Xinhua WuAn incense burner from Jirzankal Cemetery, in the Pamir Mountains of western China. 2,500 years ago, people would burn cannabis leaves over hot stones to release psychoactive smoke.

When you think of hiking destinations, Kyrgyzstan probably isn't one of the first places to come to mind. But, perhaps it ...

Tajik National Park (2,611,674 ha in area) encompasses almost the entire Pamir Mountains, the third highest mountain ecosystem in the world after the Himalaya and Karakorum Mountains. The Pamir ...

Pakistan's Wakhi people have herded each summer in Pamir, a high-altitude grassland that is vital to raising the livestock upon which they depend. The difficult trek there along winding mountain ...

On bamboo bicycles made from French craftsmanship, three friends explore the Pamir mountains. On their way, they meet communities that are reinventing local know-how in crisis.