At the start of August we crossed into Tajikistan, winding up and down through the precipitous passes of the Fan mountains. After a bumpy 12 hour ride we arrived at the Hotel Mercury in Dushanbe, where quite by chance I ran into an old friend from London, Celia Topping. Celia was en route back from Afghanistan, having [...]
Archive for October 2011
Stringed things of Middle Asia, part 2
October 26, 2011Stringed things of Middle Asia, part 1
October 26, 2011I’m not ashamed to admit it, the best thing about turning Livestock into a biennial event is that this summer I got to take a long holiday for the first time in ages. With the help of a few kind friends, notably Huw Owen of the pioneering new travel firm Travel Local, I made an [...]
