And look at how many fish there are! All that was needed was a basic net, and we could catch an endless amount of fish. Work for the day was finished, so they took me fishing in the lake. While hiking from the village of Bozai Gumbaz to Chaqmaqtin Lake, I met some Afghan engineers who were surveying the area to prepare for an eventual road connection with China. Loading the yaks with all of their belongings took almost as long as the journey itself. The morning after spending the night with them, the family packed up their belongings to move to their summer yurt. Yaks carry the belongings of the Kyrgyz family to their summer home. I can’t wait to return and give them a hard-copy of this wonderful photo I took of them. We did our best to communicate – they gave me some tasty food, and I showed them some photos I’d taken in Kyrgyzstan, the land of their ancestors. ![]() I wandered into the 3-building village of Itchkili in mid-afternoon and was warmly taken in by this wonderful family. Little Pamir – The Roof of the World I spent a night with this family in the Little Pamir. This boy was in the car with me the whole time and kept asking me to take photos of him and his brothers, I think this one has gotta be my favourite. ![]() Well-dressed Wakhi guys at the top of Daliz Pass (4,400 meters) I managed to hitch a ride with a family from Ishkashim to Qala-e-Panja, another small village in the Wakhan. At certain times of the year, rivers swell so high that the “road” becomes impassible. The journey here takes at least 12 hours on rough roads. Wakhi children from the tiny village of Ptukh in the Wakhan Corridor. During the Wakhan’s short summer, the valley floors turn beautifully green. Sunset views in Sarhad-e-Broghil, Wakhan Corridor. They work in the fields, with their animals, and cook for their families all while living in an extremely harsh climate high above sea level. Children in the Wakhan Corridor live extremely tough lives. They were curious as to who this strange figure walking alone through their village was. I was exhausted, but these children came up to me with smiles on their faces. I returned to Sarhad-e-Brogil, after over a week hiking in the Little Pamir. The mountains in the distance are actually located in Tajikistan – the valley descends to the Panj River which marks the Afghan-Tajik border. Basic mud homes like this are typical in this part of Afghanistan. The Wakhan Corridor – A Journey Back In Time This is the guesthouse I stayed at near Ishkashim, the first Afghan village you’ll pass through when visiting the Wakhan Corridor. My travels in Afghanistan have taken me to the Wakhan Corridor, Bamiyan Province, Kabul, Herat, and Mazar-e-Sharif. ![]() In this post, I’ll share some of my favourite photos from my time there to give you a different perspective of the country. I’ve spent a total of five weeks independently travelling around Afghanistan. While Afghanistan does have it’s own troubles, it’s also an incredibly beautiful country that is full of amazing people. The media typically portrays it as a war-torn and impoverished country. We’ve all heard plenty of negative things about Afghanistan.
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