From New Delhi to Nice
Tony Hall's plans and notes based on Mary Barnett's log book
5th July Delhi to Amritsar
7am Leave. Arrive around 4pm - stay at Mrs Bandare's Guest House.
6th July Amritsar - Lahore
Level fertile country - allow time for border crossing.
7th July Wednesday Lahore - Peshawar (443km = 275 miles)
Industrial areas, then across fertile plains to Jhelum. Mountain road to Rawalpindi - busy fairly wide GT road to Peshawar
8th -10th July (Thursday to Saturday) Peshawar to Kabul (205kms = 90 miles)
Peshawar to customs 56kms
Khyber road, quite winding and narrow in parts, but not very difficult. Pass closed sunset to sunrise. 30 Afghanis toll payable at Sarobi (80kms before kabul) - through gorge to Kabul
Sunday 11th July Kabul - Kandahar - pre-dawn departure
Take ample petrol and food. 512 kms - 318 miles
Modern highway, Resthouse (Petrol) at Ghazni (146 kms from Kabul) Gradual ascent (Highest point 9000ft) then easy descent to Ghazni. Further descent Ghazni to Kandahar.
Pay 30 Afghanis between 19km toll and 125 km toll
Pay 50 Afghanis between 169 km toll (Nani) and 439 km toll.
Monday 12th July - Tuesday 13th July Kandahar to Herat
Pre dawn departure
Modern road. Across scrubland and desert. Road tolls payable: 40 Afghanis 32 km toll 370 and 483 km toll barriers. Hold counterfoils.
Wednesday 14th July Herat to Mashad - pre dawn departure
Cross border into Iran (121 kms before customs) 376 km - 234 miles. Toll: 30 Afghanis near Herat. Modern road across level country side. Follow river valley from Herat to Khosan (just before Afghan cistoms) Both customs seperate from borders.
Thursday 15th July to Friday 16th July Mashad - Gongan pre dawn departure. 602 kms
High mountain plateau in between Mashad and Shirvan. Descent to Ashkaneh, then step country pof Turkomen nomads. Around Dasht virgin forest of Shah's hunting reserve.
Saturday 17th July - Sunday 18th July Gongan - Tehran 305 kms
Gongan to Sari through wooded foothills of Elburz mountains - 143 kms. Sari to Tehran 262 kms (163 miles). From North of Elsburz mountains across rice growing Mazandaran plains - through hilly country, then into Tehran.
Monday 19th July Tehran - Tabriz (long but easy drive) 653 kms = 406 miles
Camp in Tabriz. Motorway to Karaj, costs 40 reals - (alternative)
Open, monotonous plain as far as Zanjan. (331 kms), Then generally mountainous country to Tabriz (4,450 ft alt.)
Thursday 20th July Tabriz - Maku (border) 287 kms = 173 miles
Resthouse at Maku. 5000ft pass, summit at 61 kms after Tabriz. Then down into irrigated plain of Maranal (71 kms) down again Khevoi (another irrigated plain). From Satam (190 kms) to Maku, narrow mountainous road with hairpin bends over 7000ft pass then descending to Maku at 4,500 ft. Distance between Maku and border, 24 kms
Thursday 22nd July Erzurum - Trabzon 329 kms - 204 miles.
Through pass 7800 ft (at 85 kms) down to Gumushane (211 kms) Bare and rocky slopes up to here then winding mountain slopes through forest (through pass 6,600ft at 262 kms,) down to Trabzon.
[Here dad gives an alternate route that we didn't take via Samsun and Ankara. Instead we took the ferry to Istanbul and slept 3rd class on the deck of the ship]
Sunday 25th to 27th [In fact we arrived, according to dad's notes, on the 23rd] Istanbul
Wednesday the 28th July Istanbul Erdine 238 kms -= 148 miles
Dual carriageway first 24 kms. Modern road - plateau, then down across sandy coastal plain Silivry at 71 kms, then undulating downs
Istanbul - Alexandropolis - in fact we went to Thessaloniki and stayed at the beach
Saturday 31st [in fact 29th] July Sunday Sofia - Belgrade 402 kms = 249 miles
Industry after Sophia then agricultural then Dragomar Pass 2600 ft - Then border customs after 56 kms after Sofia Then thro' wild country with magnificent mountain views on single lane carriageway.
Along cultivated valley of River Moraba, thro' undulating country towards Danube and then into Belgrade
Monday 2nd August [actually, 31st July] Belgrade - Zagreb 389 kms = 241 miles
Route crosses plain of river Sawa.
1st August Zagreb - Rijeka 204 kms = 127 miles
Carriageway under construction to Karlovac Across cultivated plain of river Sawa Then pleasant run across undulating partly wooded Croatian hills. Then fine view between Debnice and Felenjer (fairly close to Rijeka). Mountainous picturesque route generally tho' many quaint villages.
August 2nd August - 3rd August Rijeka - Venice 243 kms = 150 miles
Rijeka to Trieste 77 kms - 48 miles Border at 64 kms after Rijeka. Some views of many islands off coast, ascending thro' lush coastal vegetation to Corste plateau then thro' woods to Trieste. Trieste - Venice: 164 kms 103 miles
Route 14, (alternative) 161 kms (100 miles) both cross flat plain of little interest - 3 rivers. But this one skirts Bay of Trieste with superb scenery.
Friday 4th August Venice - Genoa - 249 miles
Venice Mantua - 92 miles - 148 kms. Motorway A13 and A14. Fast, level, monotonous road.
Mantua - Piacentza 62 under 99 kms Straight level road across River Po basin Autostrada A21 between Cremona and Piacenza
Piacenza - Genoa 149 kms - 93 miles Motorway A7 & A21
Saturday 5th August Genoa - Golfe Juan (148 miles maximum)
Genoa - Savona = 31 miles - 30 kms
Winding coast road or quicker motorway.
Savona - Menton (border) 72 miles motorway (80 miles, new road) = 129 km
Menton - Nice via Cornice Inferieure, moyenne, grande - 18- 20 miles
Nice - Golfe Juan * 26 km. = 17 miles
Tony Hall's plans and notes based on Mary Barnett's log book
5th July Delhi to Amritsar
7am Leave. Arrive around 4pm - stay at Mrs Bandare's Guest House.
6th July Amritsar - Lahore
Level fertile country - allow time for border crossing.
7th July Wednesday Lahore - Peshawar (443km = 275 miles)
Industrial areas, then across fertile plains to Jhelum. Mountain road to Rawalpindi - busy fairly wide GT road to Peshawar
8th -10th July (Thursday to Saturday) Peshawar to Kabul (205kms = 90 miles)
Peshawar to customs 56kms
Khyber road, quite winding and narrow in parts, but not very difficult. Pass closed sunset to sunrise. 30 Afghanis toll payable at Sarobi (80kms before kabul) - through gorge to Kabul
Sunday 11th July Kabul - Kandahar - pre-dawn departure
Take ample petrol and food. 512 kms - 318 miles
Modern highway, Resthouse (Petrol) at Ghazni (146 kms from Kabul) Gradual ascent (Highest point 9000ft) then easy descent to Ghazni. Further descent Ghazni to Kandahar.
Pay 30 Afghanis between 19km toll and 125 km toll
Pay 50 Afghanis between 169 km toll (Nani) and 439 km toll.
Monday 12th July - Tuesday 13th July Kandahar to Herat
Pre dawn departure
Modern road. Across scrubland and desert. Road tolls payable: 40 Afghanis 32 km toll 370 and 483 km toll barriers. Hold counterfoils.
Wednesday 14th July Herat to Mashad - pre dawn departure
Cross border into Iran (121 kms before customs) 376 km - 234 miles. Toll: 30 Afghanis near Herat. Modern road across level country side. Follow river valley from Herat to Khosan (just before Afghan cistoms) Both customs seperate from borders.
Thursday 15th July to Friday 16th July Mashad - Gongan pre dawn departure. 602 kms
High mountain plateau in between Mashad and Shirvan. Descent to Ashkaneh, then step country pof Turkomen nomads. Around Dasht virgin forest of Shah's hunting reserve.
Saturday 17th July - Sunday 18th July Gongan - Tehran 305 kms
Gongan to Sari through wooded foothills of Elburz mountains - 143 kms. Sari to Tehran 262 kms (163 miles). From North of Elsburz mountains across rice growing Mazandaran plains - through hilly country, then into Tehran.
Monday 19th July Tehran - Tabriz (long but easy drive) 653 kms = 406 miles
Camp in Tabriz. Motorway to Karaj, costs 40 reals - (alternative)
Open, monotonous plain as far as Zanjan. (331 kms), Then generally mountainous country to Tabriz (4,450 ft alt.)
Thursday 20th July Tabriz - Maku (border) 287 kms = 173 miles
Resthouse at Maku. 5000ft pass, summit at 61 kms after Tabriz. Then down into irrigated plain of Maranal (71 kms) down again Khevoi (another irrigated plain). From Satam (190 kms) to Maku, narrow mountainous road with hairpin bends over 7000ft pass then descending to Maku at 4,500 ft. Distance between Maku and border, 24 kms
Thursday 22nd July Erzurum - Trabzon 329 kms - 204 miles.
Through pass 7800 ft (at 85 kms) down to Gumushane (211 kms) Bare and rocky slopes up to here then winding mountain slopes through forest (through pass 6,600ft at 262 kms,) down to Trabzon.
[Here dad gives an alternate route that we didn't take via Samsun and Ankara. Instead we took the ferry to Istanbul and slept 3rd class on the deck of the ship]
Sunday 25th to 27th [In fact we arrived, according to dad's notes, on the 23rd] Istanbul
Wednesday the 28th July Istanbul Erdine 238 kms -= 148 miles
Dual carriageway first 24 kms. Modern road - plateau, then down across sandy coastal plain Silivry at 71 kms, then undulating downs
Istanbul - Alexandropolis - in fact we went to Thessaloniki and stayed at the beach
Saturday 31st [in fact 29th] July Sunday Sofia - Belgrade 402 kms = 249 miles
Industry after Sophia then agricultural then Dragomar Pass 2600 ft - Then border customs after 56 kms after Sofia Then thro' wild country with magnificent mountain views on single lane carriageway.
Along cultivated valley of River Moraba, thro' undulating country towards Danube and then into Belgrade
Monday 2nd August [actually, 31st July] Belgrade - Zagreb 389 kms = 241 miles
Route crosses plain of river Sawa.
1st August Zagreb - Rijeka 204 kms = 127 miles
Carriageway under construction to Karlovac Across cultivated plain of river Sawa Then pleasant run across undulating partly wooded Croatian hills. Then fine view between Debnice and Felenjer (fairly close to Rijeka). Mountainous picturesque route generally tho' many quaint villages.
August 2nd August - 3rd August Rijeka - Venice 243 kms = 150 miles
Rijeka to Trieste 77 kms - 48 miles Border at 64 kms after Rijeka. Some views of many islands off coast, ascending thro' lush coastal vegetation to Corste plateau then thro' woods to Trieste. Trieste - Venice: 164 kms 103 miles
Route 14, (alternative) 161 kms (100 miles) both cross flat plain of little interest - 3 rivers. But this one skirts Bay of Trieste with superb scenery.
Friday 4th August Venice - Genoa - 249 miles
Venice Mantua - 92 miles - 148 kms. Motorway A13 and A14. Fast, level, monotonous road.
Mantua - Piacentza 62 under 99 kms Straight level road across River Po basin Autostrada A21 between Cremona and Piacenza
Piacenza - Genoa 149 kms - 93 miles Motorway A7 & A21
Saturday 5th August Genoa - Golfe Juan (148 miles maximum)
Genoa - Savona = 31 miles - 30 kms
Winding coast road or quicker motorway.
Savona - Menton (border) 72 miles motorway (80 miles, new road) = 129 km
Menton - Nice via Cornice Inferieure, moyenne, grande - 18- 20 miles
Nice - Golfe Juan * 26 km. = 17 miles
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