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The 1959 African Caravan

Planning Documents (PDF files





Comments by Pee Wee

Wally did months, if not years of pre-planning for the African Caravan. He talked to African travelers. He purchased books written by travelers in Africa. He pondered maps looking for roads and directions to take the Caravan. Wally also wrote to embassies, tourist bureas, corporations and anyone that could advance and enhance the 1959 African Caravan. He found the sights, the activiites, the towns, and cities to visit.

>From all of this knowledge Wally created the schedule. With the schedule the tour was ready to present to the Airstream owners. Bulletins and details were prepared by Helen Byam Schwamborn at Headquarters. Helen also wrote letters, gathered information, sent introductions to national and local governments. She made arrangements with shipping companies. Yes, many, many days, nights, hours, months, and years went into the African Caravan. Don't exclude toil, sweat, and callouses.

Here are two schedules. The one is the finished daily guide for the Caravan prepared before their departure. It looked great. Not a bad Caravan. But was it realistic?

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African Schedules -|- Miles and Times

>From Cape Town to Cairo by Lillie Douglass there is the actual day by day tour log with mileage. Please note that the original schedule had the Caravan sailing from Suez, Egypt on December 11, 1959. The Caravan was to be in Bethlehem, Jordan for Christmas. It didn't happen. Check out what actually happened from the account by Lillie Douglass.

Roads, events, repairs, sightseeing and more added time to the trip.

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