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She may be fighting fit, but she's not got her eye on the ball.

This is the story of a #pilgrimage across northern Spain,, walking the 800km #Camino Frances from St Jean to #Santiago de Compostela in November 2013, and then on to# Finisterre at 'the end of the world'.

October 1977. In the days of the Hippie Trail, when Afghanistan was still open to overlanders on their way to Kathmandu and beyond, the first stop for most travellers from the west was the ancient city of Herat. From there, a popular route was via Kandahar and Kabul to the Khyber Pass and on into Pakistan. For those who stayed longer in Afghanistan, a trip to see the famous Buddhas of Bamiyan and the lakes of Band-e Amir was not to be missed.

Afghanistan 1977 and the last days of the Hippie Trail via Herat, Kandahar, and Kabul overland to the East. Many travelers detoured to see the famed Buddhas of Bamiyan and the lakes of Band-e Amir. I followed the overland trail in the late autumn of 1977, just a few months before the Iranian Revolution and the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan effectively closed the route to Western travelers. These are my photos of a memorable journey.