In early 1977 my life had sort of fallen apart. Boring job, marriage gone bad, and a failed attempt to buy a cabin in the woods in Mendocino, California. Inspired by a travel article in Stewart Brand's Whole Earth Catalog and with counsel and encouragement from friend and colleague, Wes Little, I quit my job and took the cabin purchase down payment and started off from Los Angeles on a trip around the world. My plan was to head to London where I'd pick up one of the then-popular overland expeditions to Kathmandu.

I took a train from LA to New York in March of 1977 and then flew across the Atlantic. I ended up staying in England for a month, traveling a bit and working on a farm for a while; just waiting for the overland trip (run by Exodus Expeditions) to begin. The overland trip took about 77 days. Following that I traveled, mostly alone, spending the rest of my time in Asia. I arrived back in LA just after Thanksgiving, 1977. Presented here are just a few photos from that long trip.

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