r/BeAmazed • u/SelectResident_BE • Feb 11 '25

Place The oppressive feeling of the pamir plateau

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u/Ancient-Egg-57 Feb 11 '25

In case anyone else was wondering about this Pamir Plateau too, here's a quick link with more info about it

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u/rhiddian Feb 12 '25

I'm so excited! I lived here for 7 years when I was a kid.
I am going back here in June!
I am taking my 4 year old daughter to visit.
It's been 25 years since I was here last.

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u/Chewable-Chewsie Feb 12 '25

That trip will be so wonderful for you and your 4 year old. Have a great time.

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u/rhiddian Feb 12 '25

Thanks! Looking forward to showing her the castle where I found my pet tortoise.

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u/Genghis_Chong Feb 12 '25

Castle? Pet tortoise? You have me thinking you're the hero in a cartoon or something haha

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u/rhiddian Feb 12 '25

Certainly felt like that growing up there!

I also lost that tortoise (Theresa) and found it two months later.... IN THE ATTIC

To this day my sister and I have no idea how it got up there.

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u/ShadesOfHiu Feb 12 '25

That's wonderful. Safe travels!

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u/rhiddian Feb 12 '25

Thankyou!

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u/HoseNeighbor Feb 12 '25

I'm so happy for you! Bring back pics for us! 😁

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u/rhiddian Feb 12 '25

I'm a full time photographer for work haha. So I dare say I'll snap a couple.

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u/leeringHobbit Feb 12 '25

What were your family doing there? Are you natives who immigrated?

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u/rhiddian Feb 12 '25

Other way around.
I moved there when I was 5 left when I was 12.
I'm actually from New Zealand.

My parents helped rebuild orphanages and deliver aid to refugees. Thay also started a program where they would teach girls who had aged out of the orphanages life skills so they could smoothly transition into society.

They moved back a couple years ago now that all the kids have grown up and left home. Now they've started a program helping people get their documents together so they can work.

So my wife, daughter and I are all flying over to visit then and see how the country has changed.

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u/Pavlin87 Feb 12 '25

Tajikistan is great these days

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u/rhiddian Feb 12 '25

Thats great to hear... You've gone? When were you last there?

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u/Pavlin87 Feb 16 '25

I just got back. Asia in general is miles ahead from where it was 25 years ago. I also visited relatives in Russia, and man that place is booming. Any town with population over 50k is getting developed like crazy, new infrastructure, public transit, schools, hospitals. Lots of work done by South Asia temp workers, and lots of that cash makes its way there too

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u/CompleteTap8190 Feb 12 '25

That comment felt like a math problem

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u/rhiddian Feb 12 '25

continued...

I was 12 when I left.

What year did I arrive?

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u/crackerf783 Feb 14 '25

You just informed your age Unknowingly .. !!!

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u/rhiddian Feb 14 '25

Not with just this information...
Because you don't know how old I was when I moved there!
(Unless you read the comment i made saying how old i was when i left. haha)

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u/BayBandit1 Feb 11 '25

Thank you for the link!!!!!

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u/MichiganSucks14 Feb 11 '25

Excite up

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u/shockingprolapse Feb 11 '25

Be like Cool from the game Cool Spot

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u/Linxbolt18 Feb 11 '25

opens reddit

goes to r/BeAmazed

gets snippy when people are amazed

... profit?

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u/TheLimpyWink Feb 11 '25

Based on their comment history, they have the emotional capacity of a 12 year old. Everyone is wrong...dumb...stupid according to them. The type that's really fun at parties.

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u/rhiddian Feb 12 '25

Hey you.

I hope today is a good day for you.

Your comment makes me think you could use a win.

So I'm going to chug a beer for you and send you some good vibes.

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u/BayBandit1 Feb 13 '25

Thanks, but if I wanted your opinion I’d give it to you.

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u/snifty Feb 11 '25

Interesting place linguistically/ethnically too.

https://eos.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/central-asian-villages-pamir-mountains.png

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u/PM_ME_DATASETS Feb 11 '25

Logistically too. I literally just learned about the Pamir highway a couple of days ago. And it's a 1200 km route and the only route to traverse the mountain range, and it's been in use for thousands of years since it was also part of the ancient silk road.

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u/3-orange-whips Feb 12 '25

This is true of a lot of highways in the American west. They started as trails the indigenous tribes used, which were "discovered" by white "explorers" and, as more people went west, became roads that are now highways.

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u/Aggravating-Pound598 Feb 12 '25

A lot of roads and highways in Africa were elephant trails . Many human pathways followed animal trails ..

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u/perst_cap_dude Feb 12 '25

Makes you wonder if there are any ancient dinosaur paths that humans now use, and we are completely unaware of

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u/thecashblaster Feb 12 '25

Geography is destiny. There are only so many mountain passes and favorable terrain for travel.

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u/Gullible-Lie2494 Feb 12 '25

Sounds like that Robert Crumb cartoon.

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u/HeidiDover Feb 12 '25

Where I live, there are parts of highways that were part of the original Trail of Tears route. It makes me feel awful to drive on them, but at the same time, people in my area need to never ever forget this happened and that we live on stolen land.

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u/MicksmstrCha Feb 11 '25

Thanks. There’s always someone with the info to my next questions. Thanks for being that hero today. Sláinte.

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u/-Adityac- Feb 11 '25

Cheers, I might actually have to pay a visit. Added to bucket list.

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u/sameoldknicks Feb 11 '25

Can't I just stay here and you'll feed me the information? (prefer in a bulleted format).

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u/happysri Feb 12 '25

Kunlun is real??

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u/3NunsCuppingMyBalls Feb 11 '25

I found another article here which talks about the ancient settlements in the region.

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u/3rdRateChump Feb 12 '25

That was super informative and cool!

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u/imadogg242 Feb 12 '25

Wow, thanks!! you learn something very interesting and useful everyday!

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u/Mars_W_BOI Feb 11 '25

Thank you!!!

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u/Chewable-Chewsie Feb 12 '25

Great info on this link. TY

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u/aeternum_warrior Feb 12 '25

Total Rickroll. Not this time!