While waiting for our escorts to take us on, a smiling group of road makers, that are breaking stone by hand, literally, came up to us to engage us in conversation. A very friendly bunch they were too.
From Iran to Pakistan April 21st 2010 Sunday 16 April
Yazd was a delightful place to stop and the hotel we eventually found was so peaceful and welcoming. The morning we were due to leave we walked around the small bazaar and the allies that offered up all sorts of small industries, from bread making to a butchers and even a bicycle store full of old rusted bikes that reminded me of an underwater scene, so eerie was the sight of the ... read more
Asia » Pakistan » Quetta The separation in 1947 of British India into the Muslim state of Pakistan (with two sections West and East) and largely Hindu India was never satisfactorily resolved, and India and Pakistan have fought two wars - in 1947-48 and 1965 - over the disput... ... read more
At the beginning of 2008 two of us were discussing cars while John was reading his Classic Car magazine and read out an advertisement asking for entrants to take part in the re-run of the greatest and longest endurance rally of all time – the 1968 London to Sydney race, which was won by Andrew Cowan in a Hillman Hunter – now a classic car. We decided to enter.
The rally was due to start in November 2008 from London and finish in Sydney on the 10th December but it never did materialise – due to Australian quarantine issues – they refused to allow cars to proceed into Oz without a two day Â... full info