Exploration & Journeys
Across Asia on a Bicycle
Thomas Gaskell Allen, William Lewis Sachtleben
2026
5h 40m$1.99
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Two fresh graduates bought bicycles in 1890 and rode them from Istanbul to Peking. Allen and Sachtleben crossed Turkey, Persia, the Gobi and the Chinese interior on solid tyres, arguing with officials, sleeping in caravanserais and being stared at by people who had never watched a wheel move by itself. Three years, most of a continent, and not one support vehicle behind them.
Inside this audiobook
14 chapters
- 1Preface4m
- 2Beyond the Bosporus37m
- 3Beyond the Bosporus Part26m
- 4The Ascent of Mt. Ararat24m
- 5The Ascent of Mt. Ararat28m
- 6Through Persia to Samarka31m
- 7Through Persia to Samarka24m
- 8The Journey from Samarkan25m
- 9The Journey from Samarkan22m
- 10Over the Gobi Desert25m
- 11Over the Gobi Desert Part26m
- 12Over theGobi Desert Part26m
- 13An Interview with the Pri20m
- 14An Interview with the Pr22m
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