Gunther Holtrof's 26 year road trip

[Umnak]

An inspiring expedition that covered 26 years and 550,000 miles. http://www.dw.de/gunther-holtorfs-journey-around-the-world-could-be-the-longest-road-trip/a-17986286

 

[chaos616]

That's fantastic, a sad story about his wife, but truly inspiring. Thank you so much for sharing this.

 

[dinoevo]

More to read here: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/special/2014/newsspec_8703/index.html and here: http://www.ottosreise.de

 

[Umnak]

From the bbc article
"Scanning the list of 193 UN member states, plus Taiwan and the Vatican – which together make up the 195 countries recognised by Guinness World Records – one finds only 16 countries missing from Otto's itinerary. " and those don't have many roads. Great trip