PAMIR HIGHWAY/WAKHAN VALLEY ROUTE PART 8: VRANG, TAJIKISTAN – APRICOT GROVES AND A MYSTERIOUS ZIGGURAT A gang of boys, age five to ten, each holding onto as many […]
PAMIR HIGHWAY/WAKHAN VALLEY ROUTE PART 7: LANGAR, TAJIKISTAN – PETROGLYPHS & PAMIRI SPIRIT SHRINES A dried-out ram’s skull regards me with its hollow husk of an eyeball. The […]
PAMIR HIGHWAY/WAKHAN VALLEY ROUTE PART 6: ARRIVAL AT THE AFGHAN BORDER We arrive at the Afghan border. We’re not crossing the border, just driving alongside it, remaining […]
PAMIR HIGHWAY/WAKHAN VALLEY ROUTE PART 5: BASH GUMBAZ , TAJIKISTAN How do people survive out here? It addles the brain. Granted, there aren’t many people out […]
PAMIR HIGHWAY/WAKHAN VALLEY ROUTE PART 2: KYZYL-ART TO KARAKUL, TAJIKISTAN Kyzyl-Art Pass Dry, desolate Kyzyl-Art Pass. Sitting at 4280m above sea level. Midway along the 60km gravel trail that […]