Dushanbe is hot, 3pm this afternoon 35/38 degrees. So riding the bike under this temperatures is becoming a nightmare. Especially in town, waiting at the red light for a minute and our legs are on fire.
These few last days, we visited a little bit the South of Tajikistan by Taxi. It takes 3 hours to reach the south close to the Afghan border. Taxi is pretty cheap here, we paid 5euro per person for 3hours drive. Regarding the car selection not too many choices; Opel Astra and Vectra or Zafira.
Why ? Just because Germans are sending all their second hands here and cars are cheap. Locals are happy
with Opel and all the spare parts for Astra, Vectra and Zafira are easy to find, so Mr Tadjik drives Opel most of the time. Most of the cars are using GPL energy. Cost saving because the gas
comes from Russia or Kazakstan.
The SP95 is also cheaper than Europe . 1 Liter cost 0.71euro so no Diesel engine here.
Talking about traffic, police is everywhere. In Dushanbe every 100meters you have 2 policeman who according to their mood will
stop you and ask for some money. Drivers have no choice and pay around 0.50E every time they get stopped. Corruption is a big problem here but that's the rule. We heard they can make until 50E
per day with this strategy.
So we reached Shaaruz at noon. This place is famous for natural source. We were expecting something
more quite and nice but it was the opposite, crowded and not clean. I mean water was ok, fresh and drinkable but during weekends most of the people comes for a bath and picnic, as you can see on
the picture not much space left fit us to enjoy our Sunday. Anyway we had a quick swim, local specialities and a nap before getting back to Dushanbe by night.
We are missing driving and moving forward. We stayed 10 days in Dushanbe but no choice ! We have to wait
Wednesday; the starting date of our Uzbeck Visa. So 2 more days and we will share the adventure again with you.
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