Thursday, October 13, 2016

Haiku into early Autumn




Cold morning
Wind is gathering some leaves
Where are the birds?




White cranes are leaving
Soon the sky looks lonelier
Other white to come

Pines are talking still
The moon's arriving quite late
Piece of eternity

Indian summer
Coloured leaves and gentle sun
Some wear boots, though




Into the headlights
Poplars are shedding
Golden sparks

White cranes are leaving
Soon the sky looks lonelier
Other white to come

Why should it rain
Multicoloured leaves
Cricket keeps asking

In the mountains
Already fog and snow
Few withered grass stalks



Zwei Gedichte





Fließen



Steige in den Fluss

Laß Wasser

Dich umFluten

Fließen



Laß

Den Wind

Um dich wehen

VerWehen



Gedanken

Laß sie sich

UmTreiben

Laß sie los



Denn nichts

Wird zurückKehren

Aber alles

Wird weiterFließen





Nahender Herbst



Leere Felder

Braun

Aber noch Bäume

In Grün

Am FeldRain

Wie der Herbst

In

NebelSchwaden

Die Nächste

JahresZeit vor-

Zeichnet

Wednesday, October 12, 2016

A trip through the Pamir Mountains




I’ve been lucky to go to this remote area. Actually it has been the most strenuous travel during the past 20 years.
The Pamir Mountains are surrounded by the Hindu Kush, the Himalayas, Karakorum, Kunlun, and Tian Shan. Most of this mountain range lies in Tajikistan, precisely in the Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Oblast; to go there you need a special permit.
The highest mountain is the Kongur (7649 m) in China. The highest mountain in Tajikistan is Ismoil Somoni Peak (7495 m), formerly known as Communism Peak, Stalin Peak. The largest lake is Karakul at 3960 m (about 380 sq km). Really a nice view as I’ll show later.
The region is remote. There are some homestays. Even during early October night temperature drop to zero, room temperature at 8° C. Winter sees temperatures at -40° C. Karakul gets a layer of ice about 1 m thick.
There is the Pamir Highway, but parts are in bad conditions though having an asphalt surface. I didn’t see any maintenance. The road is also called M41, which I’ve already mentioned here on this blog, and stretches over 1200 km from Osh to Dushanbe.
Nevertheless, the sights are gorgeous!


Hay for the Winter, from the low to the high lands

 

Remnants of the past - an old caravansarai of the Silk Road

 

Yaks at the side of the Pamir Highway

 

 Pamir Mountains and the Pamit Highway



At Akbaytal Pass (4655 m)

 

I think it's Gora Kurumdy (6614 m)

 

 Ismoil Somoni Peak and Lake Karakul




Near the border to Kyrgyzstan




Near the border to Kyrgyzstan




A look back from Kyrgyzstan to Tajikistan

 
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