This is a horrifying but a true and exciting story of a journey undertaken by our family of four including a 5 year old daughter. It details an Arduous overland Drive from England to Sri Lanka through the famous Khyber Pass in Afghanistan during the winter of 1976. The crossing of the English Channel from Dover in England to Calais in France by Hovercraft was a memorable and exciting precursor to the trip. There were numerous problems during our journey of nearly 14,100km over a period of 27 days. Apart from natural causes, probable threats from Taliban and other bandits kept us under continuous alert. We were stopped by the Police for speeding in Bulgaria and Turkey. While the Bulgarian police excused us as we pretended to be ignorant, the Turkish police was more adamant until we paid him. We decided to drive in the night especially in Afghanistan to minimize our stay there hoping that the prevailing cold weather may suppress any unlawful activity. The declining trend in behavioral standards of officials and individuals was quite obvious as we travelled from West to East. The weather condition in Turkey forced us to use.
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