Arrival in India May 1st 2010 Thursday 29 April
Leaving our adopted family in Lahore one of Huma’s brothers kindly guided us to the border of India where fond farewells were said. It has been a wonderful few days in Lahore and Huma and her family could not have made us feel more at home, opening their doors to us and helping us prepare for the next few weeks of our journey to Australia.
Crossing the border was actually a qu ... read more
Asia » India » Uttar Pradesh The Indus Valley civilization, one of the oldest in the world, dates back at least 5,000 years. Aryan tribes from the northwest invaded about 1500 B.C.; their merger with the earlier Dravidian inhabitants created the classical Indian culture. Arab in... ... 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