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Juan Luis Morales

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Our itinerary, which purposely overlapped with some of the routes taken by Marco Polo and Baron Von Richthofen, revealed many emblems that once seen could not be forgotten. The constant challenge was to capture the vast accumulation of information and the varied images encountered, in order to discern the recurring signs that help form a redundant memory on which the silk road’s temporal transcendence is based.

Chine Dunhuang Les dunes du lac du crois

Teresa Ayuso

Atelier Morales

THE VOYAGE

In the summer of 2018, Global Forum Resources sent photographers (AKA Atelier Morales) on a 13 000 km land voyage across China, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan and Azerbaijan.​

CHINA
From Shanghai to Fenhuang ----1 671 km
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Shanghai                   

Zhouzhuang                 

Suzhou                        

Hangzhou 

Longjing                

Huizhou 

Huangshan                  

Hongcunzhen            

Yueyang                  

Wulingyuan

Nanhuashan             

Fenhuang                

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Bund / Cheryl Square

Oriental Pearl Tower

Shangaï Museum 

Zhujiajiao

Lingering Garden  

Temple of Soul's Retreat

Leifeng Pagoda

Longjing Village

Tang Quan Lu

Linshen

Yueyanglou Park   

Zhanggiajie 

From Fenhuang to Xi'an ---- 2 997 km

Market of Manchuanguanzhen

Quiangling 

Terracotta Army Museum

Small Wild Gosse Pagoda

Muslim District

Ancient Mosque of Xi'an

Buddhist Temple Nanhuashan National Forest Park

Temple of Xianfo

Fortress of Enshi

Hydrolic Central The Three Gorges

Wudang Mountains

Danjiangkou

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Fenhuang              

Henshi                  

The Three Gorges   

Jingmen                

Xiangyang            

Wudangshan        

Manchuanguan     

Xi'an                   

From Xi'an to Jiuquan ---- 5 086 km
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Xi'an                    

Maijishan            

Tianshui               

Lanzhou              

Liujiaxia                 

Binglinsi                 

Xining

Quilian

Silu Gudao               

Zhangye                

Danxia                   

Jiuquan                                  

Maijian Grottoes

Tianshui Museum

Mosque Humen Yao Shui Bei

Xindianzhen

Bingling Temple

Pedestrian Center of Datong

Ancient Frotress Ruins (Himalaya)

Giant Buddha Temple

Zhangye Dabxia National Geopark

Jiuquan

Catholic Church

Rampart

From Jiuquan to Khorgos ---- 7 669 km

Dunhang Night Market

Crescent Lake Oasis

Muslim Cemetery

Gaochao Ruins

Qiatekalexiang Village

Mosque of EMIN

Aibi Lake

Sayram Lake

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Jiuquan

Jiayuguan                 

Yueva Spring Oasis    

Dunhang               

Hami                      

Gaochang               

Turfan              

Urumqi           

Jinghe                

Sayram 

Khorgos            

Kazakhstan
From Horgos to Tamozhnya ---- 9 604 km
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Horgos          

Jarkent

Charyn Canyon

Kolsai 

Assy

Dachi 

Saty

Almaty

Tamgaly               

Akyrtas 

Taraz            

Otrar         

Turkestan           

Shymkent

Tamozhnya               

Old Mosque "Zharkentskaya Mechet'"

Canyon of Charyn Mirador

Kolsain Lake "Jezioro Kolsai"

Kaindy Lake "Ozero Kaindy"

Alatau National Park Isle

Meteorological Observatory of Assy

Mausoleum of Khoja Ahmed Yasawi

Otrar Ruins

Aqua Park of Shymkent

San Nicolas Orthodox Church

UZBEKISTAN
From Tachkent to Noukous ---- 12 221 km

Mausoleum Kaffal Shashi

Madrassah Baroqxon

Mosque Abdulla Murodxo'Jayev Nomozgokch

Popular Market Tchor

Paper Factory

Necropolis Royal Shakhi Zinda

Oulugbek Observatory

Mausoleum Amir Kemur

Bolohause Mosque

Nakchbanoy Madrassah

Mohi Hossa Summer Palace

Ruins of the Fortress of Touprak Kala

Museum Davlat San't Muzeyi

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Tachkent                   

Samarkand            

Nourata                

Kyzylkoum Desert 

Navoi  

Bukhara               

Khiva                    

Bustan   

Topraq Kala              

Noukous            

AZERBAIJAN
From Baku to Baku ---- 12 926 km
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Baku

Gobustane   

Sahil

Bibiheybat

Yanar Dag

Atechgah

Shamakhi

Lahidj Namazgah

Ismaili 

Nohur Golu Lake   

Qabala     

Shaki    

Turyanchay 

Baku International Port

Baku                 

Baku International Sea - Trade Port

Khazar Islands

Mosque Bibiheybat

Bayraqq Meydani

National Museum of Carpet

Cultural center Heydar Aliyev

Temple of Eternal Fire 

Madrassah Haci Pasa

Shaki Khan Palace

BELARUS, RUSSIA, GERMANY

Hamburg

Kaliningrad

Minsk

BELARUS

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Customs Clearance Kaliadzicy

Schomys'litsa Forest

Stantsiya Minsk-Passazirskly

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RUSSIA

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Kaliningrad Sea Commercial Port

National Park of Isthme of Courlane

Bashnya "Dona" Castle

Park Yunost Kaliningrad

Knaypkhof Island

Krantz Village

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GERMANY

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HHLA Container Terminal Alternwerder

St Pauli Fischmarket

Sankt Pauli - Elbtunnel

Spicy's Gewursmuseum

Hafen City

Handelskammer Hamburg

Hamburg Central Station

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Hamburg

Kaliningrad

Minsk