5th of October:
The last kilometres to Dushanbe we have a very good road. Of course the road is again built by Chinese company and workers. Until we reach Dushanbe we are stopped by the Police at least 8 times. Every time they are complaining about our black back windows which is not allowed in Tajikistan and only the president can have it. We always explain this is a foreign car and not Tajik and it is original. Often they just give up and let us drive. But one of them is really "funny". First he complains about the 3 people while we have only two seats. Then he forgets this and is complaining about the black windows. Finally he tries to tell us that our car is too dirty which is exceptionally not true. Anyway in the same time he stops another car and tells the driver he was to fast. They are also fighting with him and finally he releases us. Another police guy is complaining about our right handle. They try to find any reason so that we feel guilty and pay some money to them. But we just discussed and never paid and they got bored and we were released. It is better than in Kyrgyzstan, no chance also with long discussion.
We find the Uzbek embassy in Dushanbe and say Bye to Vitali, who is lucky and do not need any Visa since he is from Bela Russia. There are a lot of people at the embassy waiting for their processed passports. Unfortunately for today it is too late to apply for the Visa and we have to go their next day again. We check out the Kazakh embassy but it is also closed that day.
In the Wakhan valley we got invited from Gulia to visit her in Dushanbe. Kotomi was really looking forward to see her again. Somehow she had the feeling, which you normally have for a sister. After one hour we found her place, I am ringing and she opens the door. She is just cutting hairs of a friend. It is like telepathic she said, because she was just talking with her friend about us. Somehow she wondered why we do not come and if we just left the country. That means she was really happy to see us again. We stay over night in Gulias house, cooking together a typical Tajik dish and chatting a lot.
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