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20,000 Miles - The Cambridge 1960 Indo-African Expedition (Paperback)
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20,000 Miles - The Cambridge 1960 Indo-African Expedition (Paperback)
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If in 2017, a group of young men had decided to emulate this
odyssey, they would probably only have managed a part of the
journey. Conflict and bureaucracy would have barred their entry to
many of the countries they tried to cross. However, in 1960, three
young Cambridge graduates bought themselves an Austin A40 and set
off on a marathon trip via Colombo to attend a friend's wedding in
Cape Town. They took the long way there. Christopher Fenwick, along
with his friends Robin Gaunt and John Maclay, set off across
continents on the motoring adventure of their lives through Europe,
the Middle East, Asia and Africa. Their staple diet was Fray Bentos
steak and kidney pie, usually eaten at the roadside. They even meet
old schoolfriends along the way in Iran and had tea with Mr. Nehru,
the Indian Prime Minister, with his daughter Indira Gandhi and
grandson Rajiv who were to follow in his footsteps. Their loyal
saloon car suffered the ravages of potholed roads and mountains but
friendly mechanics always came to their rescue, while the men soon
became quite adept themselves at repairing and cannibalising the
vehicle as it suffered various breakdowns en route. Eventually they
made it to Ceylon from where they embarked for the last leg of
their trip by boat via the Yemen, flying from there to Ethiopia and
onwards through Africa to raise a glass of champagne in Cape Town.
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