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Travel across nostalgic Tajikistan through the high Pamir Mountains and the region of Gorno-Badakshan, today under growing Chinese influence. Inhabited by the Pamiri community, the East holds striking cultural differences with the West, due to the Ismaili

Picture spot from the Pamir Highway (M41) between Dushanbe and Khorog.

Tajikistan and the Tajik Pamir mountains (province of Gorno Badakhshan), summer 2009.

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Picture spot from the Pamir Highway (M41) between Dushanbe and Khorog.<br />
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Tajikistan and the Tajik Pamir mountains (province of Gorno Badakhshan), summer 2009.