London-Katmandu-London in 1967

Rick’s book is bringing it all back…border tensions (we spent the night in the no-mans land between Iran and Afghanistan), instant friendships and experiences, digestive explosions….My trip was in 1967, mid-February to late May. It was a London-Katmandu and return journey. Intertrek, Ltd. was running trips using a land rover and trailer. It was advertised as 93 days for £155. I was returning to the U.S. from Scotland in November , 1966 and found out about the trip in a personals ad in a newspaper as I flew home. I found myself back in London the following February. The trip was adventure from start to finish. My companions were Brits and Aussies. I was the only Yank. Customs problems stopped the vehicle at the Pakistan-India border, so we made our way through India and Nepal using buses, trains and a flight into Katmandu. We returned to the vehicle in Lahore and drove to Jerusalem and up through Syria into Turkey. We just missed the Six Day War! Bulgaria denied us entry and we had to go around through Greece, which had just had a revolution. Those borders were very tense!The trip lasted about 10 days longer than advertised. I wish I had kept a detailed journal like Rick, but I did document the journey with 35mm slides and 8mm movies. I merged those into a video, added music and captions. I’ve enjoyed it every year at the February anniversary!