McDonald Joan, McDonald Keith (w3407)
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- Description: Joan and Keith McDonald were New Zealand newlyweds who, in 1952, set off from New Zealand on a three-year round-the-world motorcycle journey through 40 countries on two Jawa CZ 125 cc motorcycles. Their route began with a sea crossing to Australia and Tasmania, then continued by ship to Ceylon, and overland through India, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Persia (Iran), Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Egypt, Libya, Tunisia, Algeria and Morocco, before crossing by sea to Spain. They then rode through Gibraltar, France, Italy, Austria, Czechoslovakia, Germany, Belgium, the Netherlands, Great Britain and Portugal. They subsequently crossed to South America, riding overland through Argentina, Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador, Colombia, Panama, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Honduras, El Salvador, Guatemala and Mexico, before reaching Cuba, the United States and Canada, completing the journey around 1955
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- Nationality-Nazionalità-Nationalité: New Zealand, Nuova Zelanda, Nouvelle-Zélande
- Birth/death-Nascita/morte-Naissance/mort: -
- Means of transport-Mezzo di trasporto-Moyen de transport: Motorbike, Motocicletta, Moto
- Geographical description-Riferimento geografico-Référence géographique: Around the World, Giro del mondo, Tour du monde
- Internet: https://www.berndtesch.de/English/Continents/WorldAround/WorldAroundMotorcycle1951-1970.html
- Additional references-Riferimenti complementari-Références complémentaires: The Daily News, May 10, 1952.
