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Er Ali Boi, a leader in the Afghan Kyrgyz community, is drinking his salty milk tea in his yurt. He can drink up to 50 cups a day, he says. Quilts are piled up against the yurt wall...Summer camp of Muqur, Er Ali Boi's place...Trekking through the high altitude plateau of the Little Pamir mountains (average 4200 meters) , where the Afghan Kyrgyz community live all year, on the borders of China, Tajikistan and Pakistan.

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Contained in galleries: Pamir, Summer 2012

Er Ali Boi, a leader in the Afghan Kyrgyz community, is drinking his salty milk tea in his yurt. He can drink up to 50 cups a day, he says. Quilts are piled up against the yurt wall...Summer camp of Muqur, Er Ali Boi's place...Trekking through the high altitude plateau of the Little Pamir mountains (average 4200 meters) , where the Afghan Kyrgyz community live all year, on the borders of China, Tajikistan and Pakistan.