SILK ROAD: TAJIKISTAN

The wide vistas and empty roads of the Pamir Mountains draw cyclists.

The wide vistas and empty roads of the Pamir Mountains draw cyclists.

“Having left this place, and traveled three days, always among mountains,” a man “ascends to a district which is said to be the highest in the world.” — Marco Polo

Since time immemorial, the Pamir Mountains in Tajikistan, have existed at the intersection of trails trodden by nomads, peddlers, pilgrims and, at times, the soldiers and emissaries of great powers.