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Silk Dreams, Troubled Road (Paperback)

by Jonny Bealby (Author)
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  • Paperback: 320 pages
  • Publisher: Arrow Books Ltd (5 Jun 2003)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0099414694
  • ISBN-13: 978-0099414698
  • Product Dimensions: 19.4 x 13 x 2.4 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 161,959 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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Whilst in Islamabad investigating the possibilities of setting up an adventure travel company, Jonny Bealby met the woman of his dreams. Not only that, but Rachel was the person with whom he could live out his dream - to travel the Old Silk Road on horseback. On his return to Pakistan that Christmas, however, Jonny was faced with those dreadful words: 'I've met somebody else...' With his heart fixed on this journey, as well as the possibility of a TV deal, Jonny set out to find a Quixotic stranger as his companion. In no time he found Sarah - attractive, warm and funny - the perfect candidate for a possible romance. Unfortunately, though, during their search for the Heavenly Horses that would carry them across the Mountains of Heaven, their fledgling friendship was beset by problems of communication, inexperience and the difficulty of adapting to radically different cultures and surroundings. This is a breathtaking travelogue, and an intriguing and heart-warming illustration of human relationships as they are tested to their limits.

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Come Together on horseback: a blind date trip through remote Central Asia.

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Painfully honest, 20 Nov 2006
By S. A. Richmond (London, UK) - See all my reviews
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It's rather unusual to read a travel book that is so honest from start to finish. For Johnny to have had problems with his travel partner right from the beginning casts a bit of a downer on the book, and the references to making the documentary at every point remind the reader that it's a very unconventional travel story. It's a shame the programme didn't go out on the BBC or Channel Four.

Probably the most unusual travel story I've ever read.

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars A journey for the mind, 26 Jan 2006
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Having read the other Amazon review, I feel compelled to write something as my experience of the book was the opposite; I enjoyed the book immensely. I found the account of the mental journey Jonny Bealby found himself on was just as inspiring as the narrative of his silk road travels. I somehow feel I know and understand myself a little better for reading it.
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2.0 out of 5 stars Troubled is right., 16 Jun 2004
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I have read his other book and bought this one to see if his romance from the previous book continued. As he says in his own words "so for the most part our trip had been a disaster". This is true of the book too and I have to confess to geting bored and skipping to the end. I enjoyed his other book about Africa.
This however had none of the effortlessness and passion and is not as inspired or inspiring. He still writes well and I enjoyed passages of the book but is just unfortunate that the subject was not as interesting as his other books.
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