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Jim Boi preparing for prayer..In Jim Boi (son of Er Ali Boi) and Gul Soon's yurt. They are one of the very rare Kyrgyz still spending the whole winter in a yurt...The Kyrgyz settlement of Ech Keli, above Chaqmaqtin lake, Er Ali Boi's camp...Trekking through the high altitude plateau of the Little Pamir mountains, where the Afghan Kyrgyz community live all year, on the borders of China, Tajikistan and Pakistan.

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Pamir, Winter 2012
Jim Boi preparing for prayer..In Jim Boi (son of Er Ali Boi) and Gul Soon's yurt. They are one of the very rare Kyrgyz still spending the whole winter in a yurt...The Kyrgyz settlement of Ech Keli, above Chaqmaqtin lake, Er Ali Boi's camp...Trekking through the high altitude plateau of the Little Pamir mountains, where the Afghan Kyrgyz community live all year, on the borders of China, Tajikistan and Pakistan.