistan
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