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Journey of Discovery along the Silk Road

When I announced to my friends and family that I was embarking on a trip to Uzbekistan, not only did they look at me with dumbfounded expressions on their faces, they nearly all said to me, “Where on earth is Uzbekistan and why do you want to go there?” At least, that was the polite version of what they said! They were two very good questions, and ones that I had asked myself when researching the trip, so I proceeded to answer them by writing this book. Uzbekistan is literally in the middle of all the other ‘Stans, bordered by Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, Afghanistan, Tajikistan, and Kyrgyzstan and wedged in between Russia, China and India. This is the story of my ‘Journey of Discovery along the Silk Road’ through Uzbekistan in 2012 and includes a lot of historical information about the country and its magnificent buildings, many of which are protected as World Heritage Sites. Interspersed throughout the story are some light-hearted anecdotal tales of what actually happened on the trip as far as our Group was concerned.

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Peter Clarke was born in Bath, Somerset and grew up in the picturesque village of Bathampton, near the banks of the Kennet and Avon Canal. He was educated at King Edwards School in Bath before embarking on a career in Banking with National Westminster Bank. After a period of 12 years working in the West End of London he was able to settle down in Hampshire. In 1996, he started to hone is writing skills as a Bid Writer and Project Manager for European Funded projects. This involved extensive travel across Europe to countries including Poland, Lithuania, Latvia, Italy, Germany and France. This also enabled him to pursue his passion for photography. Having been self-employed in this field for 15 years, Peter has now changed direction completely and set up Peter’s Pocket Guides and Photography, through which he publishes his own series of pocket sized travel guides based on his travels and illustrated with his own photographs. Guides published to date include Coastal Norway, China, South Africa and now Uzbekistan. He has also visited India on a number of occasions and has become fascinated with the history of this diverse country and the whole region of Central Asia which ultimately led to his trip to Uzbekistan. You can find out more about Peter’s publications and his own image gallery at www.peterspocketguides.co.uk He has had photographs published in Hampshire Life magazine and travel articles in Wanderlust. He has also written and illustrated articles for various online publications. When not travelling, Peter likes to relax by walking through the lovely Hampshire countryside. He is a qualified cricket umpire so many of his summer weekends are taken up standing in the middle of a green field. He is an avid sports fan following cricket, rugby union, golf and football in particular.