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    • Hanging out in Xi’an with the vast terra cotta army, one of the most remarkable and memorable sights in the world.
    • Meeting and mingling with people in remote western China who look and dress differently than the great majority of their fellow countrymen.
    • Experiencing highlights of far-flung cities and towns along the route, many of which once served as caravan stops.   
    • Venturing beyond China to legendary Silk Road cities such as Tashkent , Samarkand and Bukhara and central Asian countries such as Turkmenistan, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, and Tajikistan.

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G. Westerlund

Dec 2019

Absolutely wonderful

I am reborn! Simply the best holiday I have ever been on! Absolutely wonderful, a once in a life time experience and all the guides were extremely knowledgable, funn...

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Reinhard Paul

Dec 2019

It was a great journey, a once in a lifetime experience

It was a great journey, a once in a lifetime experience. An extraordinary mixture of culture, history, treking, city-sightseeing and art, with local food and mostly ...

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D. Purdie

Dec 2019

This was an absolutely amazing trip

We recently completed the Silk Road to Samarkand via Kashgar tour. This was an absolutely amazing trip with knowledgeable guides in all three countries. A special me...

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C. McMurchy

Dec 2019

Truly wonderful in making the trip so memorable

Our Silk Road trip took in China, Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan. Each country has an unbelievably rich and vast history, sometimes going back thousands of years. Every d...

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D. Purdie

Dec 2019

This was an absolutely amazing trip

We recently completed the Silk Road to Samarkand via Kashgar tour. This was an absolutely amazing trip with knowledgeable guides in all three countries. A special me...

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