This video did meet my expectations.
I had been searching for a video about the silk road that used maps to indicated the routes and the cities along the way. This video continually referred back to maps to indicate where each description was located. Good job.
Michael
A mixture of things...
This is the Silk Road, from China to Europe, 30 cities and 5 nations, with ruins, tourist spots, hotels, churches, temples, palaces and trading centers. A mixture of history and tourist guide, with information about culture and food, with advice on the best spots to take a picture or make a deal on a rug. It is neither here nor there. And once I even heard the narrator turn a page while doing the voice over during the video. Many times he seemed to repeat himself and many of the shots, while looking very nice, sometimes looked like they were taken from an older film or video. Not a bad DVD but nothing to really write home about. To be honest, I didn't remember half of it after watching it. And I just finished watching it a couple of hours ago. Get it used or get a book on the Silk Road instead.
Excellent modern-day tour of the Silk Road
This video methodically documents the sights along the Silk Road, starting in Xian and ending in Istanbul. The pace of the sightseeing is adjusted appropriately: slower along the more interesting eastern portion, faster at the western end. The visits to the Uzbek cities of Samarkand and Bukhara are especially well done.
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