I managed to visit with two people that I had met on the 1973 trip. I ran across Jim McDonough quite by accident in Istanbul. Hilary English was back in Oxford visiting her parents and I got a chance to see some of the highlights of that city with her as a local tour guide.

The one photo from the channel crossing was based on my long standing interest in RF. These are the radar antennas on the ferry.

I still have the leather bag I bought for this trip. It would be harder today to pack for an international trip of indefinite length and carry only what fits into this bag.

London at Dusk

Industrial London

From the UK, it was time to travel back to the US. I would not visit Afghanistan again until July of 2011.