Is this trip really a marathon?
I drove a lot of your route last year and I can see that you are going to be driving almost every day.
You are going to miss out on any intimate connections with the locals and insights into the countries you get from stopping and absorbing. It is a pity really because you will never go back.
Be prepared for fuel difficulties in Uzbekistan where diesel and petrol are hard to find. We found only four places where it was available between Tashkent and the Kazakhstan border via Khiva. There is so much to experience in Tajikistan it is a crime to rush through.
You wont be able to do any speed on the bitumen on the way to Murghab without getting airborne.
Aliprovidor. (Aussie)
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