Great Game heritage
On my second day in Kashgar I discover, to my surprise, that behind the brutal concrete hotel in which IContinue Reading
Tag: Silk Road
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
The Stone Tower
Ancient sources about the Silk Road mention a mysterious place, “The Stone tower”, which was a midpoint between China andContinue Reading
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
The Silk Road with Marco Polo
Have you thought about travelling the Silk Road, the legendary network of overland routes from the Mediterranean to eastern China?Continue Reading
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