Rick SilvermanNov 30, 20216 minThe Overland--Iran 1978After yanking our motor out of our van for the 5th time and having it fixed in Mashhad, Iran, we headed east driving about 600 kms deep...
Rick SilvermanOct 21, 20218 minTrouble in Iran--The Overland 1978We had bought a van in Kathmandu and drove it through Nepal, India, Pakistan, and Afghanistan. [See previous posts] We’d been on the road...
Rick SilvermanSep 10, 20219 minOverland--Death in Afghanistan, 1978It is amazing how quickly something can turn from the mundane to the lethal . . . From Amritsar in Northwest India, we took a mini-bus to...
Rick SilvermanJul 18, 20215 minOverland from Kathmandu -- Amritsar and Kashmir 1978So Steve Bastrom (Basmo) and I bought an old VW combi back in Kathmandu from a Canadian couple, Randy and Linda. We planned to drive it...