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The Silk Road

Episode Six

Across the Taklamakan Desert

In Across the Takiamakan Desert, yoo will be the first foreign visitors in over seventy-five years to the ancient Buddhist city of Miran, southwest of the legendary kingdom of Lou-Ian. You will meet the Uighurs of the oasis town of Cherchen, near the Kun-lun molintains, and then attempt to cross the Taklarnakan Desert, which means "The place from which nothing living returns"' After losing your way in the 120 degree heat, you will stumble into the ruins of Niya, and then attempt a night escape across the desert to safety!