mountains

Monday Mélange

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Into the Pamirs

December 3, 2009

in China, Travel, Xinjiang

Day Trip to Lake Kalakuli Our fourth and final destination within Xinjiang Province was the Pamir Mountains. The Pamirs are a group of mountains at the crossroads of Asia’s great ranges – the Himalayas, the Hindu Kush, the Kunluns and Tian Shan. Pamir means “roof of the world,” a phrase used liberally to describe the [...]

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