Across Asia on a Bicycle: The Journey of Two American Students from Constantinople to Peking

Angora Aras River Armenian ascent Asiatic Turkey Askabad asked Barkul Bayazid began bicycle caravan Central Asia Chimkend China Chinese clothes clouds consul Cossacks crowd desert donkeys empire English Erzerum feet foreign gate Gobi GOBI DESERT half Hami hand head height horses host hour huge journey Kaisarieh Kasveen khan kibitka Kirghiz Kuldja Kurdish Kurdish encampment Kurds Little Ararat mandarin Meshed miles minister missionary morning moun Mount Ararat mountain muleteer mutessarif native night official once passed passport Pei-ho Peking Persian PHOTOGRAPH plain province reached ride river road rocks route Russian Sachtleben Samarkand sands shouted sian Siberia Sivas slope snow snow-beds stream streets stretch Su-chou summit Tabreez tain Tashkend Teheran telegraph tent Tian Shan tion town Transcaspian Transcaspian railway Turkey Turkish Turks Urumtsi usual Vali valley Vernoye viceroy viceroy's village walls western wheels zaptiehs