Kalai-I Chum-Khorog, Tajikistan 03 June 2011

We started early at 07H30 with 2 army officers in the shared taxi. The whole road winds along the Panchir river which separates Tajikistan and Afghanistan, with land mines on the river banks! It would seem that we took a shortcut through Afghanistan during a few km with no questions asked or checkpoints control since our 2 passengers were our warranty. The Afghani villages are amazingly green and beautiful. From the pictures one will never guess the country origin. Travelers on donkeys or horseback walk along the narrow paths high above the river like they were from a few centuries before