Taklamakan Desert Taklamakan Desert The Taklamakan Desert (, Xiao'erjing: ; ; ), also spelled "Taklimakan" and "Teklimakan", is a desert in southwest Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, northwest China. It is bounded by the Kunlun Mountains to the south, the Pamir Mountains and Tian Shan (ancient Mount Imeon) to the west and north, and the Gobi Desert to the east. The name may be an Uyghur borrowing of the Persian , "to leave alone/out/behind, relinquish, abandon" + , "place". Some sources claimed it means "Place of No Return", more commonly interpreted as "once you get in, you'll never get out" or similar. Another
How to Start Your Own Country cover many events in the country's subsequent history between September 2005 and September 2007. How to Start Your Own Country How To Start Your Own Country was a six-part BBC Television documentary comedy series aired between August and September 2005. The show was presented by British writer/comedian Danny Wallace and followed his quest to start his own country in his flat in Bow, London. The micronation he created was eventually named "Lovely". The series was released on DVD in the UK on 18 June 2007, having been postponed from October 2005. Danny investigates territory for his new country, starting by