Tom Coote: 4 books
Tearing up the Silk Road
A Modern Journey from China to Istanbul, Through Central Asia, Iran and the Caucasus
Language: English
Release Date: August 7, 2012
Tearing up the Silk Road is an irreverent travelogue that details a journey along the ancient trade routes from China to Istanbul, through Central Asia, Iran and the Caucasus. As Tom Coote struggles through the often arbitrary borders and bureaucracies of China, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan,...
by Tom Coote
Language: English
Release Date: July 17, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: July 17, 2011
This article details a short trip to Tripoli and Leptis Magna in Libya, during the first days of the Arab Spring. Libya appeared to be making its first tentative steps towards opening up to mass tourism but then everything changed.
by Tom Coote
Language: English
Release Date: July 10, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: July 10, 2011
This article details a short trip to Annaba, Constantine and El-Oued in Algeria at the end of April 2009.
Algeria has effectively been out of bounds for independent travel for over two decades but it is now beginning to open up again.
by Tom Coote
Language: English
Release Date: June 25, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: June 25, 2011
Turkmenbashi's Land of Fairy Tales is a $50,000,000 amusement park in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan. It was meant to be Central Asia's answer to Disney Land but fell somewhat short of expectations.