Full name: Night Train to Turkistan: Modern Adventures Along China's Ancient Silk Road

Author: Stuart Stevens Year: 1988 Rank: Rating: Original Rating: Pop Rating: Genres/categories: Travel, Non Fiction Purchase/reserch links: LibraryThing Goodreads Amazon ISBNs: 9780871131904 0871131900

The first account of travel in Chinese Turkistan, closed to foreigners since 1949, shows a world where bureaucratic hazards often loom larger than geographical ones. First serial to Esquire. Similar books: Behind the Wall by Colin Thubron Forbidden Journey by Ella Maillart One's Company by Peter Fleming Slow Boats to China by Gavin Young Fried Eggs with Chopsticks by Polly Evans From Heaven Lake by Vikram Seth Riding the Iron Rooster by Paul Theroux News from Tartary by Peter Fleming Frontiers of Heaven by Stanley Stewart Slow Boats Home by Gavin Young Falling Off the Map by Pico Iyer The Tao of Travel by Paul Theroux A Woman's Passion for Travel by Marybeth Bond To the Ends of the Earth by Paul Theroux Pole To Pole by Michael Palin The Ultimate Kauai Guidebook: Kauai Revealed by Andrew Doughty Around the World in 60 Seconds by Nuseir Yassin 1,000 Places to See Before You Die by Patricia Schultz Unfathomable City by Rebecca Solnit Hillerman Country by Tony Hillerman