Places to see before I die.
Dec. 23rd, 2008 09:05 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
tyggerjaiSamarkand. This is, of course, an offshoot of obsessively researching Uzbekistan for topics of conversation with Nastyushka, but holy shit! I never really twigged not only that Samarkand was a real place, but that much of the incredible art and architecture survives. And it's in Uzbekistan, which is, well, what you'd expect from a recovering former Soviet republic, apparently. It's no wonder they're all crazy.
Istanbul. Or Constantinople, I'm not really picky.
Morocco. I think this is being re-awakened by![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
fizit talking about it, but it's always been on the list.
So I have a Grand Plan, to be refined over the next year, and subject to what actually happens when we finish up here. Starting in Guangzhou, I'd like to head West and pick a route back to Istanbul following the Silk Roads. I think that would be an awesome trip. Winding up in Istanbul, and then heading back down across Egypt to Morocco. Of course, that's about 6 months of good travel.
It was interesting chatting to people in Melbourne about when we're coming back for good, and what our plans are - finding a house, finding jobs in Melbourne, etc. It is very tempting to pack stuff up here, ship it home to storage, and take 6 months to come home, via the route above. It means not having a buffer when we get back, but I can find work easily enough. And that was the point of coming over here, to break the inertia of having a house and a job.
We shall see. I'll settle for 2 weeks in Samarkand with Nastyushka. But there's just so much to see out there!
jai.
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Istanbul. Or Constantinople, I'm not really picky.
Morocco. I think this is being re-awakened by
fizit talking about it, but it's always been on the list. So I have a Grand Plan, to be refined over the next year, and subject to what actually happens when we finish up here. Starting in Guangzhou, I'd like to head West and pick a route back to Istanbul following the Silk Roads. I think that would be an awesome trip. Winding up in Istanbul, and then heading back down across Egypt to Morocco. Of course, that's about 6 months of good travel.
It was interesting chatting to people in Melbourne about when we're coming back for good, and what our plans are - finding a house, finding jobs in Melbourne, etc. It is very tempting to pack stuff up here, ship it home to storage, and take 6 months to come home, via the route above. It means not having a buffer when we get back, but I can find work easily enough. And that was the point of coming over here, to break the inertia of having a house and a job.
We shall see. I'll settle for 2 weeks in Samarkand with Nastyushka. But there's just so much to see out there!
jai.
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Date: 2008-12-23 01:44 pm (UTC)(no subject)
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Date: 2008-12-30 06:52 pm (UTC)Do it!
I'm planing on visiting Morocco (with the possibility of hopping over to parts of Europe) in mid 2009.
Have lately been eying-off Cairo-to-Istanbul in 2010.
So much to see, so little time...