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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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Cox, Robert
Other Authors: Sherwin, Roger, Thompson, Tony
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: London ; New York : I.B. Tauris, 2013.
Subjects:
Cox, Robert.
Sherwin, Roger.
Thompson, Tony.
Sherwin, Roger
Thompson, Tony
Cambridge Afro-Asian Expedition > (1961-1962)
Cambridge Afro-Asian Expedition
1900-1999
Automobile travel > Asia.
Automobile travel > Africa.
Volkswagen Transporters > History > 20th century.
Voyages en automobile > Asie.
Voyages en automobile > Afrique.
Postwar 20th century history, from c 1945 to c 2000.
Automobile travel
Travel
Volkswagen Transporters
Asia > Description and travel.
Africa > Description and travel.
Middle East > Description and travel.
Asie > Descriptions et voyages.
Afrique > Descriptions et voyages.
Africa
Asia
Middle East
History
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 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.
  • 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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