Along the Silk Road - Kucha

When the flight flew over the Taklamakan desert, it was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to observe the desert in its fullest form through the window…

The most interesting discovery was the very distinctive colour palette. Almost all the paintwork in the town was the mixture of bright base colours, green, yellow, red and blue etc…

When I crossed the very high threshold of the gate, I entered a different world - the world of the king, the past…