Silk Road Tour Packages
The
region separating China from Europe and Western Asia is not the most
hospitable in the world. Much of it is taken up by the Taklimakan desert,
one of the most hostile environments on our planet. There is very little
vegetation, and almost no rainfall; sandstorms are very common, and have
claimed the lives of countless people. The locals have a very great respect
for this `Land of Death'; few travellers in the past have had anything good
to say about it. It covers a vast area, through which few roads pass;
caravans throughout history have skirted its edges, from one isolated oasis
to the next. The climate is harsh; in the summer the daytime temperatures
are in the 40's, with temperatures greater than 50 degrees Celsius measured
not infrequently in the sub-sealevel basin of Turfan. In winter the
temperatures dip below minus 20 degrees. Temperatures soar in the sun, but
drop very rapidly at dusk. Sand storms here are very common, and
particularly dangerous due to the strength of the winds and the nature of
the surface. Unlike the Gobi desert, where there there are a relatively
large number of oases, and water can be found not too far below the surface,
the Taklimakan has much sparser resources.
Singa China Travel Service Pte Ltd offers tour packages to the Silk Road. Click on the following for more details: