Bradley Mayhew graduated in Oriental Studies (Chinese) from Wadham College, Oxford University. He has traveled and trekked across Chinese and Russian Central Asia, Tibet, Iran and Ladakh. He has led adventure tours along the Silk Road and is the author/co-author of numerous Lonely Planet guides, including "Pakistan & the Karakoram Highway, Tibet, The Indian Himalaya" and "Southwest China". Mayhew lives in Montana, when not "on the road.