Always wanted to visit Kashgar as well as the rest of the Tarim Basin, but sad I'll never get the chance.

There are multiple Uyghur Sarais littered across the high Himalayas from an era when commerce still passed on the back of a Yak

Highways like the G219, G314, the Leh-Manali, etc are all based on older trade routes from a bygone era, and now increasingly carry troops instead of tourists or commerce.