The Silk Road

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Comment by Buzzy Gordon on June 4, 2011 at 8:07pm

I am surprised Turkey is not on the list of countries here. Constantinople (Istanbul) was one of the most important European destinations for the trade from the East, as even the map above indicates; and it was reached by a land route from Persia, primarily via Syria -- which must also be added to the list, since its seaports as well were transshipment points on the final leg of the Silk Road.

Comment by Iman Rahim on June 1, 2011 at 7:25am

Great stuff Sarah Keep it up.

Ciao from Victoria

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Comment by Farkhod K on May 19, 2011 at 2:17am

Welcome to the Great Silk Road

Comment by Maz Livingston on November 23, 2010 at 2:41pm

Hello Sarah,
I spent time in Tajikistan this summer and highly recommend the you visit there. We stayed in homes, camping out in the family room and enjoyed the company and food of the locals. There is very little tourism and people benefit directly from your visit. I'd hurry back in an instant. You may wish to look into small hotels and home stays operated by the Aga Khan foundation.
I work in the travel industry and also recommend a couple of Silk Road tours that we operate:

http://www.exploreworldwide.com/holidays/details/golden-road-to-sam...

and

http://www.exploreworldwide.com/holidays/details/tashkent-to-tehran...

We have others too. I think an ideal trip is a mixture of independent travel together with a few small group adventures thrown in so that you can relax and let someone else do the planning once in a while.
Bon Voyage!

Comment by Sarah Irving on July 13, 2010 at 8:30am

Discovered: a UK-Australia overland all-the-way bus trip which includes the Silk Road: http://overlanding.wordpress.com/2010/07/12/oz-bus-has-competition/

Comment by Mahmood M Poonja on July 5, 2010 at 2:26am

The Khunjerab Pass,the highest border crossing in the world (between Pakistan and China) opened in May of 1986. The crossing is an experience in majestic mountain scenery and a culture that has by and large remained intact. This portion of the Silk Road has been amongst the most attractive. Via the Khunjerab Pass the Shangri-la region of Pakistan is now connected to other Central Asia countries including Western China (Xinjiang), Kyrghyzstan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Kazakhstan and Turkmenistan.

Comment by tour-pakistan on June 29, 2010 at 11:18am

Sara, You are most welcome if you ever need of any information from Tashguran - entire pakistan, I shall be glad to provide you ground information...

Comment by Sarah Irving on June 29, 2010 at 10:14am

One of the main reasons I set this group up is that next summer, I will be travelling overland from Australia back to the UK, possibly along a Silk Road route. I'm blogging both the planning and actual travel experience at http://overlanding.wordpress.com/, and all comments and advice are most welcome...

Comment by tour-pakistan on June 28, 2010 at 12:57pm

Sorry to say, there is no name of pakistan located on the silk route, here you all can do get the information if you ever wish to visit or explore http://www.visitatp.com/othertrips/cultural_silkroadtour.html

Comment by David Paul Appell on June 28, 2010 at 12:06pm

Great group idea, Sarah!