Silk Road

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England – The V&A

I spent a couple glorious days in the Victoria and Albert Museum in London this week. I had two research...

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Turkey – Week 9

My Silk Road travels continue with a visit to Bursa, known for its silk and silk trade.  The city is...

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Turkey – Week 5

These images may look like scenes from the Star Wars movie, and they are, as this area was used for...

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Fuping – an oasis after the Silk Road Tour

The Chairman of the Fuping Pottery Village and Fule Ceramics Museums in Fuping, Mr. Su, hosted the entire group for...

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Urumchi on the Silk Road – our furthest point

I had a romantic notion of Urymchi, our final destination on the Silk Road, from Peter Hessler’s book Oracle Bones.  I...

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Turpan on the Silk Road – one more post

One thing of note in this area is that the road signs change to Uyghur and Chinese, rather than English...

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Turpan on the Silk Road continued

We stayed in Turpan for two nights, as there is so much to see in the surrounding areas. The Emi...

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Turpan, a major stop on the Silk Road

My guide book calls Turpan the “Death Valley “ of China as it is below sea level and therefore very...

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Hami on the Silk Road

Marco Polo used Hami as his R&R stop along the grueling Silk Trade route. The area around Hami is famous...

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Dunhuang on the Silk Road

Dunhuang is a particularly important city and surrounding area on the Silk Road.  One of our visits was to Crescent...

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