National Getaways for the Weary Trauma Surgeon; Part 4: The Silk Road Trip

Copyright © 2015, Trauma Monthly. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) which permits copy and redistribute the material just in noncommercial usages, provided the original work is properly cited. Another trip for the weary and tired trauma surgeon fond of travelling and sightseeing is the Silk Road trip (1). This 7-day vacation follows the route of the ancient Silk Road; an 892 km road trip from Tehran to Mashhad (Figure 1). The trip from Tehran to the northeastern cities of Iran passes through the cities of Shahr-e-rey, Semnan, Damghan, Shahrood, Sabzevar, and Neyshaboor; the final destination is Mashhad. These cities are interesting places to visit and my advice is to “not push it.” This is not an operation; you should drive safely and leisurely and rest at several rest areas on the way (2).