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:
- Hong Kong – Xi’an (through Guangzhou)
- Xi’an – Lanzhou
- Lanzhou – Turpan
- Turpan – Urumqi
- Urumqi – Almaty, Kazakhstan
- Almaty – Tashkent, Uzbekistan
- Tashkent – Moscow, Russia
- Moscow – Warsaw, Poland
- Warsaw – Cologne, Germany
- Cologne – Brussels, Belgium
- 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
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