On top of the world
The Karakoram highway between Pakistan and China was cut out of the Himalayan mountainsides and stretches some 1 300 kmContinue Reading
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Alchemy in Prague
Alchemy is a main theme for the Prague visitor and understandably so since it goes so very well with theContinue Reading
Best historical travel books
The best historical travel book is Isabelle Eberhardt’s In the Shadow of Islam. Eberhardt travelled north Africa in the early 20thContinue Reading
Edge of the Taklamakan
My journey on the Karakoram highway, described in previous posts, ends in Kashgar and on the edge of the greatContinue Reading
Great Game heritage
On my second day in Kashgar I discover, to my surprise, that behind the brutal concrete hotel in which IContinue Reading
Kashgar, Silk Road Oasis
We are at the end of the Karakoram Highway, on the rim of the Taklamakan desert and in the greatContinue Reading
