The Silk Road Guide
Find your bearings. Explore country guides and practical reading on seasons, life on the road and the places along the Silk Roads.
What do you need to know?
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Find your bearings
Country guides
Central Asia
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Across the wider Silk Road
Follow your curiosity further. Each country guide brings together the material available for that destination.
Mongolia
Legacy of the Great Khan
Fadhil Abhimantra on Unsplash
Nepal
The roof of the World
China
Explore the Middle Kingdom
Todd Cravens on Unsplash
Pakistan
The Land of Adventure and Nature
Adeel Shabir on Unsplash
Afghanistan
In Search of Lost Kingdoms
Daniel Prudek
A few good places to begin
Seasons and places to stay: three starting points for thinking through a trip.
When to Go to Kyrgyzstan
They think Kyrgyzstan has a summer season. It has several. There is valley summer, lake summer, pasture summer and high-pass summer. These overlap, but they are not the same. If your route includes yurt camps, horses, a…
Periwinkle Luffa, BlueMelon
When to Go to Uzbekistan
They treat Uzbekistan as a list of monuments. It is not. It is a rhythm: cool morning streets, shaded interiors, train transfers, tea, workshops, tiled squares at low light, and evenings when cities start breathing agai…
Periwinkle Luffa, BlueMelon
Sleeping in Mongolia
Directory information changes faster than destination history. Opening hours, contacts, services, prices and access can shift without warning. Treat this page as a useful reference, not a guarantee; for a planned route,…
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