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David’s book chronicles his adventures as a world traveller in the turbulent 1960s, before smartphones, GPS, and shelves of guidebooks were available.
A 1960s Global Odyssey:
Around the World in 80 Months
David Skillan spent six and a half years backpacking around the world in the 1960s, working here and there, facing all kinds of challenges, and making friends wherever he went.
When he returned to England, he spent six months writing a book about his adventures. It was eventually published in September of 2021.
Order a copy of A 1960s Global Odyssey: Around the World in 80 Months today!
It's the perfect gift - not only for the armchair traveller, but for those who yearn to travel.
PHOTOGRAPHS
Long before Michael Palin and Rick Steves launched their lengthy and illustrious travel careers, David Skillan was travelling the world and telling people all about it. The images seen here - all taken during his epic marathon journey - represent just a few of the many people he met and the places he visited...
A friendly New Yorker promotes author's illustrated travel lectures - Washington Square, December 1968
Children window shopping in Ecuador.
The author on the road near Queenstown, New Zealand.
Fishing boats in New Zealand's Milford Sound.
Author, left with companions in the Australian Outback.
Indigenous women of Taiwan, then known as Formosa.
Aftermath of snow storm in suburbs of Boston, Massachusets. Winter 68/69
Teenagers on a park bench in Washington, DC.
Herero women of Botswana, previously known as Bechuanaland.
Author's good friend, Pete exploring the Okavango Swamp now known as the Okavango Delta.
Hungry male lion in the Masaii Mara Game Reserve, Kenya.
Peruvian girl with pet llama at Machu Pichu.
Author's friend Pete, astride pony in the Vale of Kashmir.
Arabian dhows in Aden harbour, Yemen
Brasilia, capital of Brazil. Notice the 1960's automobiles!
Rural road scene in India
The Taj Mahal, Agra, India
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