In the span of 1.5 years I have visited Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan and Tajikistan. While they share similarities they are also distinctively different. Tajikistan is not very touristic, especially not in the Fergana Valley were we spent most of our time. The Tajik people welcomed us with an incredible warmth and hospitality. We were constantly gifted in the market, vegetables, fruits or freshly baked bread. People would stop their cars, roll down the window, and shout out “welcome to Tajikistan”, and we were often invited to have tea in people’s houses. A rare and heart warming hospitality.