Further reading

Turkmenistan / Further reading

Background reading for deeper context.

Flora and Fauna in Afghanistan: Landscapes, Wildlife and Responsible Travel

Field-aware guide content for Afghanistan, adding context before clichés and helping travelers understand the place before they arrive.

Afghanistan is a mountainous country with a complex and diverse geographic and climatic structure. Most of the regions, valleys, deserts and plains of Afghanistan have different climates.

Flora and Fauna in Pakistan: Landscapes, Wildlife and Responsible Travel

Field-aware guide content for Pakistan, adding context before clichés and helping travelers understand the place before they arrive.

The flora and fauna in Pakistan are as diverse as the types of habitats. They also reflect the diversity of climatic zones, from arid to tropical. There are more than 177 mammals and 660 species of birds.

Culture in Pakistan: What Travelers Should Notice, Not Consume

Field-aware guide content for Pakistan, adding context before clichés and helping travelers understand the place before they arrive.

The discovery of the Mohenjo-Daro site is proof that the Indus civilizations were the basis of Indo-European cultures.

Culture in Nepal: What Travelers Should Notice, Not Consume

Field-aware guide content for Nepal, adding context before clichés and helping travelers understand the place before they arrive.

Nepalese culture embraces diverse cultures belonging to more than 120 distinct ethnic groups present in Nepal. The culture of Nepal is expressed through the arts: music, painting, wood and stone sculpture and dance.

Culture in Afghanistan: Living Traditions, Hospitality and Context

Field-aware guide content for Afghanistan, adding context before clichés and helping travelers understand the place before they arrive.

The culture of Afghanistan has persisted for over three millennia, dating back at least to the time of the Achaemenid Empire in 550 BCE. It is mainly a tribal society with different regions of the country having their own subculture.

Culture in China: What Travelers Should Notice, Not Consume

Field-aware guide content for Xinjiang (China), adding context before clichés and helping travelers understand the place before they arrive.

This chapter is devoted to the cultures of Xinjiang where the current dominant people are represented by the Uyghurs. The name Xinjiang means "new frontiers" and was adopted by Qing Manchuria.

Yurts in Kyrgyzstan: What the Tradition Really Means

Field-aware guide content for Kyrgyzstan, adding context before clichés and helping travelers understand the place before they arrive.

The Kyrgyz yurt, or "boz üy," is an emblem of the nomadic cultures that have traversed the rugged terrains of Central Asia for centuries.

Flora and Fauna in Mongolia: Landscapes, Wildlife and Responsible Travel

Field-aware guide content for Mongolia, adding context before clichés and helping travelers understand the place before they arrive.

Nature of Mongolia is beautiful and diverse. As we move to the south-east, with decreasing altitude, density of vegetation gradually decreases and reaches the level of the Gobi desert region.

Flora and Fauna in China: Landscapes, Wildlife and Responsible Travel

Field-aware guide content for Xinjiang (China), adding context before clichés and helping travelers understand the place before they arrive.

China - a unique natural complex in which territory inhabited by the tenth part all the animals in the world.

According to studies, about 470 species of animals living in China are found nowhere else in the world. Among them: