Driving thru a small high plateau Tajik town in westernmost China bordering 3 countries, Pakistan, Afghanistan and Tajikstan

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Khunjerab border pass Kingdergarten, kids literally may accidentally run into another country if not carefully tended, kids with border gate police

 

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Tashkurgan , the only Tajik autonomous region in China, nice and peaceful, some reports say Tashkurgan is the only region in China with zero crimes, locals are very nice and friendly, even you dropped your valuables on the roads and left, no one will take them.

 

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Police all out to escort school buses for the new school term in Xinjiang Pamir plateau Tajik county​

New school term starts in Xinjiang Pamir Tashkurgan Tajik county, police are all out to escort school buses from different villages to the schools, people may mistake it for welcoming foreign dinitaries.

 

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Visit a 109 years old Tajik centenarian in a rual village nursing home in Xinjang Pamir Plateau​

The government built nursing homes on Pamir mountains 4000 meters above the sea level for old people from poor families and old senior citizens without children, good environment, good food , 4 meals a day, and daily health care, all for free. for senior citizens over 90 years old, an one on one personal helper is provided to take care everything from combing hair to taking a bath. Now is deep winter time, but Pamir nursing homes green house yards make people feel like spring time

 

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Tajikstan, Afghanistan and Pakistan are just beyond this mountian, China's only town that borders 3 countries

 

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Local police often check with the local herders and help them with livestocks and farm works

 

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Chinese social media influencer cycled from Zhengjiang province all the way to Tashkurgan, lamenting that accomodation is 5 times more expensive there than the rest of Xinjiang, because now it's peak season for tourism and everything is booked out