Photos Tagged: Namadgut
Tajikistan - Pamirs - Central Asia - Namadgut - Badakhshan - Wakhan Valley - people -
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The elder sister here was studying English in Khorog while the younger sister tried to teach us Tajik and Wakhan the night before. ..Taken in Namadgut, Tajikistan..© www.uncorneredmarket.com
This family in the village of Namadgut, Tajikistan took us in for the night. The mother had five daughters and one son. We suspect she continued to have children until a son was born.Read more about our adventures in the Pamirs.
According to our guidebook, this fort - Khakha Qala - dates back to the 3rd century BC. Currently, it serves as the home to a handful of Tajik soldiers guarding the border with Afghanistan. We were met with a soldier carrying an AK-47 and a stern What do you want?! in Russian. After showing our documents and giving some cigarettes, they gave us a tour and allowed us to walk around and peek across the river into Afghanistan.Read more about our adventures in the Pamirs.
Veronique's attempt at making the perfect animal balloon dog (or was it a bear?) while the Pamiri kids look on. They didn't quite get what the animals were supposed to be, but we still had fun...Taken at the Pamiri home where we stayed overnight in the village of Namadgut. The mother (of six) and village shopkeeper took us in for the night..© www.uncorneredmarket.com ..
One of several puppies and cats at our homestay in Namadgut, Tajikistan..© www.uncorneredmarket.com
Knowing that our diets would be limited to potatoes and yak butter, our friends in Bishkek gave us a jar of peanut butter for the road. We tried to share it with our French co-travelers and Kyrgyz-Tajik driver. While it was a prized food possession for us, it didn't go over too well with the others..© www.uncorneredmarket.com.
