Omrani Bijan - Asia overland : tales of travel on the Trans-Siberian & Silk Road

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The Odyssey imprint ISBN prefix is978-962-217
Asia Overland, Bijan Omrani, paperback, -811-3, 2010
Egypt, Robert Morkot, paperback, 5th ed, -701-7, 2005
Iran, Loveday, Wannell, Baumer & Omrani, paperback, 4th ed, -812-0, 2010
Kazakhstan, Dagmar Schreiber & Jeremy Tredinnick, paperback, 2nd ed, -814-4, 2010
Kyrgyz Republic, Rowan Stewart & Susie Weldon, paperback, 3rd ed, -791-8, 2008
Mongolia, Carl Robinson, paperback, -808-3, 2010
Russia and Asia, Edgar Knobloch, paperback, -785-7, 2007
Silk Road: Monks, Warriors & Merchants, Luce Boulnois, paperback, Revised 1st ed, -721-5, 2008
Silk RoadXian to Kashgar, Judy Bonavia, paperback, 8th ed, -761-1, 2008
Tajikistan, Robert Middleton & Huw Thomas, paperback, 2nd ed, -830-4, 2012
Uzbekistan, Calum MacLeod & Bradley Mayhew, paperback, 7th ed, -823-6, 2012

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The magnificent Hall of Prayer for a Good Harvest in Beijings Temple of Heaven complex.

A string of camels stride across the dunes in Xinjiangs Taklamakan Desert; today tourists take turns riding for short distances through the harsh but bewitching landscape, but in days of yore merchants spent gruelling months traversing this enormous sea of sand.

The great Cascade Fountain in Peterhof, Peter the Greats Summer Palace on the outskirts of St Petersburg.

ASIA OVERLAND

TALES OF TRAVEL ON THE TRANS-SIBERIAN & SILK ROAD

BIJAN OMRANI

WITH
ADDITIONAL MATERIAL BY

JEREMY TREDINNICK

Backed by the mighty peaks of the Karakoram, Baltit Fort in Pakistans Hunza Valley occupied an important strategic point for merchants and armies crossing between Central Asia and the subcontinent.

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Asia Overland: Tales of Travel on the Trans-Siberian & Silk Road