Silk Route
The 2012 Route
Sections
The Sands of Time
Dunhuang to Kashgar
Start: June 22, Dunhuang, China
Finish: July 8, Kashgar, China
Price: €2,100
Finish: July 8, Kashgar, China
Price: €2,100
Distance: 2,267km
Riding Days: 16 days
Resting Days: 2 days
Riding Days: 16 days
Resting Days: 2 days
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Along this highway we will visit the Bezseklik Thousand Buddha caves near Turpan, the red sandstone hills of the Flaming Mountains, the Kizil caves northwest of Kucha, and a myriad of spectacular sand mountain landscapes. Here, in the heartland of the Silk Road, the volatile mix of eastern and western cultures has left some superb relics; cities, caves, temples and tombs.
Today the harsh environment of the Takla Makan continues to exude the mysteries that swallowed many caravans in the past. Fortunately our bikes will enable us to escape a similar fate and our fears subside as we approach our rest day in the fabled oasis and isolated market town of Kashgar where traders from across Asia used to converge,
Countries: China
