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title: 'Black Water Lake on the Pamir Highway'
date: '2023-09-19 05:50'
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transport_mode: car
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lat: '39.01250'
lng: '73.55978'
location_city: 'Karakul'
location_country: 'Tajikistan'
weather_temp_c: '15'
weather_desc: 'windy'
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10-09 - In the middle of no mans land, right on the actual border, our new driver was waiting and we started our tour through Tajikistan. The epic and harsh nature of the Pamirs is spectacular and makes it unimaginable how people can survive here, especially In winter. We ended in Karakul, not Karakol where I was before. Kara means black, kul means lake. The lake has beautiful.colours depending on the sunlight, but its name comes from the fact thats its fed with ground (black) water.