Archive for October 2007

Index of blog posts from October 2007

Tavildara Road

Tavildara Road

Karategin, Tajikistan

Taking the old road from Dushanbe to Khorog.

Tavildara Road, Karategin, landscapes

Howo Kush

Howo Kush

Kalai Khumb, Gorno-Badakshan, Tajikistan

Strange things happen on the road from Kalai Khumb to Khorog.

Tajikistan, trucks, accidents

Wakhan Valley

Wakhan Valley

Wakhan Valley, Gorno-Badakshan, Tajikistan

Pictures taken in the Wakhan Valley, Gorno-Badakshan Autonomous Oblast, Tajikistan.

Wakhan Valley, Gorno-Badakshan, Pamirs

Bibi Fatima

Vichkut, Gorno-Badakshan, Tajikistan

A visit to the hot springs of Bibi Fatima in the Wakhan Valley, Tajikistan.

Wakhan Valley, hot springs, fertility rituals

In the Pamirs

In the Pamirs

Gorno-Badakshan, Tajikistan

Driving up into the Pamirs via the Khargush Pass.

Gorno-Badakshan, Pamirs, mountains, deserts

Checkpoint

Gorno-Badakshan, Tajikistan

Chance encounters in the Pamiri desert.

Gorno-Badakshan, Pamirs, checkpoints, soldiers

Pamir Highway

Pamir Highway

Wakhan Valley, Gorno-Badakshan, Tajikistan

Photographs taken on the Pamir Highway, east of Khorog.

Pamir Highway, Gorno-Badakshan, Pamirs

The view from Bulunkul

The view from Bulunkul

Bulunkul,Gorno-Badakshan, Tajikistan

Bulunkul has dry earth, a handful of houses, and no obvious future.

Gorno-Badakshan, Pamirs, Bulunkul, yaks

The road back to Dushanbe

The road back to Dushanbe

Gorno-Badakshan, Tajikistan

Photographs taken on the Tavildara Road, between Khorog and Dushanbe.

Tavildara Road, Gorno-Badakshan, tanks

Dushanbe

Dushanbe

Dushanbe, Tajikistan

Photographs of daily life in Dushanbe, capital of Tajikistan.

Dushanbe, markets

The Gray Plague

The Gray Plague

Dushanbe, Tajikistan

The police are everywhere in Dushanbe ... and they have too much time on their hands.

Dushanbe, Tajikistan, police

Over the Fann

Over the Fann

Panjakent, Sughd, Tajikistan

It's a long way to Panjakent when the Chinese are blowing up the pass.

Fann Mountains, Fannsky Gory, Sughd, taxis, Tajikistan

Around Panjakent

Around Panjakent

Panjakent, Sughd, Tajikistan

Photographs from Panjakent and the Marguzor Lakes.

Fan Mountains, Panjakent, Marguzor Lakes, mountains

A tale of two trucks

A tale of two trucks

Panjikent, Zerafshan, Tajikistan

An early morning ride to Artush in convoy.

Fan Mountains, Fannsky Gory, Zerafshan, trucks, Tajikistan

Strange days indeed

Strange days indeed

Anzob Pass, Tajikistan

There are moments when life gets strange and you just have to go with it.

Anzob Tunnel, Anzob Pass