My Silk Road Tour covered more than 4000km over two provinces and one autonomous region of China. We started our journey in Xian in the province of Shaanxi, flew westward to Urumqi in Xinjiang before slowly making a loop eastward back to Xian, traversing through part of Xinjiang and most of Gansu Province.
It would have been great if we had gone further west all the way to Kashgar to complete a bigger loop but that was something we didn't manage to do.
I was naive to think a China Silk Road Tour would be an adventurous one - something like navigating rugged terrain on jeeps and four-wheel drives, riding camels across deserts, putting up in native Uighur tents and passing through very remote villages. I thought I could really get real glimpses of the original path that was used by ancient traders but alas I was so wrong.
All the time we were travelling on modern highways, staying in state of the art hotels in highly developed cities with sky scrapers towering high.
We did however visit ancient places affiliated to the ancient Silk Route but it would have been better if the "Silk Road Tour" is what I'd imagined it to be.
I have made a summary of the places I visited and given them my very personal rating.
Part 2: Daming Palace National Heritage Park
Part 3: Hancheng Lake
Part 4: I Stayed In Howard Johnson Ginwa Plaza, Xian
Part 5: Xinjiang Where The People Speaks Mandarin With A Funny Accent
Part 6: Heavenly Lake
Part 7: Xinjiang International Grand Bazaar
Part 8: Hooray! 2 Nights In Cinda Hoi Tak Hotel, Urumqi
Part 9: Glimpses Of Turpan (Xinjiang)
Part 10: Karez Well
Part 11: The Ruins Of Jiohe
Part 12: The Grape Valley Of Turpan
Part 13: Nothing Comes Free!
Part 14: Emin Minaret
Part 15: Flaming Mountain
Part 16: Tuyugou Canyon
Part 17: Mazar Village Of Tuyugou Valley
Part 18: Kumtag Desert
Part 19: Turpan Maixi Laipu Hotel Review
Part 20: Xinjiang Cuisine
Part 21: The Journey To Hami
Part 22: Hami Hotel Block 6 Photo Review
Part 23 : Glimpses Of Dunhuang (Photo Gallery)
Part 24: An Amazing Desert Experience At Echoing Sand Dunes
Part 25: A Camel Ride At Echoing Sand Dunes
Part 26: An Oasis Of Flowers At Echoing Sand Dunes
Part 27: Crescent Lake
Part 28: Mogao Grottoes
Part 29: Dunhuang Fuguo Hotel Photo Review
Part 30: Jiayuguan pass
Part 31: Jiuquan Park
Part 32: 1 Night In Jiuquan Hotel
Part 33: Glimpses Of Jiuquan
Part 34: Zhangye Danxia Landform Geological Park
Part 35: My Journey From Jiuquan Into Zhangye
Part 36: Giang Buddha Temple, Zhangye
Part 37: Power Mansion Hotel, Zhangye
Part 38: The Journey Into Wuwei
Part 39: Leitei Tomb Of The Han Dynasty
Part 40: Glimpses Of Langzhou
Part 41: Langzhou Waterwheel Garden
Part 42: Only 8 Hours In Langzhou Legend Hotel
Part 43: Huaqing Hotspring
Part 44: Terracotta Warriors
Part 45: Shaanxi Sunshine Grand Theatre
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