Andrew's Travels

In 2018, from late June to mid-October, my friend Anthony and I travelled around China and from there the across through Central Asia to Istanbul. Check out the website blog:

https://atdtravel.wordpress.com/

You may need to copy this and paste into your browser. The blog comprises the following entries:

About the trip
Intrepid Travel - China Highlights
China Highlights 1 - Shanghai
China Highlights 2 - Xian
China Highlights 3 - Great Wall, Jinshanling
China Highlights 4 - Beijing
Dragoman Travel - The Silk Route between Istanbul and Beijing
1 The route
2 North of Beijing - Hebei Province
3 Heading South to Xian 1 – Shanxi province, Datong to Wutai Shan
4 Heading South to Xian 2 – Shanxi province, Pingyao to Qikou
5 Heading South to Xian 3 – Shaanxi province, Yan’an to Hua Shan
The Silk Road – Some background
The Silk Road 1 (start) – Xian
The Silk Road 2 – Gansu province; across to Lanzhou
The Silk Road 3 – Gansu Province; Hexi Corridor
The Silk Road 4 – Xinjiang Province; Central area
The Silk Road 5 – Xinjiang Province; Southwest to Kashgar
The Silk Road 6 – Kyrgyzstan; North to Bishkek
Kyrgyzstan; a diversion around Issyk-Kul lake and then across to the Kyrgyz Fergana valley to resume the Silk Road
The Silk Road 7 – Uzbekistan; Fergana Valley to Samarkand via Tashkent
The Silk Road 8 – Uzbekistan; Khiva via Bukhara and Lake Aydarkul
The Silk Road 9 – Turkmenistan; Konye-Urgench to the Caspian Sea via Ashgabat
The Silk Road 10 – Azerbaijan; Baku to the Georgian border via Sheki
The Silk Road 11 – Georgia; Kakheti province
The Silk Road 12 – Georgia; from Tbilisi north to the mountains and back
The Silk Road 13 – Georgia; into and through West Georgia to the Black Sea
The Silk Road 14 – Turkey; from the Black Sea to Cappadocia
The Silk Road 15 (finish) – IstanbulOkumaya devam et