Silk Route Adventure
Claire Burges Watson |
"Silk Route Adventure" takes you through rolling Mongolian prairie
lands, monotonous Kazakh steppes, scales 4,000-metre passes in Kyrgyzstan,
and crosses the black sands of the Karakum Desert in Turkmenistan.
Throughout the journey, the Long Rider author overcomes numerous obstacles
and dangers, such as drunken and sometimes violent guides, hostile border
police, raging rivers, snow-bound passes and seemingly endless stretches of
desert. In contrast to her remote and often harsh surroundings, coupled with
the brutal realities of life in Central Asia after the collapse of the
Soviet Union, she encounters the warm tradition of nomadic hospitality,
witnessing a way of life largely untouched by modernity. Illustrated with 100 superb colour photographs and an immensely detailed map
of the route, "Silk Route Adventure" is an enthralling account of a
seemingly impossible journey completed by a determined and eminently
resourceful woman. For more information, please go
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