Dehradun, Feb. 10 -- An ancient burial site.

All Around the World with the Most Travelled Indian

After Dushanbe, the capital of Tajikistan, it was time to exit this amazing country and to enter Uzbekistan via the land border between Panjakent and Samarkand. This was the border we had taken to enter Tajikistan around 10 days earlier (but what seemed like a few months ago, since so much happened in this mountain and desert country that we fell in love with). Richa and I said to ourselves that we still have a full day ahead of us, so why not see a few things along the way en route from Dushanbe to the border. We booked a cab from Dushanbe's Green House Hostel to the city taxi stand and found a wonderful person, Mohammad Karimuf, who agreed...