
Asia
Tajikistan
Tajikistan holds the Pamirs like a spine of snow above every valley story.
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Places
- Dushanbe
Monday's market gave the city its name; Persian, Soviet, and independent layers sit awkwardly atop each other. Wide boulevards, a striking …
- Ghazza Village
A Fann Mountains valley village where the guesthouse runs the show, the pace drops after the cities, and Tajik television may film your hik…
- Istaravshan
One of the oldest cities in Central Asia — Mug Tepe, the Khazrati Shokh mausoleum complex with its holy spring and pilgrim ties to Samarkan…
- Khujand
Tajikistan's second city on the Syr Darya in the Fergana Valley — Alexander's garrison town, a candid regional museum, fortress and mosques…
- Sarytag
A small village in the scrubby hills near Iskanderkul — yurt frames, shepherds, canyon roads, rivers heavy with silt, and a string roadbloc…
- Voru Village
One of the oldest villages in the Fann Mountains, reached on foot from Ghazza along the river — a working settlement, a blacksmith's worksh…