A selection from the galleries at the back of the two books.
Nice, France
Photographs
178 photographs from the road.
The author’s own pictures, country by country, as the ride reached them. Click any photograph to see it larger, then use the arrow keys to move through them.
India 1
The Taj Mahal, India
Singapore 1
Singapore
Japan 2
Shibuya, TokyoTokyo, Japan
Canada 3
The Rocky Mountains, CanadaVancouver, CanadaCanada
United States 8
New York, United NationsBrooklyn Bridge, New YorkUnited StatesThe Golden Gate Bridge, San FranciscoLas Vegas, United StatesUnited StatesUnited StatesHouston, United States
England 2
Leeds Town Hall, EnglandCastle Street, Liverpool
Scotland 1
George Square, Glasgow
Wales 1
The A466 at Chepstow, Wales
Norway 1
The road to Oslo, Norway
Finland 1
The road to Naantali, Finland
Estonia 1
Alexander Nevsky Cathedral, Tallinn
Sweden 5
Stockholm, SwedenSwedenSwedenSwedenSweden
Australia 1
Canberra, Australia
New Zealand 1
New Zealand
Chile 26
Salto del Laja, ChileThe road to Talca, ChileThe road to Collipulli, ChileThe road to Chillán, ChileChillán, ChileThe road to Collipulli, ChileChileThe road to Rancagua, ChileThe road to Linares, ChileThe road to San Javier, ChileChillán, ChileThe road to Rancagua, ChileChileChileThe road to Puyehue, ChileChileThe road to Talca, ChileThe road to San Fernando, ChileThe road to Curicó, ChileThe road to Los Ángeles, ChileSantiago, ChileSantiago, ChileSantiago, ChileThe road to Lontué, ChileChileChile
Argentina 10
Puente de la Mujer, Buenos AiresThe road to San Carlos de Bariloche, ArgentinaThe road to San Carlos de Bariloche, ArgentinaThe road to Villa La Angostura, ArgentinaFloralis Genérica, Buenos AiresArgentinaArgentinaBuenos Aires, ArgentinaBuenos Aires, ArgentinaThe road to Puyehue, Chile
Uruguay 4
UruguayUruguayThe Interbalnearia, UruguayUruguay
Brazil 1
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Botswana 1
Gaborone, Botswana
Spain 2
Puigcerdà, Catalonia, SpainBarcelona, Spain
Portugal 3
Praça da Figueira, LisbonPortugalThe road to Estremoz, Portugal
Andorra 1
Andorra
France 37
Carcassonne, FranceMarseille, FranceThe Panthéon, ParisVersailles, FranceThe Arc de Triomphe, ParisThe Eiffel Tower, ParisCannes, FranceThe road to Carcassonne, FranceCarcassonne, FranceThe road to Belfort, FranceLes Invalides, ParisThe road to Nice, FranceNice, FranceNice, FranceNice, FranceThe road to Paris, FranceRue Soufflot, ParisThe Jardin du Luxembourg, ParisThe road to Provins, FranceThe road to Nangis, FranceNotre-Dame, ParisParis, FranceBelfort, FranceFranceThe road to Belfort, FranceBelfort, FranceMarseille, FranceMarseille, FranceFranceFranceThe road to Nangis, FranceThe road to Guignes, FranceFranceParis, FranceParis, FranceParis, FranceThe road to Paris, France
Monaco 6
MonacoMonacoThe road to Monaco, Cap-d’AilMonte Carlo Country ClubMonacoThe road from Nice to Monaco
Italy 14
Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II, MilanItalyThe road to Genova, ItalyThe road to Varazze, ItalyMilanPiazza del Duomo, MilanMilanItalyImperia, ItalyItalyItalyItalyThe road to France, ItalyMariano Comense, Italy
Switzerland 14
Bern, SwitzerlandLugano, SwitzerlandBern, SwitzerlandBern, SwitzerlandBern, SwitzerlandSwitzerlandSwitzerlandSwitzerlandBasel, SwitzerlandBern, SwitzerlandSwitzerlandSwitzerlandThe road to ComoThe Federal Palace, Bern
Belgium 1
The road to Brussels, Belgium
Netherlands 1
The Dutch border
Germany 6
Cologne Cathedral, GermanyGermanyGermanyThe road to Bitburg, GermanyPrüm, GermanyCologne, Germany
Denmark 1
The road to Køge, Denmark
Turkey 1
The road to Ardahan, Turkey
Iran 2
Ardabil, IranThe road to Rasht, Iran
From the books 18
The Nevada desert, United StatesThe Golden Gate Bridge, United StatesSchoolchildren of Botswana, GaboroneRoadside camp, ChileWith farmers, ChileThe Eiffel Tower, ParisThe Petronas Twin Towers, MalaysiaMending a puncture by the roadside, PortlandCamping, EnglandTowards Dublin, Southern IrelandStockholm city centre, SwedenJoseph Tanner, NASA astronautThe day of our return to IranA public welcome, Republic of AzerbaijanOn the road, GeorgiaWith the old traditional healer, PakistanBangladeshWhite Lion Park, Johannesburg, South Africa
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The first journey, through Turkey, Syria and Jordan to Petra
Translated from the Persian, set in matching editions
