Residents of Los Angeles, with connections and contacts along the Silk Road.

We are a family of 3 planning to drive from Europe to China (along the Central Asian Silk Road), in time to attend the 2008 Beijing Olympics. 

64 days enroute!  June 23^rd to August 26^th.

Our Family of Travelers:

·         Father, Kambiz, (that is me!). I speak English, barely passable French, Persian, elementary Spanish, Tajik, a few Mandarin Chinese words, and less than 10 Turkish words to get us across 10 countries! I can also listen to excellent Russian, but will have no clue as to what is being said!

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  • Profession: Engineer, software VAR and developer
  • Passion: technology, travel, meeting new people, and Food! Private Pilot. Horses, Fishing, Food! Child education/development, Home Video producer! … and did I mention Food?
  • Education: IIT (BS), Cornell (MEng), Stanford (MS) and Wharton Business School (MBA).

• Mother, Adriana. Speaks English, Romanian, French, Spanish, with elementary knowledge of Russian.
  • Profession, IT manager, software trainer.
  • Education: Undergrad.: Cornell; MBA from Thunderbird (American Graduate School of International Business, AGSIM

• Daughter, Leila, 12 years old at tavel time. Plays piano. Tennis. Horses. Fishing. Speaks English, Persian / Tajik, and some Mandarin Chinese.
  • Education: Wildwood elementary school! Archer School for Girls.