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John made his name in the 1980s as a travel writer and photographer, and more recently has become known for his adventure travel documentaries on BBC Radio 4. Click here to watch his YouTube video. Scroll down to find out about the talks which bring together some of his most spectacular slides and sound recordings.

Click here to listen to John’s From Our Own Correspondent piece about Iraqi Kurdistan in August 2009.

Click here to listen to John talking about Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid on Radio 4’s Excess Baggage in November 2008.


Talks available:

Fellow-traveller

Latest talk:  A Stroll through the Axis of Evil

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Last but one:  Heart of the Sahara

Thai lake
Up the Mekong to Tibet

Inca fortress at Sacsayhuamán
The Royal Road of the Incas

Attention-seeking llamas
Pilkington in Bolivia

Ladakhi women
Pilkington in Ladakh

Bactrian camel and donkey
Trespassing in Turkestan

Gaucho at Butch Cassidy's cabin
An Englishman in Patagonia

Recording in Turfan, China
An Adventure on the Old Silk Road

In Nepal's far west
Into Thin Air: A Walk Across Nepal

The talks, which usually last an hour, include a live commentary by John together with stereo sound recordings and slides using a twin-projector dissolve system. John provides all equipment.

Fee:  £350 (€400) plus travelling expenses

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Mekong video

with thanks to Martin Pailthorpe


John Pilkington
9 Culverwell Gardens, Winchester, Hants SO23 9JG, UK
Tel +44 (0)1962 863965 – fax +44 (0)1722 504594
E-mail 
john@pilk.net


Travellers or aspiring travellers: try the websites of
Footprint Handbooks, Lonely Planet or the Globetrotters Club

Lecture organisers: I can highly recommend
Denise Heywood, Catherine Hopper, David Edwards, John Harrison and Paul Deegan


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