EURODASH79: The Quest - Inspired and Relentless Search for the True Knowledge, Culture & Values by Akhil PandeyMy rating: 4 of 5 stars
Just finished reading Akhil Pandey’s travelogue ‘Eurodash79’.
It is about seven colleagues riding to Europe from India in 1979 on four motorcycles, all Yezdis.
The book has been written after forty years of having Eurodashed!
A lot of details have been given regarding the planning of the road trip, right from deciding the route on paper maps, since GPS or Google maps was unheard of then, applying for visas, getting leave sanctioned, convincing family members, organising the finance, all of which makes it a good case study and used in some management classes.
Every chapter begins with a parable and sometimes a quote which sets the mood for the chapter and this would be a great read for readers interested in history as every place they visited has been described in detail not only geographically but also an in-depth historical background of the city.
At the end of the chapter there is a box which mentions the take away for the riders from the place visited.
Interestingly they did this trip on a shoestring budget of five US dollars per day per head as in those days foreign exchange was strictly regulated, which led to them sleeping on streets many a time to save precious scarce funds!
Overall, an interesting read and a must read for travellers who wish to learn how people travelled in the ‘good old days’.
This book is more by a traveller than a rider.
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