LEADER 04005nam 22006731 450 001 9910786822103321 005 20140714152520.0 010 $a0-85772-347-2 010 $a0-7556-2383-5 010 $a0-85773-325-7 024 7 $a10.5040/9780755623839 035 $a(CKB)3710000000105471 035 $a(EBL)1680235 035 $a(OCoLC)881415645 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001264393 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12474913 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001264393 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11233434 035 $a(PQKB)10263494 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1680235 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1680235 035 $a(OCoLC)895718145 035 $a(UtOrBLW)bpp09265592 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000105471 100 $a20200605d2013 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe Kombi trail $eacross three continents in a VW van /$fRobert Cox, Roger Sherwin, Tony Thompson 210 1$aLondon ;$aNew York :$cI.B. Tauris,$d2013. 215 $a1 online resource (375 p.) 300 $aIncludes index. 311 $a1-78076-376-X 327 $aPreface - Fifty years later Prologue - Thumbing your way through Africa An idea comes to life A curtain opens -- 1: Hiccups and rumbles -- 2: Into the Soviet fastness -- 3: Summer in Moscow -- 4: How to get out of Russia -- 5: Balkan obstacles From Asia's edge -- 6: Anatolian fastness -- 7: A bit too far east -- 8: Iranian Dynasties -- 9: Children of Abraham To Asia's heartland -- 10: Turkish connections -- 11: Testing Afghan patience -- 12: Kabul before the winter -- 13: The Oxus - how Mehmed pushed his luck South to Serendipity -- 14: Flavours of India -- 15: Nepalese fastness -- 16: A would be paradise - Ceylon Tasting independence -- 17: Into Africa -- 18: North to the Nile -- 19: Stand-off in Cyprus -- Epilogue -- Appendix: Distances travelled by each Kombi. 330 $a"Cambridge, 1961. A group of students set off on the trip of a lifetime. Against the backdrop of the Cold War they travel through the Soviet Union to the Middle East, South Asia and on to Africa. Their mode of transport? The iconic VW Kombi. This book tells the story of that trip, not just the people they met and the places they saw, but the many experiences - sometimes nerve-wracking, sometimes bizarre - that they encountered along the way. It provides a fascinating insight into a world on the brink of change - seen through the eyes of nine young men fresh from university. The two VW Kombis doggedly traversed treacherous mountain passes, near-impossible roads, jungle tracks and river crossings on their journey through Anatolia, the Middle East, Asia and Africa. This book is an affectionate and highly entertaining re-creation of the relationship between the nine young travellers and their companions, the two VW Kombis which functioned as transport, shelter, canteen and home. It is also a tribute to the determined and rugged determination of the VW Kombi whose descendants still tackle the highways and the more daunting roads of the world."--Bloomsbury publishing. 517 3 $aAcross three continents in a VW van 606 $aAutomobile travel$zAfrica 606 $aAutomobile travel$zAsia 606 $aVolkswagen Transporters$xHistory$y20th century 606 $aPostwar 20th century history, from c 1945 to c 2000$2BIC 607 $aAfrica$xDescription and travel 607 $aAsia$xDescription and travel 607 $aMiddle East$xDescription and travel 615 0$aAutomobile travel 615 0$aAutomobile travel 615 0$aVolkswagen Transporters$xHistory 615 7$aPostwar 20th century history, from c 1945 to c 2000. 676 $a915.04426 700 $aCox$b Robert$0832065 702 $aSherwin$b Roger 702 $aThompson$b Tony 801 0$bUtOrBLW 801 1$bUtOrBLW 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910786822103321 996 $aThe Kombi trail$93741344 997 $aUNINA