Night train to Turkistan
Stuart Stevens
The author describes his experiences traveling with three companions from Beijing to India via Kashgar in order to retrace the route followed by Peter Fleming in 1936.
Read Time: ~5.1 hr
Pole to pole with Michael Palin
by Michael Palin (2010)
About this book
En 1991, M. Palin décide de traverser le globe d'un pôle à l'autre en suivant le 30e méridien. Il raconte ses 6 mois de voyage à travers 25 pays, émaillés de nombreuses péripéties et rencontres : il participe à une cérémonie soufie au Soudan, fait du rafting sur le fleuve Zambèze, et croise le Père Noël en Scandinavie, des chercheurs d'or en Norvège ou le sosie de Lénine à Leningrad.
Setting / LocationGlobal
Story EraModern Era
Protagonist / CorePole to pole with Michael Palin Lead Character
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