Our Fiery Hearts: Lust for Knowing What May Not Be Known

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A fantastic collection of memoirs by the author Diana Gleadhill of her travels in Central Asia. Anyone interested in culture, travel and nature would find this read absorbing and often amusing. It offers historical detail of the Silk Road trade routes between China and Europe through Central Asia, and the Akhal Teke horse breed of Turkmenistan. It will inspire you with the lakes and dangerous passes of Pakistan and Tajikistan and give you first-hand experience of the cultures of Uzbekistan and Kyrgistan. Gleadhill's words will transport you to the Kashgar market of the Xinjiang Region of China and the awesome burning gas crater of Darvaza. It is a must for all those who wish to embark on their own adventure, and is an example of how curiosity about other peoples and a little research can lead to something so dissimilar to an all-inclusive two-week beach holiday. The book encapsulates the acute observation, enthusiasm and a certain bravado of the author and her companion for the culture, highlights and mysteries of other nations definitively contrasting with westernisation. "Wonderful, adventurous, exceedingly intrepid and very interesting." - Michael Palin