Tuesday, 24 March 2009

Thirty years of neglect.

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Thirty years ago today this scruffy looking individual joined a bus load of folk for a 90 day overland trip from Kathmandu to London.

Didn't quite manage it all overland - Iran was too dodgy in 1979 and, in deference to the risks to the US members of the group, we flew from Kabul to Istanbul and then travelled east into Iraq.

The route was India, Kashmir, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Turkey, Iraq, Jordan, Israel, Syria, Turkey, Greece, Egypt (yeah, ok, we flew there too), Greece, Yugoslavia, Austria, Germany, a blink in Belgium & Netherlands en route to the ferry, London.

There would be a few more gaps in the trip if you tried it now!
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11 comments:

  1. Chairman Bill24 March 2009 at 18:28

    Bloody hell! It's Charles Bronson!

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  2. Henry the Dog24 March 2009 at 20:14

    My God Rex. Is that you?

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  3. Anonymous24 March 2009 at 23:57

    Amazing !

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  4. kapgaf25 March 2009 at 02:50

    I have photos of my friends from the same period and you could be one of them. Did we all look so serious? Nice of your mum to knit you a scarf!

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  5. Diane25 March 2009 at 03:00

    Dude was hot, in a Unabomber sort of way ;)

    You're hotter now, though ;)

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  6. Jean25 March 2009 at 03:37

    You can't hide handsome.
    Then or now ;-)

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  7. Tess Kincaid25 March 2009 at 05:37

    Hey, you haven't changed a bit. Except for the scarf, maybe.

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  8. A Woman Of No Importance25 March 2009 at 07:57

    Just the right combination of scholarly and hairiness! Wonderfully evocative of the time and the place methinks.

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  9. HLiza26 March 2009 at 05:47

    Oh that multinational trip is not a new thing for you, huh? Anyway..never see such a handsome hippie..or Afghan-like traveller..he he..

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  10. meggie27 March 2009 at 14:56

    Very nice!

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  11. rdl28 March 2009 at 03:02

    Wow! sounds cool. nice pic.

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