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Oshawa Times (1958-), 3 Jan 1962, p. 20

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. = oe oe Pe eT ee gene _~-weoewneweqgey*< +e eVUeTieuwwes 20 THE OSHAWA TIMES, Wednesday, Januery 3, 1962 Oxford Students Trail Marco Polo OXFORD, England )AP) --/were refused entry to Red Two Oxford students and a|Cnina on a route rarely trav- sons aba d who set out to fol-|elied since the Communist rev- Marco Polo's route to China| olution. failed to get there--but they re- rs as eae ge "7 ~~ ves | They flew across the English |Channel in a cargo plane and |travelled uneventfully across Europe to Venice. There, po- lice stopped them from driving into St, Mark's Square where vehicular traffic isn't allowed. They journeyed through Yu- goslavia and Bulgaria to Istan- bul, where they spent a' week jin a@ gypsy encampment, | Their first trouble came in Iran Watkins hurt his foot and lwas ieft in Tehran, rejoining \the expedition later after a long|.. did come from there," Johnson recalied. "Next day we started filming the place. Police, objected. They founa we had no passports on us. (having been relieved of taem by other officials earlier) and threw us into jail. The vil- lage guard eventually decided to report us to a higher au- thority and commandeered the only transport--our remaining motor bike. They ordered me to ride it and sent me off across the desert with an armed es- napped. "T was sitting in a cafe writ- ing," he explained.,"'An Afghan caine in and I started to talk to inm. He said 'whisky' which sounded like a good idea to me and we went into his large, chauffeur-driven car. "Then I found myself whisked away into the mountains at high jspeea and was eventually re- iduced to hitting him, When I got away I had to walk the 15 miles back to town along a dark to leave Johnson was kid- BS i ia ae al da Zs i) i a EERE G GEG SPN GRO GEOG The students were Stanley) A rt. 'mountain road at 2 a.m." Johnson of Exeter College ana|ttek th rough mountains ie 'I lost the escort by tipping) The adventurers -- by now triguing as those of the 13th|Giles Watkins of Keble College, Camelback. \the bike over on his foot and|three again--crossed the Khy- century Venetian traveller. bovh 20. With them was profes-| Meanwhile, Johnson and dejleft tum there for a passing|bcr Pass and set off through They started out on two mo-|siona: photographer Michel de Larrabeiti reached the tiny|camel train to pick up. I|India, sitting one behind the torcycles and came back with|Larrabeiti, 28. |Iraman village of Aveh, which|whipped back to collect ourjother on the surviving motor one, having left the other in| "The real aim of our journey|Marco Polo throught was the) passports and we got away." |bixe--the other having been left Iran. They also brought back a|was to demonstrate that there|home of the three wise men. | Their lights failed, but they!behind in Tehran. But they fund of stories of arrests, alis stil! room in the world for) "We spent the night there,|crossed a high, windy pass at\didn't get to China. : kidnapping and a camel trek.|mad enterprises and still peo-|gazed (p at the stars and de-| night and arrived in Afghanis-| The reason, they said: There| When they arrived at the|p'e who are willing to carry|cided it was so beautiful that/tai. . jwas no trace of a road to be} Afghan - Chinese border they|them out,' said Johnson. one of the wise men probably! The evening before they were|fcund. | turned with tales almost as in- JANUARY 3, 4, 5, 6 WE RESERVE THE RIGHT TO LIMIT QUANTITIES | FOOD PRICES urvecrive 1GA GRAPEFRUIT JUICE - PEACHES 19. PEARS '19: 19: CHOICE TOMATOES 19: PANTRY SHELF BONITA TUNA RAYMOND SLICED PICKLED BEETS PEEK FREAN BISCUITS 20-02. TINS 62: 15-0Z, TINS 28-0Z. 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