Over the past six years my wife and I have made it our quest to explore as much of the Silk Roads as possible, with more than 60 outposts charted. We have found the journey so fascinating, we would like to recreate the feeling of an explorer charting and experiencing these places for the first time. Therefore I’ve been investing my time to create an interactive journey where one can experience the Silk Roads without leaving your front door.
The journey starts in Constantinople and from there branches out where you can choose where to travel, with all roads leading to the end in Eastern China. Hope you find it interesting and would love any input or suggestions for the project, as there are plenty more places to chart.
Nice site! Two small suggestions: when hovering over the icons, the mouse cursor should change to indicate that they are clickable. And, without being very familiar with the Silk Road, I imagine Tehran, Esfahan, Baghdad, Basrah etc. were also significant stations, although it's currently not easy (or advisable) to visit them as a tourist - but I think they should still get icons...
Great site and pictures, but having every page fade out after a few seconds and "Give us your email address" gets annoying quick. That needs a "Close and don't show again", which probably needs a cookies/local storage (hello cookie-banner).
Absolutely, Dunhuang is such a crucial component of the Silk Roads. However I am only including the places we have traveled through ourselves, and we were not able to fit in Dunhuang when we were passing through the area.
This Silk Road experience is a project I anticipate working on over the next few years.
This is really wonderful. I’ve been considering a trip along the Silk Roads via Pakistan for some time so this site was a perfect way to spend an afternoon. Thank you so much for this beautiful experience.
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[ 3.2 ms ] story [ 38.7 ms ] threadThe journey starts in Constantinople and from there branches out where you can choose where to travel, with all roads leading to the end in Eastern China. Hope you find it interesting and would love any input or suggestions for the project, as there are plenty more places to chart.
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-Emily
And there's Mogao Caves (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mogao_Caves) which can't be missed.
This Silk Road experience is a project I anticipate working on over the next few years.
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/25812847-the-silk-roads
But I was pleasantly surprised. Cool Journal.