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1 | Tajikistan: Pristine Nature and the Echo of History | Tajikistan: Natiora Mangatsakatsaka sy Akon'ny Tantara |
2 | Irkht, Badakhshan. | Irkht, Badakhshan. |
3 | Photo by Bakhriddin Isamutdinov | Saripikan'i Bakhriddin Isamutdinov |
4 | All photos by author or used with permission. | Avy amin'ny mpanoratra [teny anglisy] avokoa ny sary rehetra na nahazoana alalana. |
5 | Tajikistan, 93% mountainous with ethereal alpine lakes dotted all over, is a veritable shrine for nature lovers, providing they can live with the rutted roads and burdensome bureaucracy. | Tajikistan, toerana be tendrombohitra avo sady ahitana farihy mora levon'ny hafanana ny 93% dia toy ny toerana masina ho an'ireo tia ny natiora, raha mahazaka ny haratsin'ny lalana sy ny havesatry ny fanjakam-birao ry zareo. |
6 | Because once you have paid out on a multi-connection flight to the capital Dushanbe and shelled sixty dollars or so for a tourist visa, off-the-beaten track treasures await. | Satria ianao efa nandoa ny zotra an'habakabaka miampita matetika vao tonga ao an-drenivohitra Dushanbe ary efa nandrotsaka enimpolo dolara na mitovitovy amin'izany hahazoana visa mpizahatany, dia miandry anao ny lalana maro dia maro tsy dia mahazatra. |
7 | Many of those who find Tajikistan on a map and decide to travel there come to climb. | Maro amin'ireo mahita an'i Tajikistan ao amin'ny sarintany ka manapa-kevitra ny hizahazaha any dia tonga mba hianika [tsy hazo fa tendrombohitra]. |
8 | But for those that lack the skill and equipment for mountaineering, road trips can take you far higher than you might expect. | Saingy ho an'ireo izay tsy ampy fahakingana sy fitaovana hianihana tendrombohitra, lalana ivezivezena dia efa manampoiza ny handany be dia be noho izay noeritreretinao. |
9 | The Pamir Highway was listed third in the top-ten must-visit places in the former USSR in a May 2015 issue of the National Geographic Traveler and is considered by many as one of the most thrilling, edgy road trips in the world. | Ny Lalambe Handehanana haingana ao Pamir dia tafiditra fahatelo amin'ireo folo voalohany tsara tsidihana ho an'ireo toerana tany amin'ny Firaisana Sovietika taloha nandritra ny fampilaharana nivoaka tamin'ny Mey 2015 avy amin'ny National Geographic Traveler ary heverin'ny maro ho iray amin'ny lalana mampientam-po sy mampivadim-po indrindra manerantany. |
10 | As the jeep rattles along the road between Dushanbe and Murghab in the east, travellers of the highway can see Afghan villages across the Amu-Darya river. | Koa satria ny jeep mamakivaky ny lalana mampitohy an'i Dushanbe sy Murghab any atsinanana, dia mety ho hitan'ny mpandeha amin'ny lalambe ny tanànakely Afghan maro manamorona ny reniranon'i Amu-Darya. |
11 | Separated from the former Soviet Union by the snaking body of water, they seem like part of another world. | Misaraka amin'ny Firaisana Sovietika teo aloha amin'ny alalan'ny rano miolikolika aoka izany; dia tahaka ny tontolo hafa mihitsy ry zareo. |
12 | At points along the way you will spot Peak Ismoil Somoni, the highest peak in the old USSR. | Any amin'ny toerana sasany eny an-dalana ianao mety hahatsikaritra ny Tendron'i Ismoil Somoni, tendro fahatelo avo indrindra tao amin'ny Firaisana Sovietika teo aloha. |
13 | You might then wish to pray in the remains of an ancient Zoroastrian temple and read petroglyphs. | Mety te-hivavaka eo amin'ny tempoly Zoroastriana iray fahagola ianao ary hamaky petroglyphs. |
14 | On arrival in Murghab tourists can feast on yaks raised mostly by ethnic Kyrgyz herders. | Any amin'ny fahatongavana ao Murghab ny mpizaha tany no mety hiletra yak [karazan'omby bevolo sy bevozona] avy amin'ny mpiompy amin'ny foko Kyrgyz amin'ny ankapobeny. |
15 | Dushanbe can also be used as a base to travel to the second biggest city in the country - Khujand - in another spectacular long jaunt, this time over the Fan Mountains in the north and west of the country. | Dushanbe ihany koa dia azo ampiasainaho toby fiaingana mankany amin'ny tanàna faharoa lehibe indrindra ao amin'ny firenena - Khujand - hanaovana fitsangatsanganana iray hafa lavitr'ezaka ihany koa, ary amin'ity kosa dia mamakivaky ny Tangoron-tendrombohitra Fan any avaratra sy andrefan'ny firenena. |
16 | Mountain climbing. | Fianihana tendrombohitra. |
17 | Photo by Bakhriddin Isamutdinov | Saripikan'i Bakhriddin Isamutdinov |
18 | Afghan villages on other side of the river. | tanàna Afghan ampitan'ny renirano. |
19 | Photo by Abdulfattoh Shafiev | Saripikan'i Abdulfattoh Shafiev |
20 | Road to Badakhshan. | Lalana mankany Badakhshan. |
21 | Photo by Abdulfattoh Shafiev | Saripikan'i Abdulfattoh Shafiev |
22 | Zarafshan valley. | Lohasahan'i Zarafshan. |
23 | Photo by Abdulfattoh Shafiev | Saripikan'i Abdulfattoh Shafiev |
24 | Ziddeh village in Varzob. | Tanàna kelin'i Ziddeh any Varzob. |
25 | Photo by Bahrom Jalilov | Saripikan'i Bahrom Jalilov |
26 | It is the Zarafshan valley along this road that is home to some of Central Asia's most beautiful lakes. | Any amin'ny lohasahan'i Zarafshan manaraka iny lalana iny no ahitana ny sasantsasany amin'ny farihy mahafinaritra indrindra ao Azia afovoany. |
27 | Iskandarkul, connected by name and legend to Alexander the Great, is located at 2,195 meters above sea level. | Iskandarkul, misy ifandraisany amin'ny anarana sy ny anganon'i Alexander ilay Lehibe, dia miorina any amin'ny 2195 metatra ambonin'ny haavon'ny ranomasina. |
28 | From the right angle you can see how the lake serves as a mirror to the nature surrounding it, reflecting the fairytalish Fan peaks with startling clarity. | Avy amin'ny zoro ankavanana ianao no mety hahita ny farihy ho fitaratry ny natiora manodidina azy, mitaratra ny tendron'ireo tangorombohitra mahasondriana an'i Fan ao anaty fahadiovana mahasarika. |
29 | Further along are the equally otherworldly seven lakes of Shing, sometimes called the Shing princesses. | Manaraka izany ihany koa ny tontolo hafa mihitsy misy ny farihy fiton'i Shing, antsoina indraindray hoe printsesy Shing. |
30 | Kharikul, Jirgatal. | Kharikul, Jirgatal. |
31 | Photo by Bahriddin Isamutdinov | Saripikan'i Bahriddin Isamutdinov |
32 | Haftkul lake in Zarafshan valley. | Farihy Haftkul ao amin'ny lohasahan'i Zarafshan valley. |
33 | Photographer: Nozim Qalandarov | Mpaka sary: Nozim Qalandarov |
34 | Iskandarkul lake in Zarafshan valley. | Farihy Iskandarkul ao amin'ny lohasahan'iZarafshan. |
35 | Photographer: Nozim Qalandarov | Mpaka sary: Nozim Qalandarov |
36 | Tajiks believe that the fabled cities of Bukhara and Samarqand are culturally theirs, but these Silk Road oases were given to Uzbekistan when the Bolsheviks started artificially carving Soviet republics into Central Asia with little reference to the national identities of the local population. | Mino ny Tajika fa ny anganon'ny tantaran'ny tanànan'i Bukhara sy Samarkand dia azy ireo ara-kolontsaina, saingy nomena an'i Uzbekistan ireo tany lonaka ankebekebaky ny tany ngazana anatin'ny Lalan'ny Lasoà ireo rehefa nanoritsoritra ho repoblika sovietika tsy ampy fahalalàna ny mari-panondroam-pirenen'ireo mponina ao an-toerana ny Bôlsevika. |
37 | But even without the ancient pearls of Asia, as the two are sometimes called, Tajikistan has historical sites. | Saingy na tsy manana ireo perla fahagolan'i Azia, araka ny iantsoana azy ireo tsindraindray aza i Tajikistan dia manana toerana manatantara. |
38 | Hisor fortress, just 20 kilometres from the capital along a recently built highway from Dushanbe is the only ancient settlement recalling the State of Shuman, which celebrates its 3,000th anniversary this year. | Mandan'i Hisor, 20 kilometatra monja avy amin'ny renivohitra manarana ny lalambe vao naorina vao haingana avy ao Dushanbe no fanorenana tokana fahagola mampahatsiahy ny Fanjakana Shuman, izay mankalaza ny tsingerintaona faha-3000 amin'ity taona ity. |
39 | Hisor Fortress. | Manda Hisor. |
40 | Photographer: Nozim Qalandarov | Mpaka sary: Nozim Qalandarov |
41 | Reconstructed Hulbuk Palace, Khatlon. | Lapan'i Hulbuk voaorina indray, Khatlon. |
42 | Photo by Abdulfattoh Shafiev | Saripikan'i Abdulfattoh Shafiev |
43 | Khujand city museum. | Mozean'ny tanànan'i Khujand. |
44 | Photo by Abdulfattoh Shafiev | Saripikan'i Abdulfattoh Shafiev |
45 | For history in the north you can also visit the Sheikh Muslihiddin mosque in Khujand and the city of Istaravshan founded by Alexander the Great and previously named Alexandria. | Amin'ny tantara any avaratra, dia azonao tsidihana ihany koa ny moskea Sheikh Muslihiddin any Khujand sy ny tanànan'i Istaravshan naorin'i Alexander ilay Lehibe izay nomena anarana teo aloha ho Alexandria. |
46 | The south meanwhile hosts the Ajina-Tepe Buddhist Monastery where an excavation in 1966 unearthed the largest Buddha statue ever found in Central Asia. | Ny atsimo kosa amin'izany fotoana izny dia manana ny Monasitera Bodista Ajina-Tepe izay namoahana avy any anaty tany tamin'ny taona 1966 tsangambaton'i Buddha lehibe indrindra ao Azia Afovoany. |
47 | Mostly restored from the waist up, it is currently housed in the National Museum of Antiquities of Tajikistan in Dushanbe. | Nohavaozina nanomboka teo amin'ny valahana no miakatra, miorina ao amin'ny Mozeam-Pirenen'ny Antikiten'i Tajikistan ao Dushanbe izy io amin'izao fotoana izao. |
48 | Yamchun fortress, Wakhan Corridor. | Mandan'i Yamchun, lalantsara Wakhan. |
49 | Photo by Bahriddin Isamutdinov | Saripikan'i Bahriddin Isamutdinov |
50 | Murghob. | Murghob. |
51 | Photo by Abdulfattoh Shafiev | Saripikan'i Abdulfattoh Shafiev |
52 | Murghob. | Murghob. |
53 | Photo by Bahriddin Isamutdinov | Saripikan'i Bahriddin Isamutdinov |
54 | Apart from semi-restored Buddhas Dushanbe contains a number of other massive things including the second biggest flagpole in the world and the biggest teahouse in the world. | Ankoatra ny famerenana amin'ny ampahany ireo Buddha, dia ahitana zavatra maro ihany koa ao Dushanbe ka anisan'izany ny andrin-tsaina faharoa avo indrindra manerantany. |
55 | Moreover, if you re-visit the country in a couple of years, you will also find the biggest mosque in Central Asia in addition to the region's biggest theater. | Ankoatra izany, raha mitsidika fanindroany indray ny firenena ianao ao anatin'ny roa taona, dia hahita ny moskea lehibe indrindra ao Azia Afovoany ankoatra ny efitrano fanaovana tantara tsangana lehibe idrindra ao amin'ny faritra. |
56 | So, don't let the country's 109th placing from 141 countries in the Travel & Tourism Competitiveness rating prepared by the World Economic Forum deter you. | Koa aoka tsy hampihemotra anao ny fandaharana ny firenena ho faha-109 amin'ny firenena 141 amin'ny sehatry ny Fandehanana Lavitra sy ny Fizahantany nokarakarain'ny World Economic Forum. |
57 | Travel to Tajikistan! | Mitsangatsangàna any Tajikistan! |
58 | Night vision of Dushanbe city. | Jery amin'ny alina ny tanànan'i Dushanbe. |
59 | Photo by Bahrom Jalilov | Saripikan'i Bahrom Jalilov |
60 | Nawrooz Palace in Dushanbe city. | Lapa Nawrooz ao an-tanànan'i Dushanbe. |
61 | Photo by Bahrom Jalilov | Saripikan'i Bahrom Jalilov |
62 | The second tallest flagpole in the world. | Andrin-tsaina faharoa avo indrindra manerantany. |
63 | Dushanbe. | Dushanbe. |
64 | Photographer: Nozim Qalandarov | Mpaka sary: Nozim Qalandarov |
65 | Tajikistan is known for colourful handicrafts. | Tajikistan malaza amin'ny asa-tanana maroloko. |
66 | Photo by Bahriddin Isamutdinov | Saripikan'i Bahriddin Isamutdinov |