Carpet dealers wait for customers as they play a game of cards in a display room showing their wares in the city of Kashgar, China. No trip on the Silk Road would be complete without the purchase of a carpet.
Elizabeth Dalziel, Associated Press
GUIDEBOOKS: Lonely Planet's "Central Asia Guidebook" by Bradley Mayhew ($29.99) and "Central Asia Phrasebook: Languages Of The Silk Road" by Justin Jon Rudelson ($7.99).
ITINERARIES: Various U.S.-based tour operators offer Silk Road trips, including Abercrombie & Kent, www.abercrombiekent.com or 800-554-7016.
The trip described in this story was organized by the Foreign Customer Department of the East Shanghai International Travel Service, (011) 86-21-6299-8971. The journey began in Beijing, with a flight to Urumqi/Kashgar and a stay there at the Seman Hotel, followed by a train to Turfan, with a stay at the Turfan Southern Hotel. Next was an overnight train to Dunhuang, with a stay at the Dunhuang Hotel, and a flight to Xi'an, with a stay at the Bell Tower Hotel, and finally a flight from Xi'an back to Beijing. Cost for the 10-day trip was about $1,600 per person, excluding most meals.
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