Hi Amstrong,
I was delighted to read the account of your motoring trip from London to
Goa. Many people I know from London have done the trip for sheer adventure
but unfortunately, in my case, political border unrest whilst trying to exit
Turkey forced me back in one instance in my VW beetle. I drive long
distances much less now, but do fancy the train trip from London to
Vladivostock sometime.
In Sangolda, in retirement now, my friend Fred Pinto did Goa thus: From Las
Vegas where he worked for some years, he shipped his recreational van from
San Francisco to Lisbon then did the overland trip all the way to India via
Afghanistan. The locals helped him fix all the minor breakdowns along the
route. He managed to ship the van back from Bombay.
I have done some pretty long car trips myself including part of the Sahara,
but especially, during the height of the Cold War, in 1967, 68, and 69 in
the then pretty unpredictable Soviet Union controlled part of the world.
However, my trips pale into insignificance compared to yours. Good luck to
you!
Cornel
PS I once worked with an elderly English academic who had cycled, prior to
university, with friends all the way from London to Bombay.
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From: "Armstrong Augusto Vaz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Sent: Thursday, March 16, 2006 5:54 AM
Subject: [Goanet] Mike Fernandes: London-Goa in
