I have separated the many good blogs and other links from the References Section
and will add others to this new section progressively as they appear:
Javad Abed Khorasani's remarkable website
http://www.asraresokhan.com/index.html contains a wealth of
practical and historical information on Tajikistan. See in particular his pages "Wonders of Tourism."
Some of the best photos of the Pamirs (and other high mountain regions) can be found in Matthieu Paley's photo galleries on
http://www.paleyphoto.com/; be sure to look at his superb photographs of the
Afghan Pamir on
"Afghan Pamir Re-visited - The Last Khan".
His new website
http://www.pamirknot.com/index.html describes his project for
a somewhat different approach to tour organising.
Theodore Kaye is also a good photographer - see
here.
Felix Keller has some excellent photos of the Eastern Pamirs (Murghab district) on his website - see
here.
Markus Hauser’s website at
http://www.pamir-adventure.com/pamirmountains/index.html
contains some stunning panorama photos of the Pamirs. He has also
taken good pictures of some of the archaeological sites in the region. See
here.
For a literally breathtaking virtual helicopter ride through the high Pamirs see
http://www.raize.ch/Berge/traeume/index.htm.
Click on the second line of the caption to start your flight.
For spectacular photos from a real helicopter ride through the Pamirs see
http://www.gregorbeer.com/pamir/001.html.
For those who would like to explore other beautiful parts of Tajikistan
(Zarafshan valley, including Iskanderkul, Fan mountains, Yaghnob) see:
http://www.zerafshan.info/ and
http://www.ztda-tourism.tj/.
The UN cosponsors the Pamir-Alai Land Management project in Murghab district,
including measures to protect the tersken plant and promote geo-thermal heating - see:
http://www.unmultimedia.org/tv/webcast/.
For superb photographs and an excellent narrative on the Afghan Wakhan see Julien Dufour's website:
http://www.juldu.com.
Mountain Unity International, an NGO set up to promote economic development
in north east Afghanistan (in particular the Wakhan), with a focus on mountain tourism, operates the website
http://www.mountainunity.org/.
Fabrice Nadjari and Cédric Houin, film-makers and photographers, have a fascinating
if somehwat solipsistic multi-media presentation on the Afghan Wakhan on:
http://wakhan-anotherafghanistan.com/EN/intro_en.html.
For detailed information and photographs:
- on Xinjiang on the Chinese side, see:
http://www.centralasiatraveler.com/
- and on the Gojal valley
of Hunza in the Northern Areas of Pakistan see:
http://www.gojal.net/index.htm.
Some fine photographs of the high Pamirs can be found on:
http://www.bergdias.de/pamir4/pamir4.html
and, for the Chinese side,
http://faculty.washington.edu/dwaugh/CA/kongur/kgpics2.html.
Other links for general information:
http://www.lonelyplanet.com
http://www.eurasianet.org/resource/tajikistan/index.shtml
In 2004, John Mock and Kimberley O'Neil published a comprehensive report
"The Source of the Oxus River: A Journey to the Wakhan Pamir & Across Dilisang Pass to Misgar"
- see
http://www.mockandoneil.com/stg04tc.htm.
In the same vein, Bill Colegrave's blog
http://riveroxus.blogspot.com/ reproduces the fascinating
report he prepared for the London Royal Geographical Society on his 2007
expedition in the footsteps of George Nathaniel Curzon and others in search of the
source of the Oxus.
Chinese visitors to my site may find the following site useful:
http://www.rhythmsmonthly.com/?p=7906
Kenneth Hanson is a superb photographer and his blog "Shadows of the
Great Game" is very well-written. See
here.
Another well-written recent travelogue, also with superb photos,
is on the blog site of Tom Blackadar and Marcia Johnson. See
here.
For specific subjects, refer to the far from exhaustive list of links
given at the end of each section of this site. The truly curious will
do their own searches.
All text and
photographs (c) Robert Middleton 2002
Web master Romanyuk
Mikhail
