Explore living history by travelling to spectacular destinations made famous in history books. Retrace the famous footsteps of such great figures as Marco Polo, Odysseus and Che Guevera through Asia, the Ionian Sea and South America.
Legendary Greek hero Odysseus was one of the most prominent Greek leaders in the Trojan war, with his perilous 10 year journey home to his kingdom of Ithaca chronicled in Homer’s Odyssey. Travel Dynamics International offers a Journey of Odysseus trip once a year aboard the Corinthian II, a luxury small-ship cruise. All the ports of call are places mentioned the Odyssey and are based on the most current scholarship of Odysseus’ route taken.
For the motorcycling adventurer, recreate Ernesto “Che” Guevara’s pre-revolutionary motorcycle journey through South America. Motodiscovery’s “Original High Andes Expedition” crisscrosses Che’s 1952 route on the type of motorcycle he used, riding through the Atacama Desert and stopping at the copper mining complex of Chuquicamata, the port city of Valparaiso and on through the High Andes passes.
Skip Mascorro, the founder of MotoDiscovery, says “These motorcycling expeditions have been life changing events for many. Stimulating, challenging, often physical, always rewarding. They attract women as well as men and represent a kind of traveller striving to not be ordinary.”
If you’re looking to make a journey only a few make, consider emulating Marco Polo, the man who made the Silk Road to China famous. His journey through Asia lasted 24 years, bridging the Turkic and Persian cultures.
The comprehensive Chinese Turkestan & Central Asia trip offered by the MIR Corporation takes travellers through the Xinjian Region of Western China, which is the heart of the Silk Road, experiencing the traditional “Georgian Table” feast, and stopping over at exotic bazaars.
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