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The Ark

Photos of Bukhara

Posted on Nov 25, 2013Nov 24, 2013
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After Samarkand, came Bukhara. On the route I’m cycling west, at least. It was the same for those merchants from the East trading along the Silk Road so many centuries…

Photos of Samarkand

Posted on Nov 24, 2013
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Samarkand was founded around 700BC by the Sogdians. It became one of the greatest cities in the world at the time due to it’s central location on the Silk Road,…

Walking the Great Wall of China

Photos of China – The Silk Road from Beijing to Kashgar

Posted on Sep 27, 2012Dec 05, 2015
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The first in a series of posts showing some of the highlights from my 3-month trip way back in 2005 through China and Pakistan. From Beijing to Xi’an and then…

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