We were heading back into town again today, the destination being Khorog, the capital of the Gorno-Badakhshan autonomous region with a population of 28000. A trip of overall 180km was ahead of us.

From Ptup we continued along the Panj river, had a stop at Khakka Fort on the way (see previous entry) to eventually reach Eshkashem. Here we continued North (still following the river) to – after a lunch stop en-route –  reach Khorog in the late afternoon.