Shanghai, Nov. 19. lo carly in October, Dr. A. v 'AVING begun a trans-Asian motor car journey from Palestine Jwrites from Kabul, Afghanistan, lhas made. on Miorini} Shanghai physician, on October 28 of the progress he He states: Having passed a painful Customs examination at ithe Persian frontier 1 proceeded on rather stony highroads through the northern Iranian salt desert to Kermansha, Driving from there northwards I had to climb snow-covered passes over to the coast jof the Caspian Sea, which has palms and box tree forests.
Climbing back over the Chalouss Pass to the Iranian high plateau, 1 thad to drive through a very bad road with one foot of snow on it. I reach~ fed Teheran, from where 1 would have [proceeded the next day, if the author!- Hes would not -have the most curious regulations, which I had to meet. To eave the country one must have an extra exit visum, for filming a special permit, one for photographing and a, Special' visa for the car to leave the country—In tole fifteen days of wast. Ing time, Then there was the restriction of getting foreign currency for the next country, Afghanistan. Only) my traveller cheques, made it possible to get cash in Afghanistan as my letter of credit was not valid in Afghan banks, but with a handsome cumshaw I got all these permits in three days.
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