Publisher's Synopsis
To travel upon the Silk Road is to travel through history. It was upon this road that that Chinese silk traveled and was exchanged for incense, precious stones and gold from India, the Middle East and as far the Mediterranean, contributing to the great tradition of commercial and idea exchange along the way. In the fall of 1992, celebrated translator, writer and scholar Bill Porter left his home in Hong Kong and decided to travel from China to Pakistan by way of this famous and often treacherous Silk Road. This is the second of a three-book memoir series about Porter's travels in and around China.
