The Reluctant Conformist (8) Elvis in the Sahara, offshore in the Adriatic, then Australia bound.

Manx Rover's Ramblings

English - April 27, 2022 23:00 - 13 minutes - 9.39 MB
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Just three weeks after leaving England, Magnus was bouncing across the Algerian Desert in the back of a long-wheel-based Land Rover. The vehicle was jam-packed with robed and turban clad Arabs and desert dwelling Berbers.

Before heading Down Under, our hero enjoyed a stint aboard off-shore rigs drilling the Adriatic Sea bed for oil. Perhaps Magnus was bad luck as no oil was found.