Kombi Trail

Across Three Continents in a Vw Van

AvRobert Cox,Roger Sherwin

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Cambridge, 1961. A group of students set off on the trip of a lifetime. Against the backdrop of the Cold War they travel through the Soviet Union to the Middle East, South Asia and on to Africa. Their mode of transport? The iconic VW Kombi. This book tells the story of that trip, not just the people they met and the places they saw, but the many experiences - sometimes nerve-wracking, sometimes bizarre - that they encountered along the way. It provides a fascinating insight into a world on the brink of change - seen through the eyes of nine young men fresh from university. The two VW Kombis doggedly traversed treacherous mountain passes, near-impossible roads, jungle tracks and river crossings on their journey through Anatolia, the Middle East, Asia and Africa. This book is an affectionate and highly entertaining re-creation of the relationship between the nine young travellers and their companions, the two VW Kombis which functioned as transport, shelter, canteen and home. It is also a tribute to the determined and rugged determination of the VW Kombi whose descendants still tackle the highways and the more daunting roads of the world.

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Utgivningsdatum:2012-11-26
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:304
Filformat:PDF
Kopieringsskydd:LCP
ISBN:9780857723475
Förlag:Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

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Robert Cox is a former journalist and 'Eurocrat', with a professional profile ranging from diplomacy to management of EU humanitarian affairs. He is currently active with a policy think-tank in Brussels and divides his time between there, South-West France and travel. Roger Sherwin spent his working life holding senior executive positions in a wide variety of engineering sectors, ranging from power stations to hospitals, and prisons to the mining industry. Now retired, he is pursuing his interests in photography, golf and wood carving, and continues to enjoy tastes and cultures around the world. Tony Thompson is a former director of International House - an international chain of English as a Foreign Language schools - in London and Rome and subsequently set up his own EFL organization. Whilst at Cambridge University, he ran against Oxford University and played rugby for Middlesex. He enjoys walking and travel.

Innehållsförteckning

Preface – Fifty years later Prologue – Thumbing your way through AfricaAn idea comes to life A curtain opens1: Hiccups and rumbles 2: Into the Soviet fastness3: Summer in Moscow4: How to get out of Russia5: Balkan obstaclesFrom Asia's edge6: Anatolian fastness7: A bit too far east8: Iranian Dynasties9: Children of Abraham To Asia's heartland 10: Turkish connections 11: Testing Afghan patience 12: Kabul before the winter 13: The Oxus – how Mehmed pushed his luck South to Serendipity14: Flavours of India 15: Nepalese fastness 16: A would be paradise - Ceylon Tasting independence17: Into Africa 18: North to the Nile 19: Stand-off in Cyprus Epilogue Appendix: Distances travelled by each Kombi