Hi all,

For those who want to follow this trip on a map, you can do that.

1. We started our trip in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan. Bishkek is in the far north of Kyrgyzstan and is on the map.

2. We then drove east to Lake Issyk-Kul which is the large lake due east of Bishkek.

3. Next we drove to Almaty, Kazakhstan. Almaty is right above Lake Issyk-Kul but we had to drive almost back to Bishkek to get around the mountains.

4. Then we flew from Almaty to Ashgabat, Turkmenistan. Ashgabat is on the southern border of Turkmenistan and also on the map.

5. From Ashgabat, we flew due north to Dasoguz, Turkmenistan. That was our last flight until the end of the trip.

6. The rest of our time in Central Asia, we moved around by bus. This was what I would call the heart of the trip. We were in the thick of the main artery of the old Silk Road.

7. We drove from Dasoguz, Turkmenistan North to Nukus, Uzbekistan.

8. We drove from Nukus southeast along the Turkmenistan border to Khiva. Khiva is not on the map but it’s near Urganch which is on the map.

9. We drove from Khiva to Bukhara along a southeast heading. Bukhara is called Buxoro on the map.

10. We then drove from Bukhara northeast to Samarkand which is on the map.

11. From Samarkand, we continued northeast to Tashkent in northeast Uzbekistan and on the map.

12. From Tashkent, Uzbekistan, we drove south to Khujand, Tajikistan which is on the map in the far north finger of Tajikistan.

13. From Khujand, we drove south to Dushanbe, Tajikistan over some incredible mountain roads.

We drove about 2,250 miles across central Asia.

From Dushanbe, we flew to Istanbul, Turkey and then home.