Castle of the Assassins
Marco Polo tells a mysterious story of “the old man of the mountain”, master of an army of assassins inContinue Reading
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In Iran with Marco Polo
Marco Polos Silk Road journey was an epic overland adventure in the 1270s where he went from Venice to ChinaContinue Reading
The Prague Golem revisited
A formidable monster of clay protects the Jewish community of Prague since the 16th century. It sleeps in the atticContinue Reading
Alchemy in Prague
Alchemy is a main theme for the Prague visitor and understandably so since it goes so very well with theContinue 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
