London society girl to explore the East in a camel caravan ' Just for fun ' Lady Isobel Blunt Mackenzie , the beautiful 23 year old daughter of the Countess of Cromartie and Col Blunt Mckenzie of Strathpeffer , Scotland , and Miss Daphne Day , whose home is at Chichester , sail tomorrow in a small tramp steamer for the glamourous East . Without a guide , unguarded and unarmed , and with no knowledge of the language , the girls are going to Damascus where they intend to join a camel caravan and travel with it through lonely , wild and bandit infested country down into Persia . The two girls , who were friends at school are embarking on the adventure ' just for fun ' Photo shows , Lady Isobel Blunt Mackenzie * right ) and Miss Daphne Day talking over their plans in London . 19 March 1934