Shadow of the Silk Road After I’ve read “The Silk roads: A New History of the World” I became fascinated with this travel route as it is infused with history, history of religion, ethnography and geography. So, when I opened Colin Thubron’s book I was already prepared to like it. It is a difficult book, […]
Travels in Siberia This is the my first book by Ian Frazier, who is a renouned American author and humorist, but I will certainly read more of his works. Although starting rather slow and seemingly burdened with details, the book develops into encompassing and entertaining account of the author’s 4 visits to Siberia, one of […]
Mongolia: Travels in an Untamed Land Actually I have read this book AFTER I have returned from my Mongolian trip and it should have been the opposite. But after being there I was so overwhelmed with the information I obtained about the history of the country and its people, that I have decided I need […]