Foreword -- Introduction to the journey : Dunkirk to Teheran -- The elusive visa : Teheran -- Hospitality of the police : Teheran to the Afghan frontier -- Compulsory bus-rides : Herat to Kabul -- Misadventure with a rifle-butt : Kabul to Bamian -- The oddities of Afghan trucks : Bamian to Pul-i-Khumri -- A medical break : Pul-i-Khumri to Jalalabad -- Anti-climax : Jalalabad to Peshawar -- Welcome at the Waliahad : Peshawar to Saidu Shariff -- Sweating out of Swat : Saidu Shariff to Rawalpindi -- Scraping through the Himalayas : Rawalpindi to Gulapur -- From one saddle to another : Gulapur to Sher Quila Rakaposhi -- Duel with the Sun : Sher Quila Rakaposhi to Babusar -- Two wheels over nine glaciers : Babusar to Abbottabad -- Running repairs : Abbottabad to Lahore -- Out of the saddle : Lahore to Delhi -- List of kit -- Index.
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