The Jewels of Badakhshan | Records of the Pure Lands

The Jewels of Badakhshan | Records of the Pure LandsIt seems there is nothing that reflects the spirit of Asia better than its mountain ranges. From the Caucasus to the Altai, from the Kunlun to the Himalayas; these mountain ranges carve their way through the Asian landscape, defining its history, its people and their culture.

Traveling through the Pamirs reflect this notion in its most soaring expression.

Situated at the eastern part of Tajikistan and northern Afghanistan, the Pamirs are among the highest mountain ranges in the world, when some of its peaks top well beyond seven thousand meters in altitude.

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