People and Places on the Long and Dusty Road.

(part 4 of 4)

On, on, ever on, down the long dusty road,
Like a village on wheels rolling by.
The loo stops, the crew stops, the how-do-you-do stops,
I'll remember them all till I die.

A pictorial history of the Comex Expeditions.

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The Commonwealth Express to Simla.

Edinburgh dances an Eightsome Reel on Barog Station.

Sanawarians join Edinburgh.

Simla Town Centre.

The Old Viceregal Lodge now the Institute of Advanced Studies.

A view of Simla.

Convent of Jesus and Mary Simla.

Calculator.

Malook's Restaurant Simla.

Christ Church Simla.

Hill dancers Simla.

Hill dancers Simla.

Hill dancers Simla.

Hill dancers Simla.

Hill dancers Simla.

Hill dancers Simla.

Silver door Jaipur.

Hoovering.

Shivaji's Statue Kolhapur.

With Vasant Deshpande in Kolhapur.

Commonwealth Express route.

Commonwealth Express Kolhapur.

Looking back and forward from Bangalore.

Aloka Hunting Lodge Camp Mysore.

Aloka Hunting Lodge Camp Mysore.

Anandagiri Ooty.

Ooty in mist from Dodabetta.

Ooty on a clear day from Dodabetta.

Todas in Ooty (the original inhabitants of Ooty - the destination of five Comexes). From a watercolour by Captain Richard Baron, 1837 (Nilgiri Library)

A Todamund (the original inhabitants of Ooty - the destination of five Comexes). From a watercolour by Captain Richard Baron, 1837 (Nilgiri Library)

Entrance to Anandagiri.

Kenaki: a musical trainride.

Kenaki.

Kenaki.

Kenaki.

Kenaki.

Kenaki.

Kenaki.

British Rail names a locomotive The Commonwealth Spirit in honour of the Queen's Jubilee.

Comex 12 reconnaissance -
Canadian Pacific Railway.

Canadian Pacific Railway Toronto-Vancouver.

Young Comex Toronto.

Young Comex Toronto.

Comex 4 reconnaissance -
Farewell to Kuala Lumpur.

Farewell to Kuala Lumpur.

Singapore.

Aboard the Sir Galahad with Captain James Foster.

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