Langar, Tajikistan

... to be the right choice.  Amazing road! After a long hard day we finally dropped down from the dusty mountain road into Langar, a lovely green oasis in the bottom of the valley and found a place to stay alongside a rushing mountain stream on a wooded ...

The Wakhan Corridor describes the river valley that seperates Tajikistan from the tiny "tongue" of Afghanistan that extends eastward. The border was created to give Afghanistan this narrow strip of land to serve as a neutral zone between the Soviet central ...

... out of touch. I had already experienced near-epileptic spasms when 2 days earlier, on the hustings in the village of Langar; a wonderful Wakhi-Tajik family spontaneously invited our party into their home for Chai. Wanting to make us feel comfortable she ...

... India – so much history hung in the mountains above. It wasn't long before we came to the small village of Langar, the meeting place of the Wakhan and Pamir Rivers. Tomorrow we would leave the Wakhan and the shadows of Afghanistan and head deeper ...