Well this journey turned into the most adventurous part of our trip so far. The pass is some 4,250 metres high and marks the border between Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan. The road is barely passable and our vehicle from Sary Tash to the Tajik border (about an hour's drive past the Kyrgyz border post across the pass) was an old Russian jeep which had to stop at least 4 times through overheating, with the driver using snow to cool down the radiator. We just made it and were met on the Tajik border by Tatik, our driver, who we had arranged to come up from Murghab to meet us (in a rather better vehicle). He had been at the border since before midday and we arrived well after 2.00pm, but he was pleasant and understanding about the whole matter. He had remarkably good English for someone who was self taught.
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