Travelling the Old Silk Road in Gansu

2017/06/292017/09/29 Prof Ron Flying Horse, Gansu, Great Wall, Lanzhou, Marco Polo, Silk Road, Wuwei, Yellow River, Zhangye

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As a Canadian traveller in China, one of my keen interests is to explore historic connections between East and West. One of my fascinations is the old Silk Road caravan route linking the old capital city of Xian with India, Persia and Europe.

My travel: from Zhangye to Lanzhou via Wuwei.

I invite readers to view one of my first attempts to tell a story online. Originally this blog appeared on the Government of Hunan 3Us English website. For the attached files, I used a system called Show Story, developed by staff at Hunan University (a partner university to my home university in Canada). The linked files here are only minimally modified from the original publication.

My story here is of my travels on the famous Route 312 (now twinned with Expressway G30) in Gansu Province between Zhangye and the capital city of Lanzhou:

Click to view: Silk Road in Gansu Province Part 1
Click to view: Silk Road in Gansu Province Part 2

Originally published (3Us Hunan): 2009 10 26.

Lastest update: 2017 09 28