The Southern Rail

The Overpass

The windows of the passenger cars are mostly shattered, cracked, pockmarked with holes and scars. As the trains tremble through Uzbekistan, I am told the Uzbek children throw stones at the trains. Now, the windows are protected with metal grates and bars to guard from the flying stones. Many of the passengers are labor migrants, making their way to Russia to do seasonal unskilled work. Russia both hates these laborers, and needs them to survive. This was all one country once.

• Murgab mosque Lenin's statue stands in the center of town in Murgab, one of the highest cities in the Pamirs. A few mosques dot the town. There are no trees, and the security details warns us not to go out at night. "It seems normal," they say, "but really there are a......
• The Pamirs We just came back from Iskander-Kol, only about four hours from Dushanbe. We drove the Niva, and made it through the "tunnel of death" alive! To get to the Pamirs however, you have to either drive 13-16 hours, or go to the airport and try to get on a flight.......

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