Wakhan Valley: A Journey Through Pamir Mountains

Tajikistan’s southern border, where it rune seamlessly into Afghanistan, is an endless parade of scenic amazement with storybook villages and towering valley walls, set against the backdrop of the Hindu Kush.
As Marco Polo found, the Wakhan Valley was a major transport artery through the mountains to the east, and so in antiquity it was visited by traders and pilgrims, explorers and adventurers. Religions including Hinduism, Zoroastrianism and Buddhism were transported here by their followers, and they built temples and stupas to praise their respective gods. Accomplished ancient graffiti artists made petroglyphs (rock carvings) on large, flat-sided boulders, and these depict men and animals, religious symbols and the tools of war.
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