If it's still some time till your next adventure rally with the Travel Scientists, we've put together a list of books which will help you to bridge the time till we meet at the starting line. These books will definitely stir your wanderlust and awaken the adventurer in you, who books plane tickets before having a plan of any kind. Read them at your own risk, we've warned you! Central Asia Rally Foreign Devils on the Silk Road: The Search for the Lost Cities and Treasures of Chinese Central Asia. Peter Hopkirk. During the Central Asia Rally, we'll just wave across the border at the Chinese part of the Pamir Mountains behind which lies a land of ancient cultural and archaeological importance. The Silk Road has always inspired stories of immense teasures found along its way, even long after the decline of the once famous trade route and its cities. During the 19th and at the beginning of the 20th century - before China closed its borders - western archaeologists have set out to find those treasures, and they did so with success. But what they found were not gold or precious stones, but long lost, antique cultural monuments, invaluable paintings, sculptures and most importantly scrolls which cast a new light on the history of the region. Today, these treasures can be seen in museums scattered all across the world. This book tells the stories of the men who risked their lives to rediscover them under the sands of time. Moroccan Escapade All Strangers are Kin: Adventures in Arabic and the Arab world. Zora O'Neill. Did you know that in Arabic the words for beautiful and camel come from the same root? So if you tell a woman that she is beautiful, you basically compare her to a
If it’s still some time till your next adventure rally with the Travel Scientists, we’ve put together a list of books which will help you to bridge the time till we meet at the starting line. These books will definitely stir your wanderlust and awaken the adventurer in you, who books plane tickets before having
