Recnet travel to Tajikistan

Just been in Tajikistan for 3 weeks and wanted to mention that teh Lonely Planet Central Asia book is rather out of date when we tried to use it for reference in planning the trip.
Soe points - Penjakent to Samarkand ( Uzbek) - border remains closed - so no way through inless you go to Kholand or Dushanbe.
Road to Khojand no has been upgraded by a chinese tunnel which cuts of 2 hours of travel - also the snow is not closing the road so much now.
Maps of Dushanbe are very out of date - the whole city has expanded with new Presidential Buildings and gardens. The park with a small sky train is not working and the area is now full of houses.
Museums - well not open when we were there - but it was November.
Statues of Lenin remain few and far between - the one on Kholand has been replaced by the Samonid king ...there were 2 spotted in Penjakent and Istarafshan.
Visa now $58 for UK citizen - long wait at the air port to do this .....if you get the visa at the border...come off the plane into the waiting area and see a little room on the right where the visas are prepared.
All travel prices and hotel prices were out of date - double it and add more! Hotel prices - 3 times more and note that rooms are costed per person.

Interesting place to visit - when will the book be updated???? A waste of money buying it actually!

Regards,

Unfortunately, just about every guidebook is out of date almost as soon as it is released. However, with Central Asia more so as so much changes there so quickly. I was there four years ago and used to contribute to these pages a lot for that area. But what applied then is now not so; for example, visas, LOIs, etc have almost completely changed.

Books for less visited areas often get updated very little and Central asia is one of them. Still its a "Guide" book and not a bible. If i read anything in the guide book, i confirm it on the internet or with a local.

Do you still need an LOI?

Hi, thanks for the advice. I'm planning on going next summer if budget allows, if so I'll go for the Bradt guide to be released in May. However if it look too expensive I may just stick to Kyrgyzstan. What was your daily budget, and how much would I need if travelling as cheaply as possible?

Cheers

Planning visit to Tajikistan. Post mentions LP was it 5th edition 2010 book thats so out of date? I would like to enter from Kyrgystan by road taxi / bus. I have the above LP book and now question the info given on page422
Also I would like to fly to the US from Dushanbe so far my airline searches dont show flights connections Any info Tks

Hi
Flight tickets you will find only in Dushanbe in tickets offices . Contact me if you want , I have a friend which selle air tickets and he can find for you the cheapest...
cheers