today, merv is marooned completely off-the-beaten-track in the remote and rarely visited turkmenistan desert. but historically it was a crucially strategic and very busy silk road junction. in its heyday, nearly 1,000 years ago, merv stood alongside cairo, damascus and baghdad as one of the islamic world's greatest cities. but in the 13th century merv was almost completely destroyed by the mongols, and today very little remains of the once legendary silk road city, apart from a few crumbling ruins and its once massive walls. i'm given a tour of the vast and desolate site by local guide gulchat berdyyeva. oh yeah, look at this. >> this is the erk kala, and it was the first settlement. >> she starts off by showing me the most ancient part of the city, which was first occupied in the 6th century bc, 1,500 years before merv's heyday. >> so, now we are on the top. >> oh yeah, it's like a moonscape or something. this is fantastic; you get the whole perspective from this high. now what is this, what are we looking at here? >> these is the surrounding walls of this erk kala, and you see in fr

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moving on to merv in turkmenistan, i fly to baku, in azerbaijan, before heading on to tbilisi, in georgia. flying to konya in turkey, i travel by camel caravan like the old silk road traders, before finally ending my trip in istanbul. hi. yeah, you guys ready for the festival? i'm holly, nice to meet you. hi. since time immemorial, kyrgyz nomads have headed up to the high mountain pastures every summer to graze their herds on horseback. traditionally, once each summer they hold a festival to celebrate their remarkable horse-riding skills. many people going up to the festival, huh? >> [foreign language] >> yeah. so, are you going to ride? [imitates horse sound] come on. it's a horse festival, right? oh, no. [local music] as we finally arrive at the grazing grounds, just a few miles from the chinese border, i'm given a rousing musical welcome. nice to meet you, salam, salam. salam. oh, what? [all laugh] thank you, that is one warm welcome. the cavalry is here. a unique breed, kyrgyz horses are famed as the best in the region, and historically played a crucial role in the opening up of the s

as well as in my earlier years dinah shore and merv griffin and mike douglas and just even as a young girl in third in second grade larry i remember adoring talk shows were your was just so you know that's yeah done in short you know i don't know you know been on her show a few times always great company can i tell you one of my favorite guests thank you and i'm not i'm not saying that just because i'm sitting here with you. i was a little apprehensive about meeting you at first because like i said larry is a legend of the ledger he might not understand who you know my audience everybody's colorful they're a bit last we're very outspoken overheating and i'm a newer person on the block even though i'm going into my fifth season i know when you come to new york you'll go to rip you'll go to the view when you talk to your old friend barbara walters but you were open to new things and you done with you and when you came that first time i cannot believe how much fun you are and then you came back a second time and now i'm here with you but. let's discuss some of those who my friend then do