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Magic Bus in Greece 1976

Graham Bourne, driver for the original Magic Bus Company, holding cigarette pack in Athens. On his right is a Tom, a Canadian still living in India. Tom was a driver for Magic Bus's main competitor, the equally illegal Sunshine Travel. Two days before Tom wrecked his bus -- a Setra 6 -- by running into a parked trailer in the dark. Graham is smuggling him out of Greece. (On entry into Greece each vehicle used to be stamped in the driver's passport, stopping him from selling it and leaving the country.)

 

The long-haired man on the far right is Graham's second driver, an Australian named Mike. The woman is Nicole from Santa Barbara, California.

 

photographer: Graham Bourne 1976 (on loan to the Asia Overland Hippie Trail Archive)

 

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