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"The World's Tallest Flagpole"
It really is enormous.
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| Independence Column
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| Somoni statue
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| Somoni statue
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| Rudaki Statue
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| Presidential Palace
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| WWII Memorial
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| Green Market
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| Green Market
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| Victory Park WWII Monument
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| “Princess of Sarazm”, 3rd millennium BC
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| Reclining clay Buddha, 7th c AD
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| Bronze 5th-3th c BC
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| Bronze 5th-3th c BC
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| Our fine vehicle
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Hulbuk Palace
A reconstructed 11th c citadel
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| Hulbuk Palace
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| Hulbuk Palace
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| Kulob: Mausoleum of Mir Said
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| Kulob: Mausoleum of Mir Said
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| 12 miles East of Kulob
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| Roadworks, 22 miles E of Kulob
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Roadworks, 22 miles E of Kulob
That's the main road, right there.
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| Roadworks, 22 miles E of Kulob
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| Roadworks, 22 miles E of Kulob
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| 27 miles East of Kulob
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| Another blockage, 31 miles East of Kulob
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| Panj River, 10 miles SW of Khalaikhum
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| Panj River, Khaliakhum
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| Homestay, Khalaikhum
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My room at Khalaikhum
(That's the sheet pattern, not blood!)
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| 14 miles East of Kalaikhum
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| 32 miles East of Kalaikhum
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| 20 miles North of Khorog
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| 4 miles NW of Khorog
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| Khorog WWII Memorial
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| Khorog Somoni Statue
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| View from Khorog Botanic Garden
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| Khorog Lenin
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| Fresh flowers at Khorog Lenin
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| 31 miles NE of Khorog
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| 65 miles East of Khorog
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| 61 miles SW of Murghab
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Holy White Fish Lake, 41 miles SW of Murghab
No Fishing or bad things will happen to you!
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| 20 miles South of Murghab
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| 5 miles SW of Murghab
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| Murghab WWII Memorial
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| Murghab WWII Memorial
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| Murghab Lenin
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| Murghab Bazaar
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| Ak-Baital Pass, 4655 meters, 15,272 ft
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| Ak-Baital Pass
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| 2 miles E of Ak-Baital Pass
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| 3 miles E of Ak-Baital Pass
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| Karakol
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| Karakol Lake
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| Karakol Lake
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| Yak, near Karakol
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Yak, near Karakol
(Or perhaps hybrids)
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| From North of Lake Karakol
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| From North of Lake Karakol
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| Headingh North from Lake Karakol
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| Tajik-Kyrgyz border marker
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An easy crossing from Tajikistan into Kyrgyzstan.
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| At the border
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| At the border
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| 5 miles NW of Sary Tash
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| 5 miles NW of Sary Tash
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| 14 miles NE of Sary Tash
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| 14 miles NE of Sary Tash
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| 34 miles SE of Osh
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| Osh Lenin
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| Osh Lenin
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Kyrgyzstan
