Meher Baba's Travels to the West |
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**** FIRST SIX YEARS OF TRAVEL TO THE WEST 1931 - 1937 ***** |
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First Tour of the West, 1931 |
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Marseille |
11-Sep |
Via SS Rajputana (note arrival date ... Jay) |
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London |
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Stayed at 32 Russell Rd |
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Istanbul |
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Italy |
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New York |
6-Nov |
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Boston |
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Paris |
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India |
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Around the World, March -- July 1932 |
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Departed Bombay |
24-Mar |
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Arrived Venice |
31-Mar |
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London |
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"Mission to West" Newsreel |
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Switzerland |
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New York |
Late May |
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Los Angeles |
29-May |
Concurrent with Olympics |
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Honolulu |
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Brief Layover |
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Yokohama |
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Brief Layover |
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Kobe |
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Brief Layover |
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Shanghai |
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Brief Layover |
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Nanking |
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Brief Layover |
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Hong Kong |
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Brief Layover |
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Singapore |
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Brief Layover |
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Bombay |
15-Jul |
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Second Western Tour -- July - Sept 1932 |
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Marseilles |
29-Jul |
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Italy/Assissi |
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Big Spiritual Meeting |
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Santa Margharita |
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Venice |
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Alexandria Egypt |
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Visited Pyramids and Sphinx |
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Bombay |
5-Sep |
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Third Western Tour -- December 1932 -- January 1933 |
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Venice |
2-Dec |
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London |
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Switzerland |
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Genoa |
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Egypt |
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Saw King Tut Exhibit |
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Bombay |
January, 1933 |
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Portofino Tour June July 1933 |
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Genoa |
23-Jun |
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Portofino |
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Long Holiday |
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Europe Tour -- Oct/Dec 1933 |
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Venice |
6-Oct |
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London |
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Switzerland |
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Barcelona |
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Avila |
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Madrid |
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Bombay |
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Voyage back: 11/2 - 12/14 |
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Europe Tour 1934 |
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Paris |
23-Jun |
Discussed film |
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London |
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Switzerland |
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Marseilles |
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Bombay |
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World Tour 1934-1935 |
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Marseille |
28-Nov |
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London |
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New York |
12-Dec |
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Pasadena |
18-Dec |
By Train |
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Vancouver |
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Honolulu |
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Shanghai |
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Kowloon/Hong Kong |
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Singapore |
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Columbo, Sri Lanka |
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India |
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Overland to Europe 1936 |
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Baghdad |
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By Plane |
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Turkey |
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By Train |
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France |
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England |
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Zurich |
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Paris |
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India |
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A Long Stay in France 1937 |
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Marseilles |
13-Aug |
3 month stay w. women mandali |
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Paris |
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Mast Mohammed brought later |
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India |
20-Nov |
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*********** 15 year travel hiatus ************* |
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**** SECOND SIX YEARS OF TRAVEL TO THE WEST 1952 - 1958 ***** |
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The Accident 1952 |
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New York |
20-Apr |
Travelled w. 4 women mandali |
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Myrtle Beach |
23-Apr |
(by car, I think...Jay) |
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Inaugurated Meher Spiritual Center, 9 May 1952 |
9-May |
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Departed for Ojai |
20-May |
(by car. Overnight in Rock City Tennessee...Jay) |
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Prague, OK |
24-May |
Auto Accident |
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Myrtle Beach |
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Durham |
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X-rayed at Duke Hospital |
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New York |
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London |
30-Jul |
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Switzerland |
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India |
23-Aug |
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America/Australia 1956 |
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London |
17-Jul |
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New York |
20-Jul |
Delmonico and Longchamps gatherings |
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Myrtle Beach |
24-Jul |
(Flew into Wilmington NC airport, I think...Jay) |
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Los Angeles |
31-Jul |
Stayed at Roosevelt Hotel |
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Ojai |
2-Aug |
(Is this the time of SFO visit?...jay) |
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Canton China |
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Stopover |
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Sydney |
9-Aug |
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India |
15-Aug |
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Final Visit to West 1958 |
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New York |
17-May |
No stop in europe this time |
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Myrtle Beach |
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225 people came for Darshan |
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Sydney |
31-May |
5 day stay at Center in Oz |
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India |
7-Jun |
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