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Turkmenistan Sophie Ibbotson is an Orientalist, writer, and consultant specialising in South and Central Asia. She read Hindi and Urdu at Clare College, Cambridge, falling in love with the histories of the Silk Road and the Mughal Empire; and since 2008 has worked predominantly in Afghanistan and Central Asia — in the very heart of the Great Game — advising national governments and the World Bank on projects ranging from tourism and cultural heritage to investment promotion and small business development.
She is Uzbekistan’s Ambassador for Ecology; the former Chairman of the Royal Society for Asian Affairs; and the author of six guidebooks for Bradt Travel Guides, including Uzbekistan. Sophie’s next book, Oxus, a biography and travelogue about Central Asia’s longest river, will be published by Icon Books in 2027.
Follow the story of the Great Game from Pakistan’s mountain frontiers to Uzbekistan’s Silk Road cities on this 18-day journey. Explore Lahore, Gilgit and Hunza before continuing to Tashkent, Samarkand, Bukhara and Khiva, discovering dramatic landscapes, historic fortresses, UNESCO-listed monuments and the enduring legacy of one of history’s most fascinating geopolitical rivalries.
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