CENTRALASIA 166 central asia Land of fabled cities and evocative names. Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan; ancient and modern trading routes such as the great Silk Road between Tashkent, Bukhara, Khiva and Samarkand and the famous Trans- Mongolian train journey connecting Beijing with Moscow; not forgetting the vast sweeping vistas of Mongolia and the Gobi Desert. Home to Tamerlane and Genghis Khan - the entire region overspills with exotic history, much still unknown, waiting to be discovered and ripe to create memorable travel experiences.

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