Overland from Jerusalem to Calcutta
Left Israel 3rd Feb 1978
Arrived Calcutta 25th April 1978
(Back packing by public transport in 14 days costing $220 Australian, including travel expenses, accommodation and food)
JERSUALEM - WEST BANK - ALLENBY BRIDGE - JORDAN (2 days) - AMMAN - PALESTINIAN CAMP - DAMASCUS (February 1978)
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DAMASCUS - ALEPPO - SYRIA (1 day) - MT.HERMON - AZAZ - TIBUL - TURKEY (2 days) -KILIS - GAZIANTEP - ERZURUM - TEHRAN GAZIANTEP - ERZURUM - TEHRAN |
IRAN (5 days) - TEHRAN - PERSOPOLIS - SHIRAZ - KERMAN - ZAHEDAN -PAKISTAN (6 days) - QUETTA - MOENJARDANO |
PAKISTAN - QUETTA - MOENJARDANO - LAHORE - AMRITSAR INDIA (6 days) - CALCUTTA
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Kibbutz - travel, accommodation and food costs - back in Calcutta for another stint of volunteering |
ARRIVED BACK IN CALCUTTA 8am FEBRUARY 25th. Volunteer work in Calcutta - the teachers and students from my previous school Whitefriars College in Donvale Victoria raised a large ammount of money to assist the work of the Missionaries of Charity among the poor. |
Offer of Development worker position - Br. Andrew founder of the Missionary brothers of Charity |