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Inspiration for where to travel with children

Books About the Silk Road

Kim Rudyard Kipling’s book describes an India and a world that no longer exists but the writing entrances like an old-time storyteller. I re-read this book while we were traveling across Central Asia and the story pulled me in as deeply as when I was first introduced to Kim, his Holy Man and their adventures Read the Rest…

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Why Did I Go to Central Asia?

“Marco Polo! We should follow the Silk Road!” As my husband grinned, thrilled with his brilliant idea, I blinked, lifted my jaw from the floor and shook my head. He’d done it again. My knees were weak. A falling-in-love again moment. I’m doomed by the way this man and his madcap, audacious, why-the-hell-not ideas get Read the Rest…