Day 59. Samarkand - Samarkand
Yes you read it right. Another momentous rookie mistake. Up and away to the Tajikistan border. We got the bike all processed out of Uzbekistan and also into Tajikistan. Then it was our turn to go to passport control. Got out of Uzbekistan ok but no way would they let us into Tajikistan. Our visa time of 45 days doesn’t begin until the 17th. Doh. A very nice guy called Alexander from Russia, he was big and so was his bike, rocked up on his bike and tried to help us out but unfortunately it all came to nothing. Robyn tried to look very tearful but still to no avail. (Actually she was tearful because Alexander left) Everyone was very nice about it and they said we could go to the first town and stay there but we must leave our passports at the border and come back on the 17th. We hummed and haahed about that but in the end decided to return to Samarkand. So we had to say goodbye to our Finnish friends and we wish them a safe journey on the Pamir Highway. They assured us that t...