With his prices undercut by the Persians, he was able to sell only a small quantity of cloth to the khan, who then left on a military excursion without paying for it. The khan was defeated in battle by the khan of Samarkand, and Jenkinson escaped only a few days ahead of the victor's arrival in the defeated city. He wrote an excellent account of his journey, including a description of the infamous yard-long parasitic worm endemic to Bukhara. It's no wonder that, though his illustrious career took him to Russia and Persia, he never returned to Central Asia. This part of the world has held the traveler's imagination for more than 2,500 years.
Travel here is now more easily accomplished than it ever has been.
Though it always behooves the traveler to respect local mores, there is at present considerably less risk of torture and beheading than there was even a century ago. Work Outdoors at GORP Jobs Click Here. All rights reserved.