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The Kombi trail : across three continents in a VW van /
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...
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London ; New York :
I.B. Tauris,
2013.
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| 245 | 1 | 4 | |a The Kombi trail : |b across three continents in a VW van / |c Robert Cox, Roger Sherwin, Tony Thompson. |
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| 505 | 0 | |a 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. | |
| 505 | 8 | |a 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. | |
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