Portrait of a wakhi nomad mother with her daughter, Big pamir, Wakhan, Afghanistan
Wakhi mother and her daughter in the Big Pamir, Afghanistan.
Want to meet them too? Easy: fly Dushanbe in Tadjikistan, drive 2 days on the most awful off roads to Khorog, then drive to afghan border in Ishkashim. Add one day drive to Uzed (awful road too) then rent yacks, and walk for 2 days to reach them at 4500 m in the mountain...
Those people live in the worst conditions you can imagine, with only their sheeps and yacks, and they say they are poor but happy...
Portrait of a wakhi nomad mother with her daughter, Big pamir, Wakhan, Afghanistan
Wakhi mother and her daughter in the Big Pamir, Afghanistan.
Want to meet them too? Easy: fly Dushanbe in Tadjikistan, drive 2 days on the most awful off roads to Khorog, then drive to afghan border in Ishkashim. Add one day drive to Uzed (awful road too) then rent yacks, and walk for 2 days to reach them at 4500 m in the mountain...
Those people live in the worst conditions you can imagine, with only their sheeps and yacks, and they say they are poor but happy...