The Places in Between (Paperback)

from maggie1944

I was alternatingly fascinated and puzzled by this account of walking through this conflict burdened part of the world. Why would someone walk into such danger and mystery? I enjoyed reading it, and I can't imagine ever doing such a trek myself. I am glad to have learned from Mr Stewart's experie...

from sarialam

"You will die, I can guarantee," says the Afghani secret police official when Rory Stewart explains he plans to walk from Herat to Kabul in mid-winter despite wolves and a war to contend with. He nearly does die but for a humongous dog he befriends on the way. Not your normal travel book but a me...

from LisaMaria_C

Just weeks after the fall of the Taliban in January of 2002 Scotsman Rory Stewart began a walk across central Afghanistan in the footsteps of Moghul conqueror Emperor Babur and along parts of the legendary Silk Road, from Herat to Kabul. He'd find himself in the course of twenty-one months encoun...

from Kristelh

Read this book for GeoCAT and because I thought it was a PBT 100 NF but I was wrong on that last point. This is the travel writing of Rory Stewart, a Scotsman (Born in Hong Kong, raised in Malaysia and Scotland). Wiki describes him "British academic, author, diplomat, documentary maker and Conser...

from cdeuker

Hard to know what to say. Rory Stewart is a remarkable person; he is also remarkably lucky to be alive. He walks across Afghanistan, most of the time alone (his favorite mode of travel). So, the risk of death at the hand of some disaffected Afghani is always 100 yards ahead, and often closer. Har...