Stans By Me: A Whirlwind Tour Through Central Asia - Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan And Uzbekistan
About this ebook
Join intrepid traveler, Ged Gillmore, as he journeys with an unlikely group of characters on a whirlwind tour through the five ‘Stans – Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan.
* Prepare yourself to come face to face with mesmerizing landscapes and striking citadels that look like sets from Star Wars and Game of Thrones.
* Learn about ancient rituals such as goat-pulling and bride-stealing that are still practiced today.
* Visit floating mountains, singing dunes, sunken forests and bejeweled cities so beautiful they are almost impossible to describe.
Along the way you’ll encounter yurt erections, bullet trains and enemy Silk Road travel agents. You’ll learn how a baby’s first steps are celebrated in Kyrgyzstan. You’ll become acquainted with the life-and-death importance of etiquette in a Khan’s palace. And you’ll be gently reminded that people – even those on a seemingly boring bus tour – are rarely what they seem.
'Stans By Me' is a hilarious Central Asia travel memoir, full of fascinating characters, magnificent monuments and curious customs – all told with Gillmore’s deadpan British wit. If you enjoy the offbeat travel tales of Bill Bryson, David Sedaris, J. Maarten Troost or Will Ferguson, you’ll definitely get a kick out of 'Stans By Me'.
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PRAISE FOR STANS BY ME:
'What a journey, told with humor and great descriptive writing.'
'Entertaining, informative and really well written - just the right balance.'
'If you like Bill Bryson's style of writing you will enjoy this. It has humour and loads of information.'
‘A wonderful alternative to a dry Lonely Planet travel guide – Stans By Me is enlightening, inspiring, evocative and downright witty.’
‘I’ll soon be traveling the Silk Road and doing some trekking in Tajikistan and this travel guide has left me so excited about my trip of a lifetime.’
‘A superb and entertaining travel guide covering the wonders of Central Asia and the Silk Road. Inspiring writing.’
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About the author
Ged Gillmore completed degrees in languages and literature at the University of London. After graduating, Ged worked in France, Germany and Italy before returning to London for eighteen years. Fancying a change to sunnier climes, Ged made the leap to Sydney in early 2004.
These days he spends his time between Australia, Ireland and the UK. When he's not falling off his surfboard at Bondi or dabbling with a day job which pays the bills he sits at his laptop and bashes out fiction. He writes tense and taut contemporary mysteries, alongside laugh-out-loud chapter books for kids. Most recently he has turned his hand to travel writing too.
In October 2017, Ged launched HEADLAND, the first book in the 'Bill Murdoch Mystery' series. HEADLAND follows the hard-boiled adventures of Bill Murdoch, an English bad boy struggling to adapt to a new life in Australia, who finds himself thrust into the role of the world's most reluctant private investigator. The sequel, CLASS ACT, launched in January 2018, and the third book in the series, BASE NATURE, was released in March 2018. In July 2018, CLASS ACT was nominated for the Ned Kelly Awards 2018 (Australia's most prestigious crime novel prize).
In May 2019, Ged published 'Stans By Me', a memoir of his whirlwind travels through Central Asia (Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan), all told with a generous dollop of his deadpan British wit.
For more information and exclusive advance extracts, visit: www.gedgillmore.com
