Silk Route Adventure by Claire Burges Watson
Rebelling against the predictability of banking life, and with only her wits to equip her, Claire sets off on her own on an eighteen-month, 6,000-kilometre horseback adventure across Central Asia. Here, she offers an illustrated account of a seemingly impossible journey completed by her.
Claire comes from a large family and has always led an itinerant lifestyle. She travelled widely as a child, living in Japan, Brussels, Italy and Nepal. After obtaining a BA in history from Magdalen College, Oxford, she moved to Hong Kong where she worked in the financial markets. While living in the Far East, she travelled extensively in South East Asia and also undertook a solo camel expedition into the Taklamakan desert in China. During her time in Hong Kong, she completed a triathlon and a marathon to raise money for charities in Burma and in Mongolia. After leaving Hong Kong, she undertook the journey recounted here (which raised more than GBP 40,000 for charity) and then spent some time living in Italy. She is currently living in London.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780709080619 |
| ISBN 10 | 0709080611 |
| Title | Silk Route Adventure |
| Author | Claire Burges Watson |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | The Crowood Press Ltd |
| Year published | 2007-04-30 |
| Number of pages | 352 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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