оҳиста суст, жай жай...Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan- Yamg to Langar to Bachor
September 2nd 2018 Day 13
Yamg to Langar to Bachor
Driving Distance- 270km
Sleeping altitude 3370m
Highest point altitude -4360m
Take a walk through the village this morning, first to the site of the stone pillar that the Sufi mystic, Muabara Kadam Wakhani (there are multiple spellings of everything here, you will see the K and Q are pretty interchangeable), fashioned into a solar calendar. We then reach the m
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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... ... read more 
Dancing Dave
David Hooper
Petroglyphs
We were too tired to climb to these petroglyphs behind Langar...pity that! This is spectacular. We stayed at a homestay owned by the guy who runs the museum. Did you visit the squat at the Museum? If so we can share an inside joke!!! I have posted this pic & ors of yours in TB's "Rock Art of the World" thread in the Photography Forum. Check 'em out.