A documentary project about the Wakhan Corridor - a narrow strip of land between Pakistan, Tajikistan and China, where nomadic Kyrgyz live. A film crew sets off from Dushanbe on an expedition by car, preparing to travel to one of the most isolated places in the world, where China is building the first highway.
- Duration
- 25 min 50 s
- Route distance
- 627.4 km
- Start
- Dushanbe
- End
- Ishkoshim
- Stops
- 4
- Channel author
- Таймлаб Хрониклс | Андрей Ефимов
Timestamps and places
- — Fayzabad (Introduction to the Wakhan Corridor)
- — History of the Wakhan Corridor
- — Route through Uzbekistan and Tajikistan
- — Dushanbe (Training in Dushanbe)
- — Dushanbe is the last major city
- — Gas station at Gazprom Neft in Dushanbe
- — The way from Dushanbe to the border
- — Crossing the border of Tajikistan
- — Entering Afghanistan
- — Overnight at the border and obtaining visas
- — Obtaining visas in Afghanistan
- — Şarhan Bandar - the first city
- — Sharkhan Bandar (Buying flatbread in Sharkhan Bandar)
- — Faizabad and permitting
- — Ministry of Information of Badakhshan
- — Ishkoshim (The way to Ishkoshim)
- — Machine condition and fuel consumption
- — Stop for a meal in Ishkoshim
Route on the map
Returning to Afghanistan on Li L9 to shoot the doc about the Wakhan Corridor, Part 1