I found the Pamir Hotel where I planned to spend the night to find out if I should continue or go back. The manager confirmed what many cyclists had told me - the roads to the interesting valleys and after Khorog were very bad for hundreds of kilometres which didn’t sound like fun for the bike and me. And as the bikeable M41 to Khorog would not provide much different views, I decided to go back to Kyrgyzstan even though it became a very short trip....