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07-29-12, 09:34 PM
This story popped up in today's Western Australian (http://au.news.yahoo.com/thewest/) newspaper. Also some coverage in The Age (http://www.theage.com.au/national/intrepid-cyclist-evacuated-from-tajik-riots-20120729-236em.html).
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A Perth cyclist trapped for three days in a hotel during a military uprising in Tajikistan has described his fear as bullets ricocheted past on the street outside.
Brian Thompson was two months and 6500km into a cycling tour along the ancient Silk Road when he and his fellow travellers found themselves in Khorog, not far from the Afghanistan border, as government troops tried last week to seize control of the town.
Read the rest at the link (http://www.theage.com.au/national/intrepid-cyclist-evacuated-from-tajik-riots-20120729-236em.html)
Regards
Andrew
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A Perth cyclist trapped for three days in a hotel during a military uprising in Tajikistan has described his fear as bullets ricocheted past on the street outside.
Brian Thompson was two months and 6500km into a cycling tour along the ancient Silk Road when he and his fellow travellers found themselves in Khorog, not far from the Afghanistan border, as government troops tried last week to seize control of the town.
Read the rest at the link (http://www.theage.com.au/national/intrepid-cyclist-evacuated-from-tajik-riots-20120729-236em.html)
Regards
Andrew