Six Star Magazine Six Star Magazine Autumn 2007 | Page 27

MAP AND PHOTOS: COURTESY OF ODYSSEY INTERNATIONAL LTD

FEATURE

Garry`s driving adventures have taken him all over the world. Left: Security checks in Ethiopian towns added suspense. Right: Navigating rickshaws in Bombay.

Another year, another record...
Not to bask long in their newfound ‘coverboy’ fame, the duo
hopped back in their car in 1984 to set a new speed record for the
fastest drive from the Cape Agulhas, South Africa, to the northern
tip of Europe at North Cape, Norway. That 28½-day, 21,167-km
jaunt not only earned them another passage in the famed Guinness
Book, but it also garnered them nine bullet holes in their vehicle
from an ambush in Kenya and a memory bank full of harrowing tales
from their journey through the Iran-Iraq war.
Before the millennium was up, Garry had managed to break two
more world driving reco