A Short Break in Libya
by Tom Coote
Price: Free! 3340 words.
Published on July 17, 2011. Nonfiction.
This article details a short trip to Tripoli and Leptis Magna in Libya, during the first days of the Arab Spring. Libya appeared to be making its first tentative steps towards opening up to mass tourism but then everything changed.
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Member Since: June 25, 2011
Tom Coote
Biography
I have recently signed a publishing deal for ‘Tearing up the Silk Road’, an irreverent travelogue that details a journey along the ancient trade routes from China to Istanbul, through Central Asia, Iran and the Caucasus. My personal journey is interspersed with historical anecdotes, social commentary and investigations into the increasingly globalised nature of culture and identity. On the way, I visit China, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Iran, Armenia, Georgia and Turkey (I would also have visited Kyrgyzstan but I was turned away at the border during the recent uprising).
Where to find Tom Coote online
Website: http://www.tomcoote.net
Books
To Camels from Cows: Algeria Overland
by Tom Coote
Price: Free! 3900 words. Published on July 10, 2011. Nonfiction.
This article details a short trip to Annaba, Constantine and El-Oued in Algeria at the end of April 2009. Algeria has effectively been out of bounds for independent travel for over two decades but it is now beginning to open up again.
Price: Free! 3900 words. Published on July 10, 2011. Nonfiction.
This article details a short trip to Annaba, Constantine and El-Oued in Algeria at the end of April 2009. Algeria has effectively been out of bounds for independent travel for over two decades but it is now beginning to open up again.
Turkmenbashi's Land of Fairy Tales
by Tom Coote
Price: Free! 3080 words. Published on June 25, 2011. Nonfiction.
Turkmenbashi's Land of Fairy Tales is a $50,000,000 amusement park in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan. It was meant to be Central Asia's answer to Disney Land but fell somewhat short of expectations.
Price: Free! 3080 words. Published on June 25, 2011. Nonfiction.
Turkmenbashi's Land of Fairy Tales is a $50,000,000 amusement park in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan. It was meant to be Central Asia's answer to Disney Land but fell somewhat short of expectations.