Here are some images of Murghab in Tajikistan which must be amongst the toughest places to live in the world and is over 3,500 metres above sea level. The temperatures plummet to minus 40C in winter and can reach plus 35C or more in summer. Here are some pictures taken in the morning before we left, after our one night in a pleasant simple homestay. Electricity is a problem in this town and often goes off - we were told that only half the settlement could have power at any one time. The smoke you can see in some of the photos comes from the simple coal stoves that are used to heat the houses - and this is only late October!
Murghab is on the Pamir Highway between Osh and Khorug and the scenery around is stupendous.
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