Join a modern-day caravan on an epic journey along the Silk Road. Travel along this interconnected series of ancient trade routes through the Asian continent. Merchants of every stripe have passed through here, bringing with them exotic goods, foreign belief systems, and new forms of architecture, agriculture, music, and art. Today the surprising alpine lakes and meadows of Kyrgyzstan, Turkmenistan’s boisterous bazaars and gleaming modern monuments, Uzbekistan’s saturated blue Silk Road oases, the red rock formations of Kazakhstan, and the ancient ruins of Tajikistan provide a rich medley of cultures, natural beauty, up-to-the-minute politics, and down-to-earth people.