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getgoingfast t1_j5xsr7y wrote

"The journey took fifty days"

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Flowercatz t1_j5xxbmr wrote

My pops drove London - - > Mumbai in a VW Bus with some buddies, with big hair, bell bottoms, and the signature big sunglasses of the time. Photos are hilarious and so crazy to me. I guess I should say almost, as some guys had Indian passports and had to fly over Pakistan..

I mean imagine trying to drive through Afghanistan today? Very few cars would I trust to that journey today..

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upsettinglybigoops t1_j620bkr wrote

Man just out of interest, what year did he go?

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Flowercatz t1_j62l5qa wrote

I'd guess late sixties, early seventies. Would have to look at photos or ask my uncle to know for sure. He did all sorts of stuff like this, travelled the globe, lived, raced, and worked in Africa. Grandma spent a lot of time worrying between irregular telegrams..

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upsettinglybigoops t1_j64gn2j wrote

Back then, it sounds like you could have really had a crazy adventure. I wish the world was still like that.

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Hot-Specialist-6824 t1_j5xt2zj wrote

You used to be able to travel pretty much anywhere on the east coast by local bus or trolly. Even the unincorporated areas that didn't have local service had something that you could get from one edge of a city or town to the next. The bus companies then convinced cities to get rid of trolleys, and then the car industry helped do away with many of the bus routes leaving only very local service and very long distance service. Gone worthy roots that serviced the more rural sections and the unincorporated parts of towns.

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sir-fur t1_j5xuf2p wrote

East coast of India?

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MuhCrea t1_j5xwvbs wrote

I'm guessing he means America

Out of interest I googled the distance from Estcourt, Maine to Keywest, Florida which is 1,996 miles. From London to Kolkata is 5,681 miles

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msxzf8u3 t1_j5zel28 wrote

As as American, we gotta start thinking like not everyone on the internet lives in America. Shits getting embarrassing.

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henrysmith78362 t1_j60ppkt wrote

My wife, 4 other men, and myself did the 'Hippy Trail" in 1972 in a Land Rover station wagon. Bruma was closed when we went so you couldn't go overland to Singapore. That meant that most of the overland travelers ended up in Madras, now Chennai, where you could get the ferry to Thailand. It is a shame that trip in virtually impossible now days.

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Remote-Primary3122 t1_j5y68mp wrote

Must have cost a fortune

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biffNicholson t1_j5zf38p wrote

85 pounds to travel london to calcutta 65 on the return

Inflation adjusted. to around 1500 pounds and 1200 respectively

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ryschwith t1_j5zntw3 wrote

No one’s going to talk about how it got across the large body of water on the way, eh? Put the bus on a boat, I assume?

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