05 April 2011
The Silk Road
I'm currently reading Colin Thubron's
Shadow of the Silk Road
. What a great adventure through history and cultures it is.
Was there ever a more exotic word than Samakand? You can hear the rustle of silk and smell the pilaf right there.
Tiles at the Shar-i-Zindah Tombs by Graham Barrow
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