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Walking to Samarkand : the Great Silk Road from Persia to Central Asia / Bernard Ollivier ; translated from the French by Dan Golembeski.

by Ollivier, Bernard.

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Skyhorse Publishing, 2020.

Ollivier, Bernard -- Travel -- Silk Road.

Walking -- Silk Road.

Silk Road -- Description and travel.

9781510746893 (hc.)

Alternate title:

Great Silk Road from Persia to Central Asia

290 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.

Translated from the French.

Originally published in France as Longue marche: Á pied de la Méditerranée jusqu'en Chine par la route de la Soie. II.--Vers Samarcande by Éditions Phébus, Paris.

The storm -- The bazaar -- Caravansaries -- Thirst -- The robber-cop -- Tehran -- The desert -- Artists -- Taryak -- Pilgrims -- SAVAK -- Pilgrims -- The border -- Turkmens -- The Karakum -- Bukhara -- The turquoise sky of Samarkand.

Acclaimed journalist Bernard Ollivier continues his epic journey across Persia and Central Asia as he walks the length of the Great Silk Road. Walking to Samarkand is journalist Bernard Ollivier's stunning account of the second leg of his 7,200-mile walk from Istanbul, Turkey, to Xi'an, China, along the Silk Road--the longest and perhaps most mythical trade route of all time. Picking up where Out of Istanbul left off, Ollivier heads out of the Middle East and into Central Asia, grappling not only with his own will to continue but with new, unforeseen dangers.

Travel writing.

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