For Jan, and all the drivers travelling between Europe and Asia, Istanbul and the Bosporus Strait are where the real adventure begins.
Away from family and home for a month, often at the mercy of their own creativity and courage, the drivers’ life on the road is both repetitive and full of surprises. Borders, paperwork, relentless heat, sand, and more paperwork.
“Everyone wanted money out of you,” says Mick Dunstan, who completed numerous trips between Europe and the Middle East, driving as far as Pakistan at one point, during the 1970s and 80s.
While navigating could be a challenge, towns and overturned cars serve as landmarks for the drivers.
21 июл 2018
