This entry is out of place, as I read it before Cloud Cuckoo Land, but must have forgotten to log it. This is the first book by Colin Thubron I have read, having eschewed travel writing for so long. I guess though as I get older I'm happier to read about exotic places from the comfort of an easy chair than actually visit them. What a comparison to Thubron, who is in his 80s and yet set out to one of the most hostile and unwelcoming parts of the planet, both in terms of the environment, authoritarian regimes and grinding poverty and shortages. He tells a good story and almost makes you want to visit the Wild East. I wouldn't last 5 minutes though. Better to stay where i can see the birds in the garden and can order a pizza without having to get up
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