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Istaravshan
Khujand
Khujand
The holy place, Basid
Children, Basid
Sheep that was killed to celebrate the five pillars being put in place in the new house
The new house Kolya was building in Basid
Ratkha and her sister, Basid
Effects of the flooding, Basid
Next village up the Bartang Valley from Basid
Multicoloured mountain slope near Basid
marmots
random Soviet era statues are dotted across the plains
that's China on the other side of the fence
100 miles of corrugations on the way to Kyrgyzstan
the village concert
playing with hoops
collecting water
changing faces
a typical Kyrgyz felt hat
the market in action
the container market
Murgab - our home for the night
dropping down into the Madiyan Valley
the hail storm
food posters
a typical tea stop
the Alichur Plains with a few of its salt lakes
our first yurt sighting
our first yak sighting
up on the Pamir plateau with the Chinese lorries
the Koi-Tezek Pass (4272m) complete with snow
climbing up to the pass past one of the many ibex and Marco Polo sheep statues
the first car to travel the Pamir Highway
wacky, art deco Khorog apartment block
Khorog market
relaxing before our next attempt to leave Khorog and get to Murgab
heading back to Khorog
early morning reflections
the hole in the road
every now & then you get a wonderful view down a side valley of the Hindu Kush in Pakistan
the open road and mountains
the symbolic skylight in the Pamiri house
a typical Pamiri house
heading east with The Pamirs to our left and the Hindu Kush to the right
Yamchun fortress
a Pamiri shine complete with Ibex horns
they really go in for snazzy bus stop here
a typical village complete with dry stone walls and mountain views
a small obstacle to negociate!!
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Brief history of Tajikistan
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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...more history

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