Synopsis
Two Cambridge students hitchhike to India in 1962. Andrew writes a diary. They visit Yugoslavia, Greece and Turkey. In Iran John faces a mob after the CIA coup. In Amritsar there is anger over the partition. In Delhi they have tea with Indira Gandhi. John now returns to India, Yugoslavia with its refugee crisis and Greece in economic collapse.
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About the Author
John Waller was born in Hythe, Kent in 1940 and was evacuated. After Cambridge University, he trained as an engineer at IBM and set up and ran a successful computer company in 1969. In 1970, he and his Danish wife built a minute house in Corfu, where he has written his seven non-fiction books after his retirement in 1999. He was Liberal Democrat Parliamentary Candidate for Twickenham in 1979, 1983 and 1987.
Review
Vince Cable: This is a really interesting piece of work which blends personal anecdote and adventure with the history and politics of the places visited on an epic journey. We are reminded that today's tourist traps in the Balkans and Turkey, not to mention the Punjab, have a terrible history. But the kindness of the people that hitch-hikers have to trust shines through as does the strength of the friendship of John and Andrew who made this journey of a lifetime.
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