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

Last Updated on 1/1/02
By J W Schauer
Email: jschauer@dontworry.org