Photos Tagged: Khorog
Khorog - Badakhshan - Tajikistan - Central Asia - Pamirs - planes - flying - Tajik Air - food - autumn - kids - trees -
Khorog - Badakhshan - Tajikistan - Central Asia - Pamirs - planes - flying - Tajik Air - food - autumn - kids - trees -
40 Pictures
18 Pictures
18 Pictures
27 Pictures
36 Pictures
Taken in Khorog, Tajikistan.Read about our adventures in the Pamirs.
This peaceful Pamiri man looked a bit out of place sitting next to a boom box in Khorog, Tajikistan. He was (figuratively) just begging to have his photo taken.Read about our adventures in the Pamirs.
We read in our Lonely Planet guide that this route - Khorog to Dushanbe in Tajikistan - was the only route that Aeroflot paid its pilots danger pay during Soviet times. Completely justified. Take a look at the video at this post to see why. Read more about and see the video from this beautiful and terrifying flight.
This Tajik Air AN 28 is ike a lunchbox on wheels with wings. When we first saw this plane, we thought Phew! Glad we're taking a car to Dushanbe. When none of the drivers were working during the holidays (end of Ramadan), we had to resort to flying on this plane from Khorog (Pamir mountains) to Dushanbe in Tajikistan. Read more about and see the video from this beautiful and terrifying flight.
We passed this beekeeper one morning on our way into town and asked whether we could buy some of his honey. That evening, we stopped in and picked up a pound of fresh honey. Dark, strappy and delicious, especially with the homemade yogurt from our guesthouse (Pamir Lodge). Taken in Khorog, Tajikistan.Read about our adventures in the Pamirs.
A grandmother watches the mountains go by at VERY close range on the flight from Khorog to Dushanbe, Tajikistan. We hope the pilots still get danger pay for this route, as they did under Soviet times. Not only do they deserve it, but the passengers do, too.We were told afterwards that the maximum elevation of the flight was 4,200 meters (but some of the mountains around were 5,000+ meters!) with a speed of 350 km/hour. The pilot swore the closest we got to the mountains was 300 meters, but it sure looked and felt A LOT closer than that! Read more about and see the video from this beautiful and terrifying flight.
We were blown away by the range of colors - reds, oranges, and yellows - of the trees in Khorog, Tajikistan. Read about our adventures in the Pamirs.
When eating some plov (rice, carrot and meat dish) at this woman's stand in the Khorog market, we asked her about where we could find nahud sambusa (a supposedly famous Tajik chick pea dish). We couldn't find any at the market. She promised to cook some and bring it the next day, but forgot...for good reason - one of her relatives had died the night before. She never forgave herself though and apologized the whole time, as we ate another plate of plov.Read about our adventures in the Pamirs.
Yes, the plane really is as small as it looks against the mountains surrounding the runway. Flight from Khorog to Dushanbe in Tajikistan...© www.uncorneredmarket.com
A row of poplar trees lines our way back to our guesthouse in Khorog, Tajikistan. Read about our adventures in the Pamirs.
Taken in Khorog, Tajikistan.© www.uncorneredmarket.com
Khorog, the regional center of the Pamirs in Tajikistan, is surrounded by mountains on all sides.Here, Lenin dons a cape and looks ready to plan his escape.Read about our adventures in the Pamirs.
After a week of fried potatoes, bread and tea in the Pamir Mountains, our stomachs were ready for a change and happy to entertain a plateful of kurtob, compliments of the women at the Pamir Lodge in Khorog.Kurtob is composed of layers of bread and homemade yogurt and is topped with tomatoes, onions and green onions. Delicious!© www.uncorneredmarket.com
The beekeeper had a beautiful garden full of bright flowers. We figured these are the key to his tasty honey. Taken in Khorog, Tajikistan.Read about our adventures in the Pamirs.
While the young boy pushed around a broken Pakistani version of Big Wheels with glee, the older boy watched carefully, making him seem beyond his years.Taken in Khorog, Tajikistan.© www.uncorneredmarket.com
