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The Silk Road is a journey guaranteed to get the juices of every self-respecting adventurer flowing. It evokes images of escape, freedom, discovery, and the kind of widescreen scope that seasoned travelers crave. The route through Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, and Kyrgyzstan encompasses ancient commercial hubs, harsh deserts, stunning steppes, and magical mountain, verdant, valleys and important historical centers of Islamic study. A blissfully undisturbed treasure trove of delights lies along the way. Turkmenistan, famous for the archeological wonders at Merv and Nisa, and its eccentric political landscape, remains closed to visitors following the pandemic. But with travel widely open elsewhere in Central Asia, it’s a fantastic time to embark upon a Silk Road odyssey.
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