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Taken in Langar, Tajikistan.Read more about our adventures in the Pamirs.
The few Pamiri houses we saw in Langar, Tajikistan, all had full cribs with crying babies...© www.uncorneredmarket.com
The view from the yard of the Pamiri House we visited in Langar, Tajikistan. Though the locals take it for granted, we were blown away by the layered landscape and how the autumn leaves play off the snow-capped mountains in the background. It's all about perspectives. Read more about our adventures in the Pamirs.
This woman greeted us in English, which surprised us, and then invited us into her home in Langar, Tajikistan. She had studied English for two years in Khorog and then became a teacher in the village school in Langar, but had to stop working when she got married. She was eager to practice her English and seemed excited to have engagement with someone outside her family.Read more about our adventures in the Pamirs.
We visited a traditional Pamiri home in the village of Langar, Tajikistan and were welcomed with fresh, homemade bread and warm milk literally straight from the cow (we saw her outside when we first walked in). The man seated was our host the previous night. He (and his children) have light hair and blue eyes, a visual surprise for us. We asked his roots and were told that Pamiris with lighter features are descended from Macedonians who settled in the area under Alexander the Great (300 BC). If true, those are some strong genes!Read more about our adventures in the Pamirs.
Farmers get ready for winter in the Wakhan Valley village of Langar, Tajikistan.Read more about our adventures in the Pamirs.
A baby donkey (Ishak, in Russian) is furry, hay-covered, and awkward. ..Donkeys are a prominent feature of Tajikistan's Wakhan Valley landscape...Taken in Langar, Tajikistan. Read more about our adventures in the Pamirs.
These young women carry water from a spring back to their homes...Almost nowhere in the Pamirs could you find running water. Fortunately, the Wakhan Valley had many mountain springs so you never had far to look...Taken in Langar, Tajikistan. Read more about our adventures in the Pamirs.
Notice the Perestoika USSR clock. ..Taken in Langar, Tajikistan. Read more about our adventures in the Pamirs.
We were blessed with fresh snow on the mountains during our early October visit to the Pamir Mountains in Tajikistan. ..Taken in Langar in the Wakhan Valley..© www.uncorneredmarket.com
The loneliness and dramatic landscape continues between Murghab and Langar in Tajikistan's Pamir Mountains. This particular shot peeks into mountainous Afghanistan.Read more about our adventures in the Pamirs.
Snow-covered mountains and autumn leaves dominated the landscape in Langar, Tajikistan..© www.uncorneredmarket.com
The stove in this Pamiri House serves to keep the house warm and heat water. The larger of the two doors in the ground is the entrance to the hearth which is used to bake bread and warm the floor. A young Pamiri woman looks on in the background. .Taken in Langar, Tajikistan..© www.uncorneredmarket.com
The horns of Marco Polo sheep mark the site of a holy place or oston (shrine) in Langar, Tajikistan.Read more about our adventures in the Pamirs.
Langar was the first village we visited along the Wakhan Valley corridor of the Pamir Mountain region in Tajikistan...The land, seated in a river oasis was relatively rich and used for agriculture and grazing..© www.uncorneredmarket.com
Taken in Langar, Tajikistan..© www.uncorneredmarket.com
This shell of a bus looks like it is beyond repair, beyond hope...Taken in the Wakhan Valley - Langar, Tajikistan..© www.uncorneredmarket.com
This one-year old baby was wrapped so tightly she couldn't really move...Taken in Langar, Tajikistan..© www.uncorneredmarket.com
Langar was the first village we visited along the Wakhan Valley corridor of the Pamir Mountain region in Tajikistan...Seated in a river oasis, the land is relatively rich and used for agriculture and grazing..© www.uncorneredmarket.com
A satellite dish delivers entertainment to a traditional Pamiri house...Taken in Langar, Tajikistan..© www.uncorneredmarket.com
