Joe

Travel jornal

April 12

Today I'm traving the Silk Road and my first stop is Xi 'an. I'm staying here for 2 days. Right now i'm unpacking my stuff. I may be a merchant but i know silk sells great in China.

April 13

Yesterday i sold many goods, but i'm selling more today! I even got to see how to play the Erhu a chinese instrument! Plus some villigers showed me how to make silk from cacoons. Sadly i have to leave here for my next stop Samarkand.

April 15

Well...it seems I took a wrong turn yet its not all misfortunate i arrived in Turfan! Why am i exited because at night the streets are filled with people that have a LOT of money just waiting to buy something!!!!! I can use the stuff from Xi 'an i have and reel in some money! I'm staying for 2 days. WOW i'm going to be rich!!!!

April 16

Dang... i'm really tired from last night i kept selling some silk that got me money for 6 hours. Before i leave i want to try out some recipies that Turfan is known for. O.K i got some recipies ,my stuff ,and a lot of money. Time to leave THE MONEY MAKING CITY Turfan. Next stop Samarkand!!!

April 18

Ahhhh finally Samarkand i want to stay here for a week but i got a pattern of 2 days for each city.Time to rest because i got a big day tomorrow. So for now lets kick back and relax.

April 19

I can't belive this! They're selling camels for merchants like me to have a load off my back now i'm extremly lucky that i ran into Turfan to get that much money to buy my camel. WOW it seems that everywhere i go i learn somethig useful like making paper from cloth then boil them and smash them to pulp. I may have been buying not selling goods. O.K lets leave Samarkand and head to Baghdad with my camel Paco fed, lets get out of here!

April 21

FINALLY my last destination Baghdad. The city of peace is living up to its name beause mostly everyone is nice i may stay here for a while.Lets give Paco a drink and a rest for today,he's been halling my stuff everywhere.

April 22

My last jornal entry... so Baghdad has a building called THE HOUSE OF WISDOM that has a man who calls himself the master of medicines. Also i learned how to make glass that could sell a lot of money. And the reason why i can't go on the sea routes is 1. I can't afford a boat those things are expensive! 2. I can't really sell goods on the sea. 3.It's to dangerous to go like Pirates or the dangerous sea itself. Besides I kinda want to sight see the Tigris River.

Joe - excellent travel journal. I can tell that you were excited about this experience. I hope you learned from it and also enjoyed it. 100/100 Mrs. Celestin