The holy place, Basid

Interestingly they called it their "holy place", not a mosque, and I was not allowed in. From the place pictured in this photo some sort of path or steps ran up the mountainside to another "holy place" about thirty metres higher than this one.

Tajikistan - probably the best country in the world

September 25th 2010
What was it that made me fall in love with the place? I like challenging and remote destinations, but here Soviet-constructed roads link every settlement to its nearest town; I like culture, but here much of that has, on the surface of things, been lost, men wearing T-shirts and caps, often drinking vodka and almost invariably leaving, at least temporarily, to work in Russia, the old pre-Soviet wa ... read more

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 beca... ... read more

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