Mike
Ben probably went on the Ledo Road. Built during WW2 as a part of the Stillwell Road network to Burma and China from India. I will have to reread my copy of "The Second Half of Half Safe" - available from Guildford Grammar School in Perth.
It followed the route Birtles took in a 6 week near-death battle through the hills in the 1920's as the first vehicle from India to Burma. Now that IS a great adventure!
I drove it a couple of years ago in an old Suzuki but it is now quite good, if very windy. A team of two Landrovers from Oxford and Cambridge were the first over it after the war as late as 1953 - that is a great read "First Overland". They claim to be the first to drive from UK to Singapore.
Lang
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