Italian traveler kicks off Silk Road trek

Beginning in Kashgar in the Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region, Cammarota will embark on a 15-month cultural journey across China.

She says she hopes to keep following in the footsteps of Marco Polo by exploring over 30 cities in 17 provinces and autonomous regions, including Xinjiang, Gansu, Shaanxi, Fujian, Guangzhou and Beijing, where her journey will conclude to mark the 750th anniversary of Marco Polo's arrival in China in 1275.