crossing Gunt river

Picturesque hike in the Pamir

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July 16th 2015
I am writing this blog a year after and have to say don't remember all the details but thought I write it anyway briefly the route and let the pictures speak for itself how wonderful and rewarding this hike was. Starting off from Khorog we need to get to a village up in the mountains called Bachor. Problem is, there was a landslide en route when you take the Pamir highway around Manem village, ... read more

Asia » Tajikistan » Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Province

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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