Pamir 2 - Langar to Murgab

From Langar you leave the Afghan border and cross a further pass with many animals using the same track. You reach amazing water and salt lakes, pass by women doing laundry in a river and see Yaks grazing. For the first time the Chinese influence becomes visible with restaurants having both Russian and Chinese names. Murgab is a "wild east" city, which is even in June pretty fresh (over 3000m). Water is pumped manually and digicams are not very common (we met these 3 kids who wanted a picture of them that they can look at them selves - withing seconds over 20 kids were around us asking for a picture). The people are very innovative. At our homestay they used an old car gas tank over a fire to heat water which was the "bathroom" (in Europe this would be called Hammam these days and cost a lot). Interesting to see was that the Swiss goverment supports several projects in the area and that most maps are made by a Swiss guy or the University of Bern.

Pamir 2 - Langar to Murghab (Tajikistan)