In my walk out of Eden journeys, there were a lot to be taken in, so many different landforms, people, objects, and feelings to be had. On my first adventure, I did the silk road chapter 4. This one truly spoke out to me considering the length of travel the journey was, along with all the different scenery. Ranging from the cargo ships to the Deseret and everything in between. Along the way, there was lots of history that were passed such as in the tomb that was passed where the rock/clay was carved into by a horseman. During the travel, the people that were seen were truly remarkable such as the Afgan cobbler that made pauls packhorse a harness.  In the Airakty mountains, Kazakhstan they got to harvest steppe (milk protein) from camels. In Uzbekistan, there was a 300 dollar mastiff for sale at a roadside market. But strangely enough during the journey, the point of not seeing women were trending up until mile 4300. The silk road is seriously one of the most interesting and complex pathways for centuries. 

On my next journey The Riverlands,  the first stop was northern Pakistan where they watched families follow the rivers in the glacial valets of Karakoram, follow the water in order to find pockets of gold from the river bed, children, women, and families try to get as much as they can in order to live. A good day for them is a tiny nugget that is worth $40. Sadly the next stop I made was in Punjab, India, where my eyes were opened to the use of drug abuse by teens to numb the pain of everyday living. Most people want to escape their living situation and find something better due to such poor lifestyles and conditions.  The next stop is Gwalior India, where the crime rate is so high the police put up wanted signs and will pay for weddings or medical bills if bandits are brought to justice. It is deeply saddening to see so much poverty and rough life in our world. 

Lastly, Chapter 6/ Middle kingdoms, takes place is china focusing on all the history. My first stop was the Gaoligong Mountains, taking place near an old silk road trading town. These mountains are crammed with over 700 animal species, ranging from mammals to amphibians and everything in between. The rain that occurred would practically flood our cities, monsoon rains are an understatement. The landscape throughout this part of the journey did not vary much, very desolate, valleys and mountains. This piggybacks the fact of low populations, but insane amounts of animal life. The people they did see were definitely were interesting, for example, Yang a 74-year-old man who is a herbalist and hand rolls his own products. It truly is remarkable how other people live in such different scenarios than we occur in the US every day.