Comments on: Silk Road to Ruin: Is Central Asia the New Middle East? by Ted Rall

By: Jeffy

Jeffy — Sun, 27 Jul 2008 00:23:58 +0000

There are fantastic 5 star hotels in Uzbakistan. If you have the money you’ll live like a king. If you don’t then you are toast.

By: Ric

Ric — Tue, 27 May 2008 02:35:53 +0000

i am in 12th grade and i did not understand this book at all!!

By: Andriy

Andriy — Mon, 18 Feb 2008 08:39:16 +0000

I find it very difficult to believe since both food and hospitality of that region is unsurapssable to say the least. The trick is – and it is truly so – that there it all depends on the type of personality one possesses. People are very nice there and just as bad as anywhere else.

By: anonymous

anonymous — Tue, 29 May 2007 17:53:30 +0000

yes, his experience in some points is questionable, but nevertheless, he made a good analysis of the politics Central Asia.

By: anonymous

anonymous — Tue, 29 May 2007 17:53:08 +0000

Mr. Rall seems not to have found anything more interesting to write about other than “digging in the dirty clothes” of the developing countries.
Looks like the author deliberately chose the cheapest hotels and dining stops in order to save some bucks and get an “invaluable” inspiration for his “masterpiece”.
Not everything is so horrible in Central Asia, whose leaders in the past ruled most of the world and saved the european ancestors of the author from being conquered by ottoman forces.

By: Han

Han — Tue, 29 May 2007 17:52:40 +0000

It is all bullshit and misinformation you wrote. There is good food and good hotels in Turkmenistan.