Khorog - GBAO

Lal Inn, the midrange hotel choice in Khorog	Lal Inn, Khorog	Relaxing space at the Lal Inn, Khorog	Pamir GBAO License PT, Tajikistan
Fast food place, Khorog	Near the Lal Inn, Khorog	Aga Khan Foundation, Khorog, Tajikistan	De Pamiri - Suporting artisans for revival of ancient tradition
De Pamiri Handicrafts Shop, Khorog	Delhi Darbar, a good choice for a change of pace in GBAO	University of Central Asia, Khorog, GBAO-Tajikistan	University of Central Asia School of Professional and Continuing Education
Khorog - (Tajik: Хоруғ, Persian: خاروغ‎‎)	The President of Tajikistan says let our state of independence last forever	Amanatbank Exchange rates, Khorog, Tajikistan	Tajikistan Sep14 1530.jpg
Wrestling in Tajikistan	23 Years of Independence, Tajikistan	Khorog mountainside writing, Welcome our Hazir Imam Golden Julbilee Mubarak	Sporting goods shop, Khorog, Tajikistan
President of Tajikistan 26.04.2013	Bomi Jahon Hotel, Khorog	The Pamir Highway, Route M41, is Khorog's Main Street	Pamir Invest 2014, Khorog
Every big town has a branch of the Tojik Sadiron Bank	Main Street Khorog, the Pamir Highway - Google Earth still calls it Lenin Street	Abu Abdollah Jafar ibn Mohammad Rudaki	Abu Abdollah Jafar ibn Mohammad Rudaki, 9th Century Persian poet
Tajik children in Khorog headed to school	Quote from the President of Tajikistan	Emomali Rahmon, President of Tajikistan	Downtown Khorog - Post Office
Downtown Khorog - Post Office	Tcell Office, Khorog, Tajikistan	Tajikistan Sep14 1558.jpg	Tajikistan Sep14 1559.jpg
Pamir HIghway, M41, passing through the center of Khorog	Constitution of the Republic of Tajikistan	GBAO Administration of Standardization Metrology Certification and Trade Inspection	I'm guessing this used to be Khorog's Lenin Square back in the USSR days
Fountain on Khorog's main square saving water	Isma'il ibn Ahmad, Samanid amir of Transoxiana (892–907) and Khorasan (900–907)	Lenin got the boot off the pedestal with Tajikistan's independence	Isma'il ibn Ahmad, descendant of Saman Khuda, the founder of the Samanid dynasty who renounced Zoroastrianism for Islam
Soviet flashback from the Tajik Soviet Socialist Republic, Khorog	Busts of the heroes on Khorog's main square	Government building in Khorog, capital of the Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Region (GBAO), Tajikistan	Main Square with statues of the heroes of Tajikistan along the Pamir Highway, Khorog
Main Square, Khorog	Isma'il ibn Ahmad (Isma'il Somoni) is on the 100 Somoni banknote of Tajikistan	Main Square, Khorog - GBAO	Main Square, Khorog
Main Square, Khorog	School girls in Tajikistan still wear the black and white maid's uniform dating from the Soviet times	The Ghund River passing through Khorog before it joins the Panj River	Old house overlooking the Ghund River, Khorog GBAO
Ghund River, Khorog	Kibekas Hotel, Khorog	Foot bridge across the Ghund River, Khorog	Ghund River from the foot bridge, Khorog
Foot bridge across the Ghund River, Khorog	Ghund River from the foot bridge, Khorog	Ghund River from the foot bridge, Khorog	Mountains forming the northern backdrop of Khorog's scenic location
Magpie in Khorog, Tajikistan	Bullet scared building on the south side of the river, a reminder of the Pamir-Tajik civil war 1992-1997	Tyrchit, the south side of Khorog	Faded colors of Tajikistan along with an inoperative traffic signal Khorog (Tyrchit)
GBAO towns and cities have lots of really cool bus stops like this one in Khorog (Tyrchit)	Hammer and Sickle of the USSR in stone mosaic on a Khorog bus st	Hammer and Sickle of the USSR in stone mosaic on a Khorog bus st	Heading up the main road of Tyrchit on the south side of the Ghund River, Khorog
Nice view of the main road bridge across the Ghund River, Khorog	Ghund River, Khorog, looking east	Gulaken Square overlooking Khorog City Park on the north side of the river	Ghund River, Khorog, looking west
Ghund River, Khorog	GBAO makes up 45% of the land area of Tajikistan but only 3% of its population	Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Region was created in January 1925but was added to the Tajik SSR in 1929	Ghund River and the bridge, Khorog
South bank of the Ghund River, Khorog	Riverside Khorog	Chaikhana (tea house) in a nice spot on the river, Khorog City Park	Khorog City Park
Khorog City Park from the south bank	Walking across the road bridge, Ghund River, Khorog	North side of the bridge, Khorog	GBAO (Pamir) License Plate, Tajikistan
Khorog City Park	Khorog City Park	De Pamiri Handicraft Shop and Pamir Eco Cultural Tourism Association (PECTA)	Khorog Boy
Short excursion east of Khorog along the Ghund River	Driving up to the Pamir Botanical Gardens	Pamir Botanical Gardens	Road to the Pamir Botanical Gardens
View looking back towards Khorog from the road to the Pamir Botanical Gardens	Teahouse of Peace and Harmony, Khorog	View of Khorog from with the river, tea house, and hydroelectric power station	Shunned River from the Botanical Garden
Pamir Botanical Gardens	Pamir Botanical Gardens	No one here, including the president, but don't snap a shot of his local palace in the middle of the garden	Pamir Botanical Gardens
View from the Pamir Botanical Gardens	Unity	One way suspension bridge over a tributary of the Ghund River	Tributary of the Ghund River between town and the botanical garden
Tributary of the Ghund River between town and the botanical garden	Presidential School, Khorog	Presidential School, Khorog	Consulate of Afghanistan, Khorog
Bomi Jahon Hotel, Khorog	Traditional flat bread and modern loafs, Khorog Market	Pamiri caps and colorful socks, Khorog Market	Should have gotten a pair....
Khorog Market	Khorog Market	Khorog Market	Khorog Market
Soviet War Memorial, Khorog	1941-1945 Great Patriotic War Memorial, Khorog	Thumbs up from locals guys enjoying a beverage at the Khorog WWII Memorial	No One Has Forgotten
CCCP Victory	Silhouette of the USSR WWII Memorial, Khorog	USSR WWII Memorial, Khorog	USSR WWII Memorial, Khorog
Tajik-Russian Friendship Monument	Taxi Stand, Khorog	Interesting baby cradles for sale by the Khorog Market	License plate of my Pamir Highway Adventures vehicle procured in Osh, Kyrgyzstan
The road out of down headed towards the capital, Dushanbe	The Constitution - an important document