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37. to Ishkashim

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There are lots of ancient sites worth stopping for along the Panj River, the border between Tajikistan and Afghanistan
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36. to Langar

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Entering the Wakham Valley, Afghanistan is only a stone's throw away, and just as I imagined it to be
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35. to Alichur

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Continuing down the Pamir Highway from Murghab to Alichur, we encounter plenty of distractions, from rock paintings to adventures at the highest passes
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34. Murghab

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The capital of the Eastern Pamirs is a small village, notable for its cemetery and its container bazaar only, and for its scenery outside town
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33. to Murghab

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Part Pamir Highway, part back road, we travel from Karakol across the highest pass, and via the small village of Rangkul, to Murghab
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32. the geoglyphs

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In search of ancient geoglyphs in the High Pamirs, we also encounter the elusive Marco Polo sheep, and a meteorite crater in between the high plateau river valleys and snow-capped mountains
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31. the homestay

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Accomodation in the Pamir Mountains is in people's homes, which comes witha few challenges for the comfort-loving Western traveler, but also with a bonus
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30. Karakul

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The reality of life in an idyllic-looking lake side village in the High Pamirs
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29. to Karakul

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Our first stretch on the Pamir Highway takes us from green yurt-strewn valleys in Kyrgyzstan over high, desolate and windswept mountain passes, to the turqoise Karakul Lake in Tajikistan
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A reading list for Central Asia

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several of my favourite, and not-so-favourite, books written on Central Asia, being mostly Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan, last updated in June 2015
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