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They were both ambushed while in Balkh.
But in Marco's case, people died while in Denis and Francis's no one died because
they weren't seen as a threat.

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They both saw very similar things in Mongolia.
It was pretty much the same they saw the circular houses and the vast fields.
They both noted how every bit of the animals that were slaughtered was used up eaten, made into jewellery or whatever else. The only difference is that Denis and Francis wanted to go back and we don't know if Marco wanted to.

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Marco Polo noted how they lived by trade and industry and that the people believed the desert was haunted because of how dangerous it was its traverse.
The desert today is still pretty dangerous
They had a tough time getting to the desert they rode a bus and were harassed by sergeants.

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Marco Polo was given horses to continue on to African countries.
The two American had a tough time though, their visas ran out will waiting to gain access to the country. They had to forge visas and after awhile they were just sick and tired of waiting so they just bribed someone to get in and then it was like stepping back into the 13th century it was much like Marco Polo's time in terms of look but in terms of everything else it's a lot different.

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They both noted how the locals had multiple gods.
Today they prey at ruins and they didn't use to be ruins that's why they are called ruins.

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In Marco Polo's time, they were all a bunch of savage cannibals and Marco was stranded there for months NOT FUN AT ALL.
Today they aren't cannibals and are now skilled tattooist and they were very hospitable to Denis and Francis

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I'd go to Mongolia because they said they had the best time there.
They probably also cook meat very nicely and I like meat.
Vegetarians would probably have less of a good time because they wouldn't have anything to eat really but it's nice and beautiful so at least they have something to look at before they die.

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They learned to enjoy the journey.
They didn't enjoy quite a bit of their journey and the bits that were ok they learned to enjoy the ok things no matter how small.