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1 online resource |
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AUTHOR BIOGRAPHY; TITLE PAGE; COPYRIGHT PAGE; CONTENTS; FOREWORD -- VW KOMBI PHENOMENON; LIST OF PHOTOGRAPHS; PREFACE -- BRIDGING A HALF-CENTURY; PROLOGUE -- THUMBING ONE'S WAY THROUGH AFRICA; AN IDEA COMES TO LIFE; MAPS; MOSCOW CALLING; 1. Hiccups and Rumbles; 2. Into Russia's Realm; 3. Summer in Moscow; 4. How to Get Out of Russia; 5. Yugoslavia's Zenith; FROM ASIA'S EDGE; 6. Anatolia -- Eurasia's Crucible; 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 |
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13. To the Oxus -- How Mehmed Pushed His LuckSOUTH TO SERENDIPITY; 14. Beyond the Indus; 15. The Long, High Valleys of Nepal; 16. A Would-Be Paradise -- Ceylon; TASTING INDEPENDENCE; 17. Into Africa; 18. North to the Nile; 19. Stand-Off in Cyprus; EPILOGUE; KOMBI Z1235 -- IN MEMORIAM OF A FAITHFUL CHARIOT; APPENDIX: DISTANCES TRAVELLED BY KOMBIS BETWEEN MAJOR CITIES |
| Summary |
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 do |
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Includes index |
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Print version record |
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Cox, Robert
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Sherwin, Roger
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Thompson, Tony
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Sherwin, Roger. fast (OCoLC)fst01929038 |
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Thompson, Tony. fast (OCoLC)fst01929525 |
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Cambridge Afro-Asian Expedition (1961-1962)
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Cambridge Afro-Asian Expedition. fast (OCoLC)fst01931976 |
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Automobile travel -- Asia
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Automobile travel -- Africa
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Volkswagen Transporters -- History -- 20th century
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Postwar 20th century history, from c 1945 to c 2000.
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Automobile travel.
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Travel.
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Volkswagen Transporters.
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Asia -- Description and travel. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85008613
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Africa -- Description and travel. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85001543
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Middle East -- Description and travel
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Africa.
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Asia.
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Middle East.
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History.
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Electronic book
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Sherwin, Roger
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Thompson, Tony
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| ISBN |
0857733257 |
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9780857733252 |
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