Footsteps of Marco Polo by Amaya Rivera https://padlet.com/amaya_e_rivera/lxxl5vmu5vt8 en-us 2017-11-21 14:56:37 UTC 2026-01-13 00:16:50 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Ornamenttree.png Mongolia amaya_e_rivera https://padlet.com/amaya_e_rivera/lxxl5vmu5vt8/wish/214466614 When the two were in Mongolia they could read out of the book about what Marco Polo saw and see the same thing for themsevles. 
]]> 2017-12-08 13:13:08 UTC https://padlet.com/amaya_e_rivera/lxxl5vmu5vt8/wish/214466614 India amaya_e_rivera https://padlet.com/amaya_e_rivera/lxxl5vmu5vt8/wish/214467093 When they got to India they got to walk through and see all of the ancient ruins the Marco Polo documented.
]]> 2017-12-08 13:14:48 UTC https://padlet.com/amaya_e_rivera/lxxl5vmu5vt8/wish/214467093 Balkh amaya_e_rivera https://padlet.com/amaya_e_rivera/lxxl5vmu5vt8/wish/214467188 On their way to Balkh they were ambushed by the Hazaras, the descendants of the tribe that attacked Marco Polo's caravan. 
]]> 2017-12-08 13:15:05 UTC https://padlet.com/amaya_e_rivera/lxxl5vmu5vt8/wish/214467188 Turkey amaya_e_rivera https://padlet.com/amaya_e_rivera/lxxl5vmu5vt8/wish/214471215 When they first got there it was just a small fishing village. But when Polo was there 700 years earlier, it was this large port. When they tried to leave though they had to follow the same route as MP Niccolo and his uncle Maffeo.
]]> 2017-12-08 13:26:58 UTC https://padlet.com/amaya_e_rivera/lxxl5vmu5vt8/wish/214471215 Uzbekistan amaya_e_rivera https://padlet.com/amaya_e_rivera/lxxl5vmu5vt8/wish/214471895 When in Uzbekistan they had to forge they visas and pay a $100 dollar bribe. FInally to get get across they had to acquire a paiza or Marco Polo's "Golden Tablet".  




]]> 2017-12-08 13:29:04 UTC https://padlet.com/amaya_e_rivera/lxxl5vmu5vt8/wish/214471895 Walkhan Corridor amaya_e_rivera https://padlet.com/amaya_e_rivera/lxxl5vmu5vt8/wish/214503826 When they got to the Walkhan Corridor, they fond out that they were the first westerners to travel the Corridor in the generation. They traveled through it on the same trails as Marco Polo. '
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