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Still crying, Ikhbal, 15, is getting ready to leave her childhood house forever and move to her husband's camp for the first time, a 2 days horse journey, her longest trip ever..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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Contained in galleries: Pamir, Winter 2012

Still crying, Ikhbal, 15, is getting ready to leave her childhood house forever and move to her husband's camp for the first time, a 2 days horse journey, her longest trip ever..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.