Yaks graze near Kara Kul Lake (3941 meters) in the Pamir Mountains of Tajikistan. The region near the Kyrgyz border is at high elevation, so yaks are the animal of choice. These stout animals can withstand cold temperatures and high elevations..© www.uncorneredmarket.com
Because we often stopped to take photos, we spent much of our trip to Murghab trailing this Volga station wagon...and its flat tire breakdowns. Eight of its ten passengers were women. Of the two males, one was about eight years old. That left the driver as the only passenger eligible to pump tires. We stopped five times to help man the aging hand pump while the women all looked on. © www.uncorneredmarket.com
While the young boy pushed around a broken Pakistani version of Big Wheels with glee, the older boy watched carefully, making him seem beyond his years. Taken in Khorog, Tajikistan. © www.uncorneredmarket.com
