15th September 2014
Dushanbe, Tajikistan
The following is a post by Dr. John Heathershaw, Senior Lecturer in International Relation, University of Exeter. May in Tajikistan is a time when Shepherds move their sheep from lowland fields to higher mountain pastures (ailoo). On the road from Vakhdat to Garm, I witnessed herds of up to 1,500 sheep moving along the road with […]
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4th June 2014
Dushanbe, Tajikistan
The following is a post by Baroness Vivien Stern. I am now back in the UK after my fourth visit to Tajikistan. This was the longest visit I have made – it lasted from 22 to 29 May – and also the hottest. The temperature reached 35 degrees on some of the days. It was also the […]
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