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Future tours arranged by Christine-Ann Richards: CRAFTSMANSHIP IN CENTRAL ASIA UZBEKISTAN & TAJIKISTAN October 21^st - November 8^th 2022 The Silk Road stretched from the Middle East to China and along which lie the famous cities of Samarkand and Bukhara.    This was the trade artery through which the great civilisations of the East and West exchanged not only produce, but also cultural ideas influencing architecture, textiles, metalwork, ceramics, painting and calligraphy. Peoples, rulers and cultures have swept across the region's steppes, deserts and mountains for thousands of years. ‘From the blue-tiled splendour of Tamerlane’s Samarkand to the holy city of Bukhara, boasting a mosque for each day of the year’ and across Khorezm, the desert and to Khiva. ‘Uzbekistan lays claim to a breath-taking architectural legacy.   Bound by sand and snow, fed by the melt-water from the Roof of the World, these fertile oases attracted the greatest travellers and conquerors in history, along the fragile threads of the Silk Road.’ Visiting Tashkent, Margilan, Rishtan, Kokand, Penjikent,  Samarkand, Gidjuvan, Bukhara, Khiva & Nukus. LANDPRICE: approx. £2,500 INTERNATIONAL RETURN FLIGHT TO TASHKENT: TBA Enquiries:  mail@christineannrichards.co.uk Previous Tours List of past tours arranged by Christine-Ann Richards: RUSSIA: The Golden Ring 14^th – 25^th July 2019 CHINA: Sichuan Province & Jingdezhen 7^th – 25^th October 2018 CHINA: Sichuan Province & the Tibetan Border 11^th – 25^th October 2017 CENTRAL ASIA: The Silk Road: Tajikistan & Kyrgyzstan 7^th – 21^st June 2017 CENTRAL ASIA: The Silk Road 7^th – 21^st October 2016 CHINA: Southwest China and Laos 7^th – 25^th January 2015 CHINA: Contemporary & Traditional Ceramics in Eastern China 10^th Anniversary Tour with Li Wenying 6^th – 30^th October 2013 CHINA: Contemporary & Traditional Ceramics in South East China 6^th – 24^th March 2012 CHINA: Indigo and Clay 19^th March – 3^rd April 2011 CHINA: Contemporary & Traditional Ceramics in North China 8^th – 26^th May 2010 CHINA: Western China & the Southern Silk Road 5^th – 27^th September 2008 CHINA: The ‘Mingei’ Tradition in Central China 26^th February – 20^th March 2008 UZBEKISTAN: The Silk Road in Central Asia Sunday 20th – Tuesday 29th August 2006 CHINA: The ‘Mingei’ Tradition in South West China Saturday 26th February – Sunday 20th March 2005 CELEBRATE: 25th Anniversary of 1st Craft Potters Association Trip to CHINA & 1,000 years of Porcelain Production in Jingdezhen October 2nd – 21st October 2003 UZBEKISTAN: THE SILK ROAD IN CENTRAL ASIA 16th September - 3rd October 2001 ORIENTAL CERAMIC SOCIETY TOUR TO CHINA 21st October - 11th November 2000