The most complete survival guide for budget travelers in 34 Asian countries and the Russian republics. A whopping 452 maps, town plans, and transportation route

The story of travel through the centuries along Eurasia's great land routes, told through the observations and accounts of many of the world s great travelers,

Asia as we know it today is the product of a wide range of polity expansions over time. Recognising the territorial expansions of Asian polities large and small

A major history of Central Asia and how it has been shaped by modern world events Central Asia is often seen as a remote and inaccessible land on the peripherie

Why Not? After all, no-one had ever done it before. It would be one of the longest of all overland journeys – half way round the world, from the English Chann