Three companions cycling from Tajikistan to Makkah to perform Haj, said it has been an extraordinary profound excursion – an excursion loaded up with experience, consideration and trust.
Subsequent to covering huge number of miles, the triplet from the focal Asian country’s capital city of Dushanbe have now arrived at the UAE.
For Gafurov Dilovar, Nazarov Saidali and Talabov Shokir, all in their 30s, the extreme street venture was one of the main potential approaches on the journey. As per reports, the Tajikistan government limits residents under 40 years old from taking the journey and looks to allow more seasoned individuals an opportunity.
“We are companions. We chose to attempt the journey on our cycles. We have arranged for this excursion starting from the beginning of the year. We are on a drawn out bicycle ride. We have confronted a few issues from sweltering climate, sand and residue tempests, and blustery circumstances, to punctured tires, language hindrances, resting out and about and other stuff, however we have beaten this multitude of obstacles. Presently we are holding on to get visas from the Consulate General of Saudi Arabia in Dubai to proceed with our excursion,” said Dilovar, a 37-year-old business visionary and father of two kids.
Dilovar has recorded and posted key minutes on his Instagram handle.
In an unusual happenstance, the triplet are in the UAE on World Bicycle Day, which falls on June 3.
From the rough mountains, the trekking triplet, who talk just Russian and Persian, started their excursion after the finish of the Holy month of Ramadan. They previously attempted to ride through adjoining Turkmenistan however a passage into the nation ordered a 20-day Covid-19 quarantine. So they looked to find an elective way through the Afghanistan-Uzbekistan line, yet again fizzled in view of the new international circumstance. Then they rode to Tashkent, the capital of Uzbekistan, while covering regions like the 2,000-year-old authentic city of Bukhara.
“At the point when one entryway got closed, another would open. The courses continued to change, yet our process won’t ever stop. We are here in Dubai with the desire for getting visas to visit Saudi Arabia to play out the Haj,” said 31-year-old Saidali, who runs a basic food item shop, and a dad of three.
From Tashkent, they traveled to Baku in Azerbaijan, and afterward hit the road confusing through a few old urban communities of Iran like Qazvin – the country’s calligraphy capital and Isfahan – quite possibly the main urban communities in the Silk Road program. They at last took a ship from Bandar Abbas to arrive at Sharjah.
“This has been truly an excursion of profound arousing. We have experienced towns and mountain regions, riding in taking off heat during daytime and cold evenings. We ate by the side of the road and set up camp external mosques around evening time. We went with fundamental hardware like guides, tents, a few snacks and so forth,” said 34-year-old Shokir, a money manager and father of four.
They have implored at a few milestone mosques and paid their recognitions on the burial places of saints and holy people.
“In the beyond 30 days, we have been to various nations and societies, and made a ton of new companions. We have gained some significant knowledge of new examples throughout everyday life. We could assist with peopling fix their punctured tires. We got support from a few group whom we met interestingly. We generally accepted we could finish this journey to Haj, and we are currently nearly there. We desire to get visas soon to travel,” Dilovar added after his visit to the Consulate on Friday.
