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@lbiggie: good sugestion. One option is to buy Droid phone (I have the OptimusT), which does support UMA, but buy it on a pre-paid plan....

@Mjgoali: you call the northern route a road? That's very generous of you. :) You're right, though, it is beautiful.

I stayed in Darshay for a month and we had power all the time. I was able to charge phones, run laptops, etc. It was great. They even...

I stayed many nights over two months at Hanis Guesthouse in Ishkashim with my wife. We loved the place. The meals are amazing. The son...

Yes, it can be done, but if you absolutely must be somewhere at a particular time (like Dushanbe for a flight), give yourself at least...

Recently spent two months in Tajikistan doing research in the Pamirs. For the return to Dushanbe, the folks who run Pamir Lodge suggested...