CREDITS
My thanks to these organizations and individuals
without whose help the odyssey might have been a
mission: impossible
SPONSORS:
Minolta Canada
Minolta Corporation
(USA)
Minolta Camera Co., Ltd.
(Japan)
Kodak Canada
Sooter's Photography
(Canada)
American Honda
Arai Helmet Ltd.
(Japan)
Cycle World
(motorcycle magazine - Japanese edition)
Hawaii Visitors and Convention Bureau
Hawaiian Airlines
Singapore Tourism Board
Singapore Airlines
Japan Airlines
Kenya Airways
Kenya Ministry of Transportation &
Communications
Sudan Airways
Norway Line
Scandinavian Ferry Lines AB
Greek National Tourist Organization
Hellenic Mediterranean Lines
(HQ: Piraeus, Greece. Office: Brindisi, Italy
)
Adriatica di Navigazione S.p.A.
(HQ: Venice, Italy. Office: Athens, Greece)
Intercontor Hellas
(Athens, Greece)
Syakar Company (P) Ltd.
(Kathmandu, Nepal)
Peace Bridge Brokerage Limited
(Fort Erie, Ontario, Canada)
Hiker's Haven Ltd.
(Oakville, Ontario, Canada)
Johnson Worldwide Associates, Inc.
(Sturtevant, Wisconsin, USA - EUREKA! tents, in
co-operation with Hiker's Haven)
Lapp Cycle & Parts Ltd.
(Stevensville, Ontario, Canada)
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In big or small ways -
from providing accommodation, food, advice, logistical help
or simply sharing something of their lives with a stranger -
the following people helped me through the odyssey.
I will never be able to acknowledge
everyone - there were so many times that I failed to or was not able to get their
names. These included: the two motorcyclists who helped me find my way out of
Madrid's rush-hour streets when it was time to leave; the boy in Egypt who I found
cleaning Melawend but refused any payment; and the woman in Tokyo who, though we
didn't speak each other's language, went out of her way to show me the building I'd been
looking for.
Thank you one and all for being
there.
Thank you for being you.
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CANADA
Ivor Sharp - One of
Canada's top commercial photographers, mentor, co-founder of the Canadian Association of
Photographers and Illustrators in Communications (CAPIC). For encouraging me as a
photographer, sponsoring me to CAPIC and for partly inspiring the odyssey.
Ivor has passed away.
Jimmy Bedford - Mentor,
travel columnist for the Daily News-Miner, Fairbanks Alaska. Former Chief of the
Journalism & Creative Writing Dept., U. of Alaska. For providing sage advice for
the journey.
Jimmy has passed way.
Thomas O. Jones, Q.C. - Lawyer,
former employer, mentor and friend. For providing me with direction, friendly
debate, over ten years of employment, and for having faith in my character.
Mr. Jones, Tom, has passed away.
Robert Gilka - former
chief of photography for National Geographic - for referring me to Jimmy.
Phyllis Barnatt - editor of the Times-Review who
was always at the other end of the line for me (and accepted collect calls).
Girve Fretz - Federal MP for Erie for his support of the journey from
beginning to end.
Lee Tickle -Assistant to Girve Fretz in Port Colborne, Ontario
Bruce Sherry - Assistant to Girve Fretz in Ottawa
Heinz Hummel - then Mayor of Fort Erie, Ontario Canada
Beverly Smith - Secretary to Mayor Hummel
Lynda Sykes - Tourism Manager of Fort Erie
Ed Freeland - President & CEO of Peace Bridge Brokerage
(sponsor)
Mike Carroll - Corporate Office Manager of Peace Bridge Brokerage
All the Staff at Peace Bridge Brokerage for the Magic Carpet Service™ that got Melawend
and me to England and for the shipments to Athens and to Nairobi.
Ken Tatamici -Product Manager, Minolta Canada
Dan Tyndall -President and owner of Hiker's Haven, Oakville, Ontario
Peter Lapp -President of Lapp Cycle & Parts, Stevensville, Ontario
John Buhl -Manager, Lapp Cycle & Parts
Diane Nevard & Family - cousin
Harry, Vera and Cathy Herbert - friends who wrote to me the most.
Father Paul Desilets, CSV, Our Lady of Lourdes Shrine, Rigaud, Quebec
Geoff, Cathy & Danny Pooler - step-sister & family, hosts in
Dartmouth, Nova Scotia
Michel Kohn - CAPIC - supporter of articles for association journal
Peter Puxley - supportive CBC Radio producer
Robert Rivet - builder of shipping crate for shipping Melawend to
England.
ENGLAND
Madeline Oldrey - helpful AA rep in
Gatwick
Roger Duckworth and Chris Strick- Customs & Excise,
Gatwick - granted carnet exemption for Melawend
Mark Baker - Atlas Air, Gatwick - PBB's affiliate rep helpful with
customs paperwork
Iris Carter - owner of Roperspole Caravan Site near Dover
Peter & Rosemary Marshal & Family - hosts, Angmering
John & Jackie Lower & Family - hosts, Angmering
Jack Archer - Press Officer in Canadian Embassy - London
Lin Cox – friend and host in Bath
David Yeodal - Assistant Director of the Bath City Council Dept of
Leisure & Tourist Services
Ivy & John Dixon - for letting me camp near the manor on Glympton
Estate
Pat & Len Davies - Canadians who treated me to lunch in Swinbrook
Jack Fox - Chief Executive, Stratford-on-Avon District Council
Bert & Caroline Alpont - Shropshire poet and his wife, hosts, at
their farm - Lupin Patch
Lady Rachel Labouchere - descendant of Albert Darby and wife of diplomat
Sir George Labouchere Kathy Foster - Ironbridge Gorge Museum
Dolores Whitton - Mayor of Chester
Dennis & Pam Smith & Family - hosts, Neston
E. Wilson - hosts, North Yorkshire
Ida McCorbet - host, Felton
Colin Snowdon - host, Seaham
Brigeen Clafferty & Alan Rooks - new-found friends and hosts in
Newcastle
Roger Neville - music festival PR Officer in Newcastle
Dag Ramslo – Norway Line rep in Newcastle - for highly-discounted
passage to Norway
WALES
Carole & Peter Francis & Family
– hosts and friends in Llwydcoed, Aberdare
Adrienne Liejerstam - reporter, friend and guide in Cynon Valley
David James - Cynon Valley District Council
Mr. Evans - Cynon Valley historian and author
Pam & Stan Keating – Holyhead
SCOTLAND
Clara Gibson - hosts, Dunbartonshire
Mr. T. Mackenzie – CBE, MM, JP, Freeman of Inverness
Peter White – Council Officer of Inverness
Donald Pifer – hosts, Culross
Eleanor McLaughlin – Deputy Chairman of Edinburgh District Council
Allan Boothman – Senior Assistant City Officer of Edinburgh
NORWAY
Arne Simonsen - Information Officer,
Bergen
Gerd Rosten - hosts, Bu
Elisabeth Hatletviet & Lief Hegland - friends in Kragerø
Brita and Morten Eide - Porsgrunn - helpful during
flat-tire-in-the-rain-fiasco
Roger Lucy - Counselor, Canadian Embassy, Oslo
Anne-Marie Taraldset - Manager, Tourist Information Office, Oslo
SWEDEN
Torsten Lilja - Town Clerk, Stockholm
Christian Wegenius - Assistant Director, Stockholm Chamber of Commerce
Sonja Torstensson - hosts, Arboga
Henning Lindle - Swedish Highway Patrol Officer
Marie & Peter and daughter Anna Bjorking - & parents, hosts,
Alingsås
Scandinavian Ferry Lines AB and Gunnar Enefält, Chief of Reservations,
Helsingborg
DENMARK
Otto Sondergaard - Søborg
Alice Høltzel - Press Officer, Copenhagen
Karin Bunagaard - Vice Chair of Culture Office, Copenhagen
Inge Marie Jensen - friend and host in Copenhagen, Søborg
Ilse Hyermind - host in Søborg
Dagny & Peter Andersen - hosts, Stenille (Marie's aunt & uncle)
Ellen Eriksen - Holbæk (Marie's cousin)
Ole Hansen - Manager, Vognmands-Ruten (ferry line Nyborg - Korsør)
Catherine & Parmo Niclson - hosts, Krusa
THE NETHERLANDS
Dick Bouwes - hosts, Kwadÿk
BELGIUM
George Cowley - Culture and Information
Counselor, Canadian Embassy, Brussels
Alex Destrebecq - Adjunct, Canadian Embassy, Brussels
Annette Onyn - Tourist Information, Brussels
Marianne Cuvelliez & Patrick Boes - friends and hosts, Brussels
GERMANY
Ella Otten & Family - hosts, Bremen
Mathias Dick & Family - near Bonn
Jennifer Broadbridge - Press Officer, Canadian Embassy, Bonn
Thomas Bockeler - Press and Commercial Office of Bonn
Erika & Heinz Jegener, Ilse Jinedel and Elfriede Köhler - for their
spontaneous contribution, Black Forest near Baden Baden
Oliver Langenbacher - Baden - helped translate my need of a campsite
Reiner & Doreen Hildebrandt & Family - friends and hosts.
Reiner: President of the German-Canadian Association, Lahr
Werner Dietz - Mayor of Lahr
Trisha Cornforth - reporter and friend, Lahr
Uve Rieder - friend and host, German Canadian Association, Lahr
Brigadier General Lalonde - Canadian Forces, Europe
LIECHTENSTEIN
Arthur Konrad - Mayor of Vaduz
Ursula Oehri & Family - friend and hosts in Vaduz
SWITZERLAND
Marguerite Bellimare - Secretary to the
Ambassador, Canadian Embassy, Berne
Werner Bircher - Mayor of Berne
Lisolette Berger - Secretary to Mayor Bircher
Anni Schmutz & Family - hosts, farm near Fribourg
Jean-Pierre Carrier - Office of Tourism, Geneva
Honda (Suisse) SA - Geneva (for Honda giveaways including lighters,
pens...)
Mr. V. Soloviev - Head of Public Information, United Nations, Geneva
FRANCE
Jean Mazo & Family - hosts, Poligny
Alain Belais - Office of the Mayor, Paris
Jocelyne Hericher & Family - friend and hosts in Paris
The brawny old man by the banks of the Loire - for making me more aware
and proud of our W.W.II veterans
Manager, Franco-Americain Honda, Biarritz
SPAIN
The old gentleman in Pamplona simply
for stopping to greet Melawend and me and wish us well.
Lorraine Choquette - Canadian Embassy, Madrid
Josep Sala i Montero - Mayor of Lloret de Mar
Antonio Rodrighez, Teresa and Carmen - Manager and assistants, Camping
Canyelles, Lloret de Mar
FRANCE (the
Riviera)
Manager, Camping Doc - near Sete
Madeline Castelluccio - Canadian Consulate, Marseilles
Fabiene Cordera - Canadian Consulate, Marseilles
Manager, Camping le Vallon du Soleil, near Hyères
Kenny Baker - Cincinnati, Ohio - at St. Tropez
The Baronesse von Kirchoff-Lintner, Genevieve Rey and Olivia - friends in
Cannes
Dan Antoine Blanc-Shapira - Press Officer, Cannes
Manager, Les Lentisques (camping, etc) Mougins
Manager, Camping Saint-Maurice - Menton
ITALY
Manager, Camping Miraflores - Rapallo
Manager, Campeggio Europa - Torre Del Lago
Manager, Parco Comunale di Campeggio - Florence
Manager, Camping Village Agrituristica di Giannella - Giannella-Albinia
His Holiness Pope John
Paul II
St. Peter's Square, Vatican City
Claude T. Charland - Canadian Ambassador to Italy - Rome
Franca Mazzolani - Information Officer, Canadian Embassy, Rome. My
gracious escort to Campidoglio (City Hall)
Mr. Carlo Capano - Ambassador for Ceremony for the City of Rome,
Campidoglio
Laurent Paul Tardif - Minister-Counselor, Canadian Embassy to the Holy
See
Emanuela Siciliani - great help at the Canadian Embassy to the Holy See
Luciana Lotti - Manager, Camping Roma, Rome
Arturo Mari - official Papal Photographer, the Vatican
Tom & Jean Fox - Victoria, BC - in Rome, at Camping Roma
Manager, Camping Italia - Terracina
Demeo Giuliano - barber - my first overseas haircut
Manager, Camping Pompeii - Pompeii
Manager, Camel Camping Club - Montaponto Lido (at the
apex of the sole of the "boot" that is Italy)
Steve and Marilyn Braun, Kim McKinney, Rosalind Schuy - Canadians met
near Bari
Julio Gallisay & Family - took me in and fed me after the flood,
Brindisi
Manager, Hellenic Mediterranean Lines (sponsor) -
Brindisi - for the ferry trip to Greece
GREECE
Manager, Camping Chani - Kaparissia
George Athanasopoulos & Family - near Tripoli
Manager, Camping Dafni - Athens
Andrè Couvrette - Canadian Ambassador to Greece
Maria Economou - Program Officer, Canadian Embassy, Athens - Great help
and friendship
Dr. L Lichtenfeld - Canadian Embassy, Athens
Dina Petch - Information Section, Canadian Embassy, Athens
Mr. G. Palassopoulos - Secretary to the Mayor of Athens
Mr. Selemis - Director of the Greek National Tourist Organization (GNTO),
Athens
Lisa Greenberg - Assistant to Mr. Selemis
Andre Andreopolous - Manager, Camping Voula - Voula
Massimo Lanzetta - Owner's Representative in Athens of Adriatica
di Navigazione (sponsor) - for passage to Africa aboard the Espresso Egitto
Werner Herman - Director, Intercontor Hellas (sponsor) (freight
company) for handling the shipment from Canada and for sending extra gear and artifacts
home
EGYPT
Owner, Omar Oasis - Desert Road, Egypt
Sa'id Moussa - owner, Salomé Camping, Harrania (near Giza)
Rolf & Juolde and son Simon Stelzle - new-found friends met on the
ship and various times in Egypt
Don Travers and Murray Biedler - Canadian adventurers met on ship and
times in Egypt and Sudan
Marc Vidricaire - Second Secretary and Vice Consul, Canadian Embassy,
Cairo
Hoda Mouad - Canadian Embassy, Cairo
J. M. Scott-Harston - Canadian Embassy, Cairo
Mahmoud Kamel El Kholy - Secretary General of Cairo
General Ahmed Hassan Abdel Rahman - Deputy Governor of Cairo
Captain Taha Ismail - Director of Tourism, Cairo
Shawki Hasan Agami - Director General of Public Relations, Cairo
Medhat Abbas - Director of Public Relations, Port Said
Mohamed Iouness - Port Said Governorate
Mandcook Mohamed Ali - Manager, Sameramis Hotel, Alexandria
Kadri Badr - Governor of Asswan
Amer Abu Khamis - camelman at the Pyramids - good and helpful friend in
Giza
SUDAN
Ali Ahmed - Kassala - for taking time
to so eloquently teach me of Allah on the ship to Wadi Halfa
Robert Taen - UNDP, Khartoum
"The Boys from Khartoum" - for songs on the ferry and company
on the train
David Pluth - Canadian, Chief of Party, Energy Planning & Management
Project by Energy/Development International (Washington, DC) - new-found friend and host
in Khartoum
Afwerke (Fred) Berre and Tzehai Buru - Eritrean refugees employed by
David - good, helpful friends
Karam M. Karam - Commissioner General for Khartoum
Ibrahim Mohamed Arbab - Commissioner for Education, Khartoum
Eltayeb L Gath - Sales Manager, Sudan Airways (sponsor)
Alawia Yassin Yousif - Sudan Airways
John Kaikati - Executive VP of Nile Safaris Aviation, Khartoum
KENYA
Alison Winter - Consular, Canadian High
Commission, Nairobi
Dr. Ian Chawdhry - Director of the Orphanage, Nairobi National Park
David Mwaniky - senior warden, Nairobi Youth Hostel
Festus Kathuo - warden of Nairobi Youth Hostel
Ignatius Mutua - warden of Mount Kenya Youth Hostel
Don Hunt - partner of the late William Holden, Mount Kenya Game Ranch,
William Holden Wildlife Foundation - Nanyuki
Mr. W. P. Wambura - Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Transport&
Communications - for granting onward passage to India via KENYA AIRWAYS (sponsor)
Mr. A. K. Kandi - Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Tourism & Wildlife
Linda Vanderlee - Canadian, a student of Swahili culture and a fine
singer
Peter Garnett - Englishman and amiable rogue - for fascinating talks of
Africa
INDIA
Dr. Ramesh Y. Prambhoo - Mayor of
Mumbai (Bombay)
Mr. M. Hasam - Manager, Hotel Mumtaz, Agra
Mahinder Singh Saathi - Mayor of New Delhi
Jim Harris - Canadian High Commissioner to India, New Delhi
Renata Wielgosz - Second Secretary, Canadian High Commission, New Delhi
Madhavi, Menon and Raj - great help to me at the Canadian High
Commission, New Delhi
Ms. Rambha Chitrakar - New Delhi - meteorologist from Kathmandu, Nepal
Shyam Seth - friend and silk dealer,Varanasi
Akbar Ahamad - friend and pedal rickshaw driver, Varanasi
NEPAL
Narendra Kumar Chudhari - Zonal
Commissioner, Gandaki Zone, Pokhara
Hari Bol Bhattdrai - Mayor of Kathmandu
Sushil Sharma - reporter, The Rising Nepal
Sisters at Swayambhunath (The Monkey Temple) for a memorable day of fun
and photography
Chandrika Lal Shrestha - owner, proprietor of Hotel Shakti, Kathmandu -
home for two months
Ramesh Nath Pandi - Minister of State for Tourism, Labour and Social
Welfare, Kathmandu
Laxman Ratna Tuladhar & Family - my heroes in Nepal. (Laxman
also as Director of Syakar Company (P) Ltd. (sponsor)
SINGAPORE
Ng Yew Kang - Director, Cultural
Affairs, Ministry of Community Development
Siew Hua Lee - reporter, The Straits Times
Cheow Kiat (Gerry) Chan - President of the Rotary Club of Singapore
Gary Yeo - The Executive Club, Singapore
Sheen & Lydia Kua - new-found friends and motorcycle enthusiasts
Vladimir Sviridov - new-found, Deputy Head of Consular, Embassy of the
USSR
Betty Seng - great help at the Canadian High Commission
Seck Geok Tan - Public Relations, Singapore Tourist Promotion
Board (sponsor). My heroine in Singapore.
Emile Thai - Divisional Director, Marketing, Singapore Tourist Promotion
Board
Bonnie Tong - Marketing, Singapore Tourist Promotion Board.
Cav. Roberto Pregarz - Manager, Raffles Hotel
Jerry Tan - Head of Public Relations, Jurong Bird Park
Jastina Balen - Public Relations, Westin Stamford & Westin Plaza
Hotels
Khee Boon Tan - Advertising Executive, Singapore Airlines
(sponsor)
Charlie Tan & Family - accommodations for travelers in Skyscraper
Complex. Hosts and good friends.
JAPAN
Takashi Iwai - Director, International
Communication Division, Tokyo Metropolitan Government
Toshi Ikubo, PR Manager, Japan National Tourist Organization (JNTO)
Takeshi Takemura - friend and sitarist
Elsie Ozaku - friend and caregiver to me, Singapore Tourism Board, Tokyo
(now its Rgional Director)
Kimiko Ohsato - Head of English Department, YWCA College, Tokyo
Ron McKay - friend and life-saver - Visa Section, Canadian Embassy, Tokyo
Mami Kobayashi - Corporate Communications, Minolta Camera Co. - for much
help with equipment.
Koji Hiroe - Senior Editor of Cycle World (sponsor) (Japanese
edition of motorcycle magazine) For his interest in articles, his friendship and
cooperation with the Japan Airlines project.
Glenn Davis - Editor-in-Chief, Tokyo Journal magazine. For the
much-needed story assignment.
David McLellan - Counselor, Head of Communications & Culture Section,
Canadian Embassy
Mrs. Chiyoko Arai - owner, Arai Helmet (sponsor).
For the fantastic custom-built helmet and other Arai gear.
Hiro Kimura - Export Manager, Arai Helmet. For making the helmet
himself, for his helpfulness and for actually donating personal funds to my efforts (one
of the few people who did).
Yasuhiko Inoue - Manager, PR Department Japan Airlines (sponsor)
- for tough negotiation but great follow-through on the JAL-sponsored flight to
Hawaii
Haruhiko Kaneko - Japan Airlines Director of Research & Development
Section, Planning Department,Freight & Mail - for his innovative project and contract
Kimanori Seto - for his help in negotiations and at the JAL Cargo warehouse in Narita, and
for his great sense of humour
HAWAII
Thelma Akau - owner and proprietress of
Honolulu International Youth Hostel
Alexander "Sandy" C. Brodie President, Sandy Brodie's Waipahu
Cycles - friend indeed - as was all his staff:
Steve Smithe, General Manager
Marie C. Olivia, Bookkeeper
Ruben G. Yadao, Purchasing/Inventory
Les Brinkley, Bikes Salesman
Paul Ferrara, Bikes Salesman
Jonathan Bratten, Parts Manager
Russell "Russ" Odegaard, Parts Salesman
Randy Jernigan, Parts Salesman
Chester Uehara, Service Dept Manager
Sacramento "Sac" Verdadero, Mechanic (did most of the work on
Melawend)
Kent Louie, Mechanic
Troy "Rusty" Stocks, Mechanic
John "Scott" Roller, Service Writer
Gregory Bonila, Parts Salesman, part-time
Roland Tauyan, Assistant, part-time
Elmer Somera, Assistant, part-time
Lee Porter, Manager, Brodie Power Equipment branch
Morgan Keene - Motorcycle Safety
Foundation (MSF) Chief Instructor and Hawaii State Coordinator- friend, mentor and host in
Miliani - sponsored my taking of the MSF Rider Course
Dan Martyniuk - MSF instructor, mentor, friend and co-host
Madeline "Lindy" Boyes - Senior Communications, Hawaii
Visitors Bureau (sponsor), great help in helping me to explore and report on
Hawaii
Chris Anderson - Public Information Office, Bishop Museum, Honolulu
Geri Flores - Mohawk Marketing Corporation, Honolulu - for use of MINOLTA
equipment
Julie King - Coordinator, Public Affairs & Advertising, Hawaiian
Airlines (sponsor) - for granting and coordinating the flights between Oahu,
Hawaii, Maui and Kauai and for the flight back to mainland North America via Los Angeles
David Ueno - General Manager, Coco Palms Resort, Kauai
Nane Aluli - Director of Sales and Marketing, Coco Palms Resort, Kauai
Gladys Ablao - Waipi'o Valley (Valley of the Kings) four-wheeled
adventure
David & Jessie Okita - Volcano Heli-Tours, Volcano Heliport, Hawaii
Is.
Toshi Serizawa - VP, Hawaii Naniloa Hotel, Hilo, Hawaii
Phyllis Fujimoto - Assistant Account Executive, Communications-Pacific,
Inc., Hilo, Hawaii
Dorothy Bohlke - Hawaii Visitors Bureau, Maui
Mary Gresham - PR Director, Maui Prince Hotel, Makena Resort, Maui
Sue Yoshishige - Hawaii Visitors Bureau, Kauai
Helen Kaneshiro - Sales Manager, Era Helicopters, Lihue (flight over
Napali coast of Kauai)
Rev. Lei - Morman Church, Camp Kekela, Oahu
Kimiko Sullivan - Travel-Financial Services Rep, American Express, Hyatt
Regency, Honolulu
USA
Douglas Kirkland - photographer to the
stars of Hollywood for over 35 years - friend and benefactor while I was in Hollywood
Louise Berle - "Cosmic philosopher", host in Santa Monica
Denis Rouse, Tash Matsuoka, Mark Tuttle, Donya Carlson and the staff of Rider
magazine (motorcycle touring) for their friendship and interest in the
journey. California.
Patricia Johnson, VP and Rich Wyler, Account Executive, Edelman Public
Relations, Los Angeles - for their enthusiastic support.
Susie Rossick - Corporate Advertising, American Honda - who put together
some funding and some great Hondaline gear
Fred Loeffler - Owner, Honda Santa Monica - for friendly service in
assembling the Hondaline gear
Russ & Louise Edwards - Plaskett Creek Campground, Big Sur,
California
Patrick Reid - Canadian Consul General, San Francisco (and father-in-law
of hero Rick Hansen)
Bill Schiffmann - News Editor, Associated Press, San Francisco
Brenda & Ted Romero - Owners, Mountain Motel, Austin Nevada
Paul & Lenore & Paula Foules - Cedar Inn Motel, Delta, Utah
Joe & Lou Anne Hughes - Owners, Silver Spur Motel, Grand Junction,
Colorado
Sharon Hawkins & Family - Great Western Sumac Lodge, Buena Vista,
Colorado
Joni Black - Manager, Flamingo Motel (Budget Host), Garden City, Kansas
Bob & Francine Ray - Owners, Kampalot K.O.A., Perryville, Missouri
Iva Griffith - One of the owners of The Cardinal Motel, East Luray,
Virginia
William R. Harlow - Assistant Press Secretary for Foreign Affairs, The
White House, Washington, D.C. - for accepting a used tire removed from Melawend signed
with a message of goodwill to the people of the USA
Kim Johnson - Public Affairs Officer, Canadian Embassy, Washington, D.C.
Greta Geitzler - Executive Assistant, Canadian Embassy, Washington, D.C.
Joan Harrison - Permanent Mission of Canada to the United Nations, New
York
Fred Eckhard - Associate Spokesman for the Secretary General, United
Nations, New York (now the Spokesman for the Secretary General) - for his
friendship and the personal tour of the UN and for giving me clearance to photograph Melawend
on the grounds of the UN.
Madame Therese Paquet-Sevigny - Under Secretary-General of the Department
of Public Information,United Nations, New York - for a most enjoyable press reception.
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Thank you for
sharing this acknowledgement
of some the
many people who helped
make the
Odyssey a reality.
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