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== Track ==The Pamir highway leads from the city of [[Osh]], [[Kyrgyzstan]], through [[Tajikistan]] ([[Gorno-Badakhshan]] Autonomous Province, [[Khorug]], [[Dushanbe]]), via the eastern part of [[Uzbekistan]], to [[Mazari Mazar-e Sharif]] in northern [[Afghanistan]].
== State ==Most of the Pamir Highway is paved, exept except for the mountain passes. Secondary roads are mostly unpaved and are in very bad condition. The Pamir highway is mostly one laned-lane. The pavement condition of the asphalt depends, ; sometimes it is really bad. Mistakes in driving Driving mistake can have deadly consequences, because the road is small and leads trough goes along deep valleys. Crash barriers doesn't existNo barrier stands between the road and the cliffs.
On the The Pamir Highway seems to be almost no has very little traffic, but for that reason nearly everybody stops. A small payment can be expected, make it clear before you enter. Russian language is a commonlanguage. You need special permits for some regions along the Pamir highway, which must be cleared before you enter. Call your responsible embassy If you apply for a visa for Tajikistan, ask for that reasonthe permits at the same time. Be aware of the landmines down in the Panj River.
== Links ==
[http://www.pamirs.org/ Pamirs roof of the world]
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The '''Pamir Highway''' is one of the main roads in [[Central Asia]]. Actually Pamir Trakt is a , the southern part extension of the [[M-41M41]].
[[File:Pamir_Highway_Route.jpg|400px|right|thumb|The Pamir Highway in Central Asia]]
[[File:Transport-dush-khorog.jpg|400px|right|thumb|The Pamir Highway near [[Khorugh]]]]
== Hitchhiking ==
== Life ==
Please be ready to wait for a days in some places. The number of cars is tended to zero on part from Kalaikhumb to Sarytash. From [[Kulob]] to [[Khorug]] up to 50 in a day in both directions, mostly heavy trucks and fullfilled taxi. From [[Khorug]] to [[Murgab]] up to 25 in a day in both directions. From [[Murgab]] to SaryTash up to 5 cars in a day. There is a truck with gasoline from [[Murgab]] to Tajik border control in Sarytash direction and back 2-3 times in a week. Also there is 23 km of no mans land between Tajik and Kyrgyz control points. Be ready to walk this distance through mountain pass Kyzylart 4200 meters altitude. Best option to start hitchhiking through Pamir track is to start from Osh, then move to Sarytash and then move to [[Murgab]]. This direction gives advantage of new transit cars (buses, trucks, tractors etc.) going from China to Tajikistan. There could be up to 50 transit cars in a day in Sarytash>>>Murgab direction.
Most trucks on Pamir track transport cargo from China, so before going to Pamirs find out schedule of holidays on Tajik and Chinese border controls. In some periods of year China got up to 10 days holidays, so up to 1 week there will be no cargo trucks on Pamirs.
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