History - The Silk Road - Two Roads to the Pamirs

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Enter the oasis town of Kashgar in time to celebrate the end of Ramadan, the Muslim month of fasting. Watch master craftsmen apply their skills to woodworking, textiles and jewelry. See the Buddhist caves at San-Xian-Dong, the oldest Buddhist ruins in China. Stand on "The roof of the world", the Pamir plateau between three great mountain ranges. Join a Tajik wedding party and enter the ancient Taskgurkan castle.