Half Silk Road – Trains from Hong Kong to the UK

A Journey through silk road from Hong Kong to the UK, 15 cities in 45 days, all by trains.

Journey Period: 6 June – 20 July 2016 (45 days)

15 Cities:

Hong Kong – Xi’an – Lanzhou – Turpan – Urumqi – Almaty – Tashkent – Samarkand – Bukhara – Belarus – Moscow – Kraków – Brussels – London – Birmingham

11 Main Train Journeys:

1. Hong Kong – Xi’an (through Guangzhou)
2. Xi’an – Lanzhou
3. Lanzhou – Turpan
4. Turpan – Urumqi
5. Urumqi – Almaty, Kazakhstan
6. Almaty – Tashkent, Uzbekistan
7. Tashkent – Moscow, Russia
8. Moscow – Warsaw, Poland
9. Warsaw – Cologne, Germany
10. Cologne – Brussels, Belgium
11. Brussels – London

 

Itinerary:

China
Xi’an – 3 days
Lanzhou – 1 day
Turpan – 5 days
Urumqi – 2 days

Kazakhstan
Almaty – 6 days

Uzbekistan
Tashkent – 2 days
Samarkand – 4 days
Bukhara – 2 days
Tashkent – 1 day

Russia
Moscow – 4 days

Poland
Warsaw – 2 days

Germany
Cologne – half day

Belgium
Brussels – 1 day