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Danziger's Travels: Beyond Forbidden Frontiers (Paladin Books) (Paperback)

by Nick Danziger (Author, Photographer)
3.4 out of 5 stars See all reviews (14 customer reviews)

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  • Paperback: 448 pages
  • Publisher: Flamingo; New edition edition (22 Feb 1993)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0586087060
  • ISBN-13: 978-0586087060
  • Product Dimensions: 19.6 x 12.8 x 2.8 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 3.4 out of 5 stars See all reviews (14 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 65,799 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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This account describes the author's adventures during an 18-month journey "beyond forbidden frontiers" in Asia. With minimal equipment and disguised as an itinerant Muslim, he hitch-hiked and walked through southern Turkey, and the Iran of the Ayatollahs, entering Afghanistan illegally in the wake of a convoy of Chinese weapons and then spent months dodging Russian helicopter gunships with the rebel guerillas. He was the first foreigner to cross from Pakistan into the closed western province of China since the revolution on 1949.

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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Brilliant, but know what to expect, 28 Nov 2006
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I loved it. Danziger's gift is to put the reader in his shoes, to bring his journey to life. If you want a tourist guide or annotated historical treatise, this is not the book for you. If you want to know what it actually feels like to wander across some of the most dangerous and least understood places in the world, Danziger's Travels provides a safe alternative to visiting in person.
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Inspiring, 13 Jun 2005
I read this in 1994, and it helped me when I was planning a similar journey (which sadly left out Afghanistan).

As another reviewer mentioned, he tried to inject some love interest, and failed miserably. I had to skim read these parts - cringingly. I'm by no means a prude.

Anyway, the rest is good travel reading. Perhaps embellished a little, and he is incredibly self-centered.

But there is no doubt that his travels were groundbreaking back in the 1980s when he made them, and the route today can still be challenging.

Recommended. I managed to forgive the ego trip and self pandering, and if you can do that, it's a good read.

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7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Thrilling adventure writing; insights into Afghanistan, 8 Jul 2002
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This thrilling book was my introduction to Nick Danziger about a year ago, an author whose other books I then eagerly searched out.

As you can read in a couple of the other reviews on this site, Danziger is a character who you may or may not actually like. I haven't quite decided for myself just yet. Absolutely I suppose you could say he is a bit self-absorbed. But his travels are amazing, and who wouldn't be pretty proud of their achievements if they had done what he has?

You could have one of two curiosities to search in reading Danzigers Travels. Both will be satisfied.

First of all there is the classic travel writing idea. Get inspired by this madman who set out essentially penniless and on foot to get from Europe to China along the ancient Silk Route.

Secondly if you are looking for a book that gets you behind the mindset of the people of Afghanistan (in particular) then this is an excellent place to start. Danziger spent time in the Mujahadeen equivalent of the trenches while ragged Afghans were fighting the Russian superpower.

Highly recommended and a 'can't put it down' read.

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