Iskander Kul
Iskander means Akexander (after Alexander the Great) in Tajik and Kul stands for lake
From: Asia » Tajikistan
The Tajik people came under Russian rule in the 1860s and 1870s, but Russia's hold on Central Asia weakened following the Revolution of 1917. Bolshevik control of the area was fiercely contested and not fully reestablished until 1925. Tajikistan bec... [read more]
The Tajik people came under Russian rule in the 1860s and 1870s, but Russia's hold on Central Asia weakened following the Revolution of 1917. Bolshevik control of the area was fiercely contested and not fully reestablished until 1925. Tajikistan bec... [read more] Blog: Odyssey in the Fan Mountains
Date: July 19th 2007
...as I wrote you, my little bath had an influence on my onward journey... So after the nice evening in the small Tajik village, I prepared myself to get up around 9 o'clock, as the bus to Iskander Kul was meant to leave around 11 from the city. That night I couldn't really sleep well and you can imagine my surprise when I was woken up at 5 in the morning...."we have to go!!!" WHERE? WHY? ... read more
Date: July 19th 2007
...as I wrote you, my little bath had an influence on my onward journey... So after the nice evening in the small Tajik village, I prepared myself to get up around 9 o'clock, as the bus to Iskander Kul was meant to leave around 11 from the city. That night I couldn't really sleep well and you can imagine my surprise when I was woken up at 5 in the morning...."we have to go!!!" WHERE? WHY? ... read more
Comment on Iskander Kul
Comments
After having finished my theoretical studies in France (just the master thesis still has to be written), I am travelling overland to China, my second time already, this time I'm following the Northern Silk Road. I intend to pass the following countries:
Germany - Austria - Slovenia - Croatia - Serbia - Macedonia - Greece - Turkey (maybe a short stay in Georgia) - Iran (I really look forward to see this country)- Turkmenistan (in honor to Turkmenbashi ;-) - Uzbekistan - Tajikistan - Kyrgystan - China (Xinjiang and Tibet, then to Shanghai)
My timetable is quite flexible, but I think that... full info
| Joined: | February 7th 2007 |
| Status: | BLOGGER |
| Blogs: | 15 |
| Photos: | 492 |
| Forum posts: | 0 |
| TB Code: | [photo=1407117] |
Options
Copyright Notice: All Rights Reserved
The text and photos of this article remain the copyright of the Author (Hiasi). Under no circumstances should the photos or text be used without the express written permission of the Author (Hiasi). If you wish to use or publish photos or text from this article - please
Contact Matthias (Hiasi) - a lack of a response does not mean that you have permission to use material from this page.
Feruz
non-member comment
Iskander Kul
Dear Mathias I browsed your photos with extreme great interest and anxiety when I found it on the web. Fyi, I am doing a research on Alexander the Great and I have also finished scrutinizing all ancient maps and Holy Books of the 3 religions which mentioned Alexander and few ancient travellers' log books including Marco Polo. All the maps shown different places of wall of Gog and Magog and funnily ALL are not plausibile if I cross-check with their respective writers' Holy Book except for 1 writer. In fact, all the location info inside the internet are misleading and not accurate at all. I personally believed that the wall is somewhere in the ranges of where Iskandar Kul is. My question is, do you have anymore photos, that you can upload here and any other info. about what you saw or hear from the local about this place that could help me. I am planning to go to Uzbek/Tajik in June 2011 for this personal expedition, Of course anyone can join me if they are interested. I need to finalize a bit more on my research before i go, though I can almost tell on the google earth at which peak it is. Please do not hesitate to contact me shoud at the above email if you have any question. thanx Feruz
From Blog: Odyssey in the Fan Mountains