Format:
1 Online-Ressource (xxviii, 271 pages)
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illustrations (some color)
Edition:
London Bloomsbury Publishing 2020 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Edition:
Also issued in print
ISBN:
9780755623839
Content:
Preface - Fifty years later Prologue - Thumbing your way through Africa An idea comes to life A curtain opens -- 1: Hiccups and rumbles -- 2: Into the Soviet fastness -- 3: Summer in Moscow -- 4: How to get out of Russia -- 5: Balkan obstacles From Asia's edge -- 6: Anatolian fastness -- 7: A bit too far east -- 8: Iranian Dynasties -- 9: 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 Serendipity -- 14: Flavours of India -- 15: Nepalese fastness -- 16: A would be paradise - Ceylon Tasting independence -- 17: Into Africa -- 18: North to the Nile -- 19: Stand-off in Cyprus -- Epilogue -- Appendix: Distances travelled by each Kombi.
Content:
"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."--Bloomsbury publishing
Note:
Includes index
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Also issued in print.
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Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
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Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780857733252
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781780763767
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als
Language:
English
DOI:
10.5040/9780755623839
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