This group is dedicated to the sharing of souvenirs and experience while at SITA in the Far East region at large, or other memorable trips, missions and events which occurred in the Far East even if you were not part of that Region. The recommended language for documents and exchanges in this group is English.
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Khun Salak (74.6 KB)
Coming from Indochina I had been appointed Manager for Thailand on the 1st of February
1964 and one of my first jobs at Bangkok was the recruitment of Khun Salak with whom,
although I did not expect it at that time, I was going to work closely with for more than three
decades expanding our organization all over the Far East and Pacific area.
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Tibet (61.2 KB)
...The first time I went to Tibet the country was already in a transition period
and in full effervescence, the people were handling the move towards a
more modern world. Since that time, like in the whole Far East, the
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By train from Beijing to Lhasa.pdf (113.6 KB)
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Springtime and lockdown (56.5 KB)
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bhutan-1994.pdf (311.7 KB)
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bhutan-1994.pdf (304.4 KB)
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Falklands, South Georgia and Antartica (207.2 KB)
Dear Friends,
The Falklands war between Argentina and UK had sparked my interest in this region. .
I am pleased to share with you the movie made during my trip there. -
Ceylon 1965 (203.5 KB)
Sri Lanka (ex Ceylon) countryside in 1965.
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Sita Manila in July 1967 (8.8 MB)
Herewith a full abum of photos from the Sita Manila center as it was in July 1967. A full reportage about this center: its people, its equipment, the operations and the offices!
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Confinement and a journey to Suez and the East (445.6 KB)
In 1951, after studies at the French Air Force I embarked on a ship for a trip from Marseilles in France to Saigon. This journey was mainly a confinement experience, as most of the times we could not disembark at the Ports of call. Here is the story as from my memory and notes. Also included, you will find a link to a movie about sailing down the river Nile.
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WUHAN and the YANG TSE River (82.2 KB)
Bernard Leroy travelled recentl y in WUHAN and along the YANG TSE River. He presents to us this city and its geographical location and also shares with us two videos he made when travelling there some years ago.
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When Homo Sapiens discovered te Far East (2.2 MB)
How Central Asia and Far East became inhabited has been the subject of many studies. Here is a summary of the latest theories which also hold some surprising elements about the migrations which led Homo Sapiens to the Far East. I have also appended to this article two links to films of personal trips in the Xinjiang, the Far West of China, and through Mongolia and the Gobi Desert, as both regions played an important role in those past migrations to the Far East.
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a-long-journey-to-japan.pdf (24.7 KB)
Addendum to the article: "SITA's lengthy journey to Japan"
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SITA'slengthy journey to Japan (57.4 KB)
First visits to Japan after WW2 and description of the experience and challenges for a Western traveller, as well as lengthy efforts to develop the SITA network there . A significant success was recorded at last in 1975 with the installation of a Satellite Processor in Tokyo!
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Typhoon over Hongkong (35.4 KB)
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Establishing SITA in the Far East & Pacific (70.5 KB)
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The opening of the Rangoon XS centre.pdf (37.4 KB)
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sita-in-north-korea.pdf (131.3 KB)
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travel-adventures-for-sita-2.pdf (59 KB)
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travel-adventures-sit-1.pdf (72.9 KB)
