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    1. whatpplsay on

      I suspect that Afghanistan and tribal areas of Pakistan were not feasible or safe destinations for a long, long time had something to do with it. The Soviet invasion of Afghanistan took place in 1979, kicking off decades of conflict, some of which continues today. Only in recent years (mostly after the return of the Taliban government) have even brave travelers returned to Afghanistan. And there is quite obviously still a significant risk associated with those areas.

    5. Bar_Sinister on

      It’s weird. I think that if you are Nepalese, Iraqi, Bangladeshi, possibly Turkish or a citizen of one the Southeast Asian end, this route **could** be viable. Not guaranteed, long, exhausting and expensive, but possibly those citizens might be considered detached enough to make it through customs at each of the „trouble“ points, although Iran would be an issue these days, of course.

      Is it just because a Westerner would certainly have issues that we would consider it un-workable?

    6. nim_opet on

      You mean before the CIA overthrew the democratic government in Iran which subsequently caused the anti-Western revolution hijacked by the Islamist? And before the USSR invasion of Afghanistan and subsequent CIA arming of the Taliban? It’s as if external imperialist interference has thrown the region into turmoil to enable the gulf monarchies to maintain the chokehold on oil supply

    12. NoWingedHussarsToday on

      Because air travel became cheap enough to compete in terms of time/comfort/price combination.

    13. QtheM on

      It was because of all those traps laid for troubadours who got killed before they reached bombay

    14. ofm1 on

      Saw a Sundowners bus way back in the mid-80s in Rawalpindi, Pakistan. They must have used the Iran route as Afghanistan was deep into the Soviet invasion.

    15. Ponchorello7 on

      My commute to work is a 1 hour bus ride, and it’s easily the worst part of my day. The idea of riding a bus from England to Sri Lanka or Thailand sounds hellish.

    18. ChiliConCairney on

      Imagine how beautiful (and bumpy) that Kabul to Peshawar stretch must have been

    19. G_UK on

      I struggle with 20 mins on the bus up the Uxbridge Road. A bus to Calcutta sounds like hell on earth

    20. Mumpus_T on

      I once undertook a (hilariously awful) 96 hour bus ride to get from Buenos Aries to Quito. I would rather eat my sons eyeballs than do this journey.

    22. pn_1984 on

      Love how the British „kicked the ladder“ off after they climbed by sowing enemity across the region so this is no longer possible

    26. thedarkpath on

      The 60’s were an amazing Time to be a Young White wealthy hippie socialist…. being able to go though all these peaceful kingdoms and démocracies

    27. AwarenessNo4986 on

      This is the hippie trail and it sure as hell doesn’t stop at Calcutta. Hippie trial tries up after the Irani revolution, Iran Iraq war and the Afghan war in the 80s. The hippies dried up as well.

    28. SafetyCutRopeAxtMan on

      I don’t know but could be that the Iranian Revolution and the Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan stopped the fun.

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