Word: miles
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...landed in the late afternoon in Walmar, Minnesota, a refreshing stop after the dry-rot outposts of the Plains. Walmar seemed typical of those clean, secure, Main Street towns that appear nestled in a green effulgence when you glide eastward over the Missouri. A short, 40 mile hitch by road took me to Flying Cloud Airport, just outside of Minneapolis, where I unrolled a sleeping bag and spent the night...
...sign of spring in Baluchistan's provincial capital of Quetta, as sure as the white blossoms bursting in the groves of almond trees, is the procession of caravans making its way up from the south. Through the 60-mile Bolan Pass in the Brahui mountains they come, nomadic families with their camels, sheep, donkeys, the beasts of burden laden with all their possessions. They march by day and camp at sundown while the animals graze on the stony, barren soil. Many will settle around Quetta for the summer: raising sheep, taking day jobs weeding the cultivated fields...
...that is today India, Pakistan and Bangladesh, the British pursued what was described as a "forward policy" in order to expand Britain's frontiers and sphere of influence against tsarist Russia's pressure from the north. The British drew the lines that still form the 1,900-mile border of Pakistan, Iran and Afghanistan...
...last remaining travel bargains is a book: Eurail Guide (How to Travel Europe and All the World by Train). The 1980 edition ($9.95) describes worthwhile trips in 115 countries and details more than 50 cut-rate fares. Examples: the 1,500-mile trip from Buenos Aires to Valparaiso for $9.50, the 2,780-mile jog from Montreal to Vancouver for $35. Great stuff for train buffs, the book gives departure and arrival times for more than 9,000 rail trips worldwide, with specifics about en route scenery and service (on the Peking-Shanghai run an acupuncturist is available), as well...
Richard Thornburgh, Pennsylvania's Governor, savoring a forthcoming trip to China: "I'm going to put aside my budget problems and Three Mile Island...