Finally, the world famous company is going to operate its hotel in Tajikistan. Hyatt International signed a preliminary agreement with local Tajik company to open Hyatt Regency Dushanbe with 221 rooms and suites. It will be built in the center of the city next to Lake Komsomol.
Hyatt Regency Dushanbe will include over 1,400 square […]

The Ayni-Penjikent road along the Zerafshan river is a fantastically scenic route. After another three to four hour drive, interrupted at some point by a traffic police officer soliciting “choypuli”, we arrived in Penjikent.
The town has certainly changed since the 1990s. It looks more abandoned now. Driving along the major street that used to […]

After successfully overcoming endless mountain passes and military checkpoints, our Soviet minibus finally starts to descend into the Wakhan Valley in Eastern Tajikistan. For about three days, our driver Valerij had skilfully manoeuvred us from Osh in Kyrgyzstan to here – and although probably one of the most dangerous roads in the world, rarely […]