CalumMacLeod and Bradley Mayhew graduated in Asian and Middle Eastern Studies fromOxford University. They have travelled throughout Central Asia since 1989.Beijing-based for over two decades, Calum worked as China correspondent for TheTimes and The Independent (both UK), Asia correspondent for USAToday, and wrote China Remembers, an oral history of the PRC, withZhang Lijia. Travel writer and trekker, Bradley is the author of over 70 LonelyPlanet guides (including Central Asia, Tibet, Bhutan and Nepal), as well asco-author of the Insight Guide to the Silk Road. Bradley retraced theroute of Marco Polo for an Arte/SWR documentary, Marco Polo Reloaded.

"One of those rare travel guides thatis a joy to read whether or not you are planning a trip" - The New YorkTimes"Richly photographed and terrificallydetailed" - Conde Nast Traveler"Erudite...exemplary" - TheGuardian"Quintessential guidebook...glorious"- Houston Chronicle"No one should visit Samarkand,Bukhara or Khiva without this meticulously researched guide" - PeterHopkirk, author of The Great Game

CalumMacLeod and Bradley Mayhew graduated in Asian and Middle Eastern Studies fromOxford University. They have travelled throughout Central Asia since 1989.Beijing-based for over two decades, Calum worked as China correspondent for TheTimes and The Independent (both UK), Asia correspondent for USAToday, and wrote China Remembers, an oral history of the PRC, withZhang Lijia. Travel writer and trekker, Bradley is the author of over 70 LonelyPlanet guides (including Central Asia, Tibet, Bhutan and Nepal), as well asco-author of the Insight Guide to the Silk Road. Bradley retraced theroute of Marco Polo for an Arte/SWR documentary, Marco Polo Reloaded.

"One of those rare travel guides thatis a joy to read whether or not you are planning a trip" - The New YorkTimes"Richly photographed and terrificallydetailed" - Conde Nast Traveler"Erudite...exemplary" - TheGuardian"Quintessential guidebook...glorious"- Houston Chronicle"No one should visit Samarkand,Bukhara or Khiva without this meticulously researched guide" - PeterHopkirk, author of The Great Game

CalumMacLeod and Bradley Mayhew graduated in Asian and Middle Eastern Studies fromOxford University. They have travelled throughout Central Asia since 1989.Beijing-based for over two decades, Calum worked as China correspondent for TheTimes and The Independent (both UK), Asia correspondent for USAToday, and wrote China Remembers, an oral history of the PRC, withZhang Lijia. Travel writer and trekker, Bradley is the author of over 70 LonelyPlanet guides (including Central Asia, Tibet, Bhutan and Nepal), as well asco-author of the Insight Guide to the Silk Road. Bradley retraced theroute of Marco Polo for an Arte/SWR documentary, Marco Polo Reloaded.

"One of those rare travel guides thatis a joy to read whether or not you are planning a trip" - The New YorkTimes"Richly photographed and terrificallydetailed" - Conde Nast Traveler"Erudite...exemplary" - TheGuardian"Quintessential guidebook...glorious"- Houston Chronicle"No one should visit Samarkand,Bukhara or Khiva without this meticulously researched guide" - PeterHopkirk, author of The Great Game