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No entry for Rolls-Royce that went everywhere

Published by Shahidul Alam on January 5, 2013

Following in the tradition of explorers and adventurers who’ve travelled to Chobi Mela, the celebrated festival of photography in Asia, a 1936 Rolls Royce has made it’s way to Dhaka. Only, it lies stranded at the Tamabil border.

TOM HATLESTAD'S DEFENDER APPROACHING THE GATES OF DRIK IN DHANMONDI. DHAKA. 17TH JANUARY 2009. ? SHEHABUDDIN/DRIK/MAJORITY WORLD
TOM HATLESTAD’S DEFENDER APPROACHING THE GATES OF DRIK IN DHANMONDI. DHAKA. 17TH JANUARY 2009. ? SHEHABUDDIN/DRIK/MAJORITY WORLD

Tom Hatlestad began his journey in Oslo on the 24th November 2008. Travelling alone in his Defender Land Rover, he drove through Sweden, Western Europe, Poland, Romania, Turkey, Iran, Pakistan India and Nepal to arriving in Dhaka on the morning of the 17th January 2009. Photographs taken along the way to Dhaka and on the way back have formed the basis of a major international touring exhibition. The story of the Rolls turns out to be slightly different.

David Sanderson, Fariha Karim
Published at 12:01AM, January 5 2013 in The Times

Indian children in Uttar Pradesh admire Rupert Grey?s 1936 Rolls-Royce
Indian children in Uttar Pradesh admire Rupert Grey?s 1936 Rolls-Royce Courtesy of Rupert Grey
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