Comments on: Badakhshani Express: Scraping the Pamir Mountains with Tajik Air https://uncorneredmarket.com/badakhshani-express/ Travel That Cares for Our Planet and Its People Fri, 26 Apr 2024 19:32:27 +0000 hourly 1 By: Daniel Noll https://uncorneredmarket.com/badakhshani-express/#comment-1459528 Mon, 09 Jun 2014 10:54:51 +0000 http://uncorneredmarket.com/2007/10/badakhshani-express/#comment-1459528 In reply to Val.

This is a fascinating observation which has little or nothing to do with this article. But despite its racism and irrelevance, it made me chuckle. So I decided to approve it for others to puzzle and enjoy.

]]> By: Val https://uncorneredmarket.com/badakhshani-express/#comment-1427078 Sun, 20 Apr 2014 01:55:25 +0000 http://uncorneredmarket.com/2007/10/badakhshani-express/#comment-1427078 We Pashtun Tajiks are the Master Race. Not like the smelly Hindus. But even Hindus have bigger penises than whites.

]]> By: Murtaza Sattar https://uncorneredmarket.com/badakhshani-express/#comment-71998 Wed, 27 Oct 2010 10:30:38 +0000 http://uncorneredmarket.com/2007/10/badakhshani-express/#comment-71998 Just to give you an idea of the flights I took into the mountains of northern Pakistan, please see the scenery behind the aircraft.

]]> By: Daniel Noll https://uncorneredmarket.com/badakhshani-express/#comment-71979 Wed, 27 Oct 2010 09:57:47 +0000 http://uncorneredmarket.com/2007/10/badakhshani-express/#comment-71979 @Madina: Thank you for your comment. We really liked Khorog. Interesting place and story. The people were very friendly (although this was true throughout our time in Tajikistan) and so many of them spoke English.

It’s both funny and incredible that the same guy is at the ticket booth at the Khorog airport. I guess some things never change…even in 15 years!

That flight was truly beautiful and shocking. Good luck with your trip next summer. We’d love to hear your impressions returning after all these years.

]]> By: Madina https://uncorneredmarket.com/badakhshani-express/#comment-71774 Wed, 27 Oct 2010 03:03:46 +0000 http://uncorneredmarket.com/2007/10/badakhshani-express/#comment-71774 Enjoyed the description… The seatbelt situation is classic, never fails. I am from Khorog but havn’t been there in 15 years. Planning to go next summer, I want to go and have similar experience , as a tourist, entering through back doors, and experince everything and every place. I can’t belive the same guy is still at the ticket booth( by description sounds like the same that I knew) lol… I used to grab whomever was beside me on the plane, I was very much in shock everytime. Now I know how beautiful were those moments. Can’t wait to go… Thank yo so much for this… Many good memories were brought to live..best of luck!!!

]]> By: Murtaza Sattar https://uncorneredmarket.com/badakhshani-express/#comment-52606 Mon, 20 Sep 2010 13:31:28 +0000 http://uncorneredmarket.com/2007/10/badakhshani-express/#comment-52606 Thank you for a great video. I have flown through the mountains on the opposite side, the Pakistani side of the Himalayas on a PIA 737.
I do really want to fly this route you flew on. Only $80 one way (probably a bit more now in 2010.
Once again, thank you for the video.
Murt

]]> By: Daniel Noll https://uncorneredmarket.com/badakhshani-express/#comment-52627 Mon, 20 Sep 2010 11:41:33 +0000 http://uncorneredmarket.com/2007/10/badakhshani-express/#comment-52627 @Murt: Glad you liked it. Thanks for the comment. That was one terrific, memorable flight. I heartily recommend it to anyone. I suspect the cost from Khorog to Dushanbe is a bit more than $80 these days, but the challenge in getting the ticket is probably the same. If you take the flight, let us know how much it cost and how it went!

]]> By: Daniel Noll https://uncorneredmarket.com/badakhshani-express/#comment-11499 Thu, 11 Mar 2010 10:52:28 +0000 http://uncorneredmarket.com/2007/10/badakhshani-express/#comment-11499 @Amy: Thanks so much for your comment and kind words. It’s interesting: just last night during a talk, the subject of Tajikistan came up again amidst a group of very well traveled people, none of whom had been there. It really is a fascinating country and one that sees very little tourist traffic. I’m really glad that our information and stories stir your emotions and strike you as real. That’s important to us. In the end, we hope our photos and stories can do justice to the people and the places we visit.

]]> By: Amy Cha https://uncorneredmarket.com/badakhshani-express/#comment-11464 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 19:50:37 +0000 http://uncorneredmarket.com/2007/10/badakhshani-express/#comment-11464 Did you know that ” moo ha vat” means love in Tajkik? A couple days ago, I discovered your website through facebook. As I was reading and looking pictures on the website, my heart started to beat! I just envy you guys so much for the courage and the adventure spirit. I lived in Tajikistan for two years and worked for NGO. so I knew what it is like over there. I totally validate your experiecne of tajik people and the culture. Tajikistan is one of the most unknown country to the world. Ten years ago, when I, ” I am going to Tajikistan, 10 out of 10 people say, What? “Tajik has a special place in my heart and it is so good to see valid information about ” Tajik” in the cyperworld.

]]> By: Daniel Noll https://uncorneredmarket.com/badakhshani-express/#comment-4010 Tue, 29 Sep 2009 21:53:45 +0000 http://uncorneredmarket.com/2007/10/badakhshani-express/#comment-4010 @ e carter: I think I’m with you on the concern about extra weight.

@ Anajon: Two to a seat in the flying lunchbox? That’s almost as frightening as the rumor we heard while in Tajikistan: that in Russia, it’s possible to actually *buy* a pilot’s license outright, without the requisite training. Flay (or drive) safely.

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