Episode 15 Off again on the train we were. Well, if we thought all the trains ran as effeciently as that fast train had when we came to Samakand we had to adjust our thinking, Not that I'm big on thinking, I leave that to L, she isn't much good at it either really, just thinks she is. See what I mean. We arrived at the station to find those that had left much earlier to catch a different train were still waiting, theirs had been delayed an hour or more. Ours...

Episode 14 There must be something in the air in Dushanbe as many people get ill there and my lot succumbed to another bout of something very nasty when we returned and we were stuck there for several more days before they felt well enough to head off. When we did set out again we had a revised plan as neither of my lot felt up to the approximately 12 trip to Samakand. Our revised plan was to take a share taxi back to Khujand, perhaps spend the night there, t...