A Traveller on Horseback: In Eastern Turkey and Iran
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In the late 1980s, famous British explorer Christina Dodwell moves from a Greek Easter into a chilly Eastern Turkish spring, not improved for the cold and hungry traveller by the fairly strict... This description may be from another edition of this product.
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:0802710786
ISBN13:9780802710789
Release Date:January 1989
Publisher:Walker & Company
Length:191 Pages
Weight:1.05 lbs.
Dimensions:0.9" x 6.4" x 9.5"
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Asia Biographies General Iran Middle East Nature Teen & Young Adult Travel Travel Writing Turkey WritingCustomer Reviews
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Dodging the revolutionary guards
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 19 years ago
From the title, one might expect the author to be making a long horseback ride through Turkey and Iran. Actually, the book is about riding buses across the countryside and taking a horseback ride whenever possible. It isn't until the last quarter of the book that an extensive ride, where the author actually purchases a horse, takes place. This is a little less romantic, but the adventures on the bus are very interesting. The primary theme is dodging Iranian revolutionary guards. The author is arrested in 4 or 5 towns and in each case, she out wits her captors and gets released. In the meantime, we get to know a wide number of local tribes, a lot of ancient history and a personal insight to places too dangerous for a European male to wander. If you want to visit Iran and/or Turkey, this isn't a bad way to keep the interest alive without risking your neck (literally)
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