Treking in the Pamir Mountains of Tajikistan
Today’s post is by Joan Torres, who is writing about the Pamir Mountains of Tajikistan. I was in Tajikistan in 2016 but I didn’t make it to the Pamir Mountains….
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Alexander the Great
…duty to bring a kingslayer to justice. His pursuit took him into Central Asia and modern-day Tajikistan. When I visited Tajikistan, the legend of Alexander is something they still embrace…
2016: A Year in Photography
…able to watch a pickup game of kok-boru, which is like polo with a sheep carcass. 44 The highlight of Tajikistan was Lake Iskanderskul, named after Alexander the Great. Tajikistan…
Countries and Territories I’ve Visited
…Europe 184 Srpska (Bosnia & Herzegovina) 2016 Europe 185 Albania (114) 2016 Europe 186 Kazakhstan (115) 2016 Asia 187 Kyrgyzstan (116) 2016 Asia 188 Tajikistan…
How to Travel the World on an Indian Passport
…such as Antarctica, Tuvalu, Djibouti, Iraq, and Tajikistan, which are off limits for most people. Does one give up? We’ve never let visa difficulties deter us from traveling (42 countries,…
How Many Countries are There in the World?
…South Africa South Sudan Spain Sri Lanka Sudan Suriname Swaziland Sweden Switzerland Syria Tajikistan Tanzania Thailand Timor-Leste Togo Tonga Trinidad & Tobago Tunisia Turkey Turkmenistan Tuvalu Uganda Ukraine United Arab…
Everything Wrong With the Animaniacs Nations of the World Song
…: Brunei, Singapore. All the former Soviet Republics: Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Ukraine, Moldova, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, and Tajikistan. European Microstates: Andorra, San Marino, and Vatican…
The Silk Road
…the Pamir Mountains to the north and the Hindu Kush Mountains to the south. From here, the main routes extended through the modern-day countries of Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, and…
The Aral Sea
…The Amu Darya originates in the Pamir mountains of Afghanistan and Tajikistan and flows northwest. The Syr Darya also flows northwest originating in the Tian Shan Mountains of Kyrgyzstan. The…