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What a jerk.
It would truly be a wonder if any American was granted a visa to Turkmenistan again after this guy's visit.I found this in my library, and was VERY excited, you don't hear too much about Turkmenistan. However; reading some of the passages in the book made me cringe....The author treats his host family like garbage, he acts arrogant and superior to all the Turkmen he meets. This is Turkmenistan!Lighten up!Sure it's difficult, but for the sake of your readers, stop complaining! I kept hoping that somehow, in the pages, the author would reveal he was just kidding, that he hadn't behaved this way abroad, and would reveal the book was actually a parody of the obnoxious American tourist.His description of the Turkmen people..this guy looks like a toad, this guy looks like a fly, this guy looks like a (insert animal).Historic ruins look like UFO landing sites.The whole country is crap, and the USA is WAY better, in case you didn't know, duh.And then he has the nerve to write a book, calling HIMSELF in the title, a "Turkmen Cowboy".Just because you went to Turkmenistan, yelling "yippee ti yi yo" in everyone's face, does NOT make you a Turkmen cowboy.

Akhal-Teke horses, their riders and culture
A wonderfully written description of an Indiana Jones-style trip to Turkmenistan by writer, film maker and naturalist Jonathan Maslow.A life-long horse enthusiast, he grew up eventually wanting to ride Akhal-Teke horses in the steppe country north of Iraq and east of the Caspian Sea where they were first domesticated three millenia ago."Girls seemed to lose their interest in horses about the time they discover boys.I'm not a girl, and I never lost it." His description of learning Russian in a crash course at Johns Hopkins is alone worth the price. fantastic book
maslow is a genius. it's truely a crime that this book is out of print as it should serve as a guide for all travel writing. maslow's ability to make any situation, no matter how grim hysterically funny makes me want to leap from my armchair into the most inhospitable places on the planet. ... Read more

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Nelles Central Asia Map
A great overview of the region Not user-friendly
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