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We left the Pamir Highway just south of the lake. We drove west to the Jalang Summer Pasture, on our way eventually to the Bartang Valley. [Karakul / Pamir / Tajikistan]
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View on the south part of Karakul Lake. [Karakul / Pamir / Tajikistan]
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After leaving the Pamir Highway, we didn't see a lot of traffic anymore. These tracks are only used by the nomads. [Karakul / Pamir / Tajikistan]
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Shepherd settlement near Dangi. [Jalang / Pamir / Tajikistan]
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While travelling from Kyrgyzstan to Tajikistan in just a few days, one can suffer altitude sickness. We fortunately did not. But if you want to have some medicines with you, they are available in Kyrgyzstan under the name Diacarb. [Jalang / Pamir / Tajiki
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Kids of the nomad family in Dangi, a one-family nomad settlement. [Jalang / Pamir / Tajikistan]
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Ivonne is treated with bread and some yoghurt and smetana in Dangi. [Jalang / Pamir / Tajikistan]
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On the way to the Jalang Summer pasture. [Jalang / Pamir / Tajikistan]
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This is the yurt where we stayed in Jalang. A local nomad family made it available to us. [Jalang / Pamir / Tajikistan]
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Traditional interior of a yurt. [Jalang / Pamir / Tajikistan]
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Young animals in Jalang. [Jalang / Pamir / Tajikistan]
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Our first flat tire. We had two more during the trip, due to the very sharp stones of the area. [Jalang / Pamir / Tajikistan]
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View on the Jalang nomad settlement, which is only operational a few months a year, when there is enough grass for the cattle. [Jalang / Pamir / Tajikistan]
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Us with the Jalang Valley in the background. [Jalang / Pamir / Tajikistan]
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The landscape of the Pamirs is mostly dry and barren. Only in the vicinity of mountain streams and rivers, grass can grow in abundance. [Jalang / Pamir / Tajikistan]
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Some nomads built small stone houses in nomad settlements that they visit every year for a few months. Others decide to live in tents (yurts). [Jalang / Pamir / Tajikistan]
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Many nomads families have nowadays some kind of motorized transport to move their yurt and stuff, when they go to a new place. These vehicles are often the old Russian jeeps or trucks. [Jalang / Pamir / Tajikistan]
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A proud grandpa and his grand daughter Albina. [Jalang / Pamir / Tajikistan]
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View on Jalang from a hill nearby. [Jalang / Pamir / Tajikistan]
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Mother and daughter are 'helping' a young yak to go back to her mother. [Jalang / Pamir / Tajikistan]
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This nomad child has the luxury of a bicycle. [Jalang / Pamir / Tajikistan]
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At the end of the day when the mother yaks come back from the pasture, they have to be reunited again with the baby yaks. This is something the women do. [Jalang / Pamir / Tajikistan]
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Which mother yaks belongs to what nomad family and what baby yak? A real puzzle. [Jalang / Pamir / Tajikistan]
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Re-organizing the yaks at the end of the day is a village happening. [Jalang / Pamir / Tajikistan]
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Jalang is a great place to experience traditional nomad life. [Jalang / Pamir / Tajikistan]
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Young woman organises the return of the yaks in the nomad settlement. [Jalang / Pamir / Tajikistan]
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Baby yaks are born in April and need to be fed well during the summer to survive the very cold winter. [Jalang / Pamir / Tajikistan]
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Do we still miss a yak? [Jalang / Pamir / Tajikistan]
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Nomad children in Jalang. [Jalang / Pamir / Tajikistan]
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The mother animals are chained for the night in the nomad camp. They will be milked first thing in the morning. [Jalang / Pamir / Tajikistan]
