Uzbekistan
Quite excellent. No one should visit Samarkand, Bukhara or Khiva without this meticulously researched guide.  --Peter Hopkirk, author of The Great GameThese handsome, well-edited books from a Hong Kong-based publisher cover places few other guidebooks go.... The writers are particularly well-chosen: Oxford university graduates in Oriental studies for the acclaimed guide to Uzbekistan...Odyssey fans tend to be adventurous travelers with a literary bent. If you're lucky enough to find an Odyssey Guide to where you're going, grab it.  --National Geographic Traveler, February 2000