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Travelling in Kyrgyzstan and Tadjikistan in June,
July and August 2004.
The goal of this trip was to collect new populations of a
plant (Arabidopsis thaliana) for my research institute (INRA). Check the results
on my science website.
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Welcome to Kyrgyzstan, the land
where kids learn to ride a horse in the green pastures before they can walk... |
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... also, land of the sheep and of
so many carpets that you have to put some on the walls. |
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June, 2500m : flowering times around some old
Kyrgyz graves. |
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Mare milking; once in the mountain, no way to
avoid the drink it gives: 'Koumys' (Kyrgyzstan) |
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Yurt on the jailoo (pastures)
around lake
Son-Kul (3500m, Kyrgyzstan) |
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The key-part of a yurt is called
the Tunduk and is represented on the Kyrgyz flag, symbolizing the importance
of the nomadic life for this people. |
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Besh Tash alpine valley (Kyrgyzstan) |
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Life under a yurt around lake Son-Kul (Kyrgyzstan) |
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The sun is back after several days
of inondations and road-cuts on the Pamir Highway (Tadjikistan,
Rushan valley) |
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Horse-riding around lake Son Kul
basin (Kyrgyzstan) |
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Shokhdara valley entrance,
where an Arabidopsis population called 'Shahdara' was collected - for those
who know (Tadjikistan, 2500m) |
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From the Shokhdara valley, a view
on the Karl Marx peak, almost 7000m close to the Afghan border
(Tadjikistan) |
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The Shokhdara river and its
suspended bridges (Tadjikistan) |
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Shokhdara river springs are at
5000m (Tadjikistan) |
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Campfire with Nazgul
and Almaz (Jergalan valley, Kyrgyzstan) |
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Trout-farming on the Pamir
high-plateau of Tadjikistan; Murghab region. |
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Bishkek, a still soviet-style city
for Kyrgyzstan |
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After the storm in the Enylchek
valley (Kyrgyzstan, 4200m) |
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Welcome to Nazgul's apartment in Bishkek. Note
that despite the nice table and chairs in the room, we are eating on a
carpet on the floor, like in a yurt
(Kyrgyzstan) |
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Above 3500m, yacks replace
cows and sheeps (Kyrgyzstan) |
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Body-board on the mountain lake 'Issyk-Kul'
after a night-storm had passed (Kyrgyzstan, 1700m) |
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Issyk-Kul lake: a
mediterrannean atmosphere in the middle of this region far away from any
ocean (Kyrgyzstan, 1700m) |
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Kyrgyz muslims cemetery |
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Babouchka working the wool
(Kyrgyzstan) |
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Left-over of the russian army
retreated from Afghanistan, they are now used as toys for the Tadjik kids
(Tadjikistan, close to the Afghan border). |
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Tash-Rabat caravanserail, an
important stop on the silk road, a few kilometers from the Chinese border (Kyrgyzstan, 3200m) |
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Hore riding from At-Bashy to the Ak-Saļ Pass (Kyrgyzstan) |
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Yacks in Tash-Rabat valley
(Kyrgyzstan, 3200m) |
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'If you only have one day left to
leave, spend half of it on a horse', a Kyrgyz sayings that this 1-year and
9-months old boy is taking already very seriously (Kyrgyzstan) |
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At-Bashy's sunday market: an
apricots seller (Kyrgyzstan) |
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