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returned to the UK 22 February 1973
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Great read, great story and even the end is older than my birthday!
I`m jealous about the experience you was able to collect in your life! The adventures you was able to experience. Today - we really know what we can expect - even on a transafrica over the west.
I had my container space already booked in south africa, my retrurn flights was booked as I did start my transafrica in 2012. For shure, something unplanned can happen anywhere, but - you was able to start without to know that detailed - what you will see during your journey.
Those rare travelbooks & black/white movies - didnt give you that idea, that clear picture we had today, with travel blogs, social media and the tv documentations who show us details, we never ever are able to see by ourself, even if we go to the same locations.
In times where you get more "wow" moments when watching tv-documentations as going somewhere in person - the old "expedition" feeling is completely lost. Probably that is our own fault, we can do digital detox, tv detox, travelbook detox - and are able to travel without any impression - even today. Too late for me, after reading/watching my whole life...
Surfy