We were amazed by the variety of faces at the Varzob Bazaar in Dushanbe, Tajikistan. © www.uncorneredmarket.com
This man was one of the few people who spoke Russian (because of his service in the Soviet Army) in the village of Jerbent. Read more about Turkmenistan.
These girls greeted us on the road in the southern Kyrgyz village of Sary Tash. We soon learned why their cheeks were so red: wind-burn. A brutally cold wind picks up in the evenings; it can stop you in your tracks. The night we stayed, the temperature dropped to 15 degrees Celsius below zero. And it was only early autumn. Read more about our adventures in the Pamirs.
