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Information about us (not included in the statistics) per 26. May 2019 [in Luque (Asunción)/Paraguay]
Emil Schmid born 24.2.42 married since 8.5.1969, (no children)
Liliana Schmid born 25.9.41
He: before Specialist in computer software and financial business; today retired
She: before Management's secretary; today retired
(both talking and writing in German, English, French and Spanish) / Liliana + Italian
Living in Wallisellen, 10 km north of Zurich/Switzerland, in a rented flat of 4 rooms (from the marriage to the departure on 18.10.1984)
(all the furniture is still stored there, because we wanted to leave only for 1 year – in the meantime it became 35)

Start of the trip:
18.10.1984
with Icelandair to New York
 
 
(the Toyota was shipped on 16.10.1984 by container freight to Montreal/Canada)
Oct. 84 - Sept. 86
North America
winter 84/85 Southern USA; summer 85 Alaska; winter 85/86 Central America; summer 86 Western USA
 
 
afterwards shipping from Houston TX to Valparaiso/Chile
Oct. 86 - Nov. 88
South America
Southern summer 86/87 South of Chile and Argentina; Southern winter 87 again and again through the Andes of Chile, Argentina and Bolivia; Sept. 87-March 88 Peru, Ecuador, Colombia, Venezuela; April-Nov.88 Brazil and Paraguay
 
 
afterwards shipping from Rio de Janeiro/Brazil to Genova/Italy
Jan. 89 - Oct. 92
Africa
Jan.-Dec. 89 Northern Africa; Jan.-Nov. 90 Western Africa; Dec. 90-Sept. 91 Central and East Africa; Oct. 91-Oct. 92 Southern Africa
 
 
afterwards shipping from Capetown/South Africa to Perth/Australia
Nov. 92 - Sept. 93
Australia
Nov. 92-Febr. 93 Western and South Australia; March-May 93 East Coast; June/July 93 the interior; Aug./Sept. 93 Western Australia
 
 
afterwards shipping from Perth/Australia to Singapore
Oct. 93 - March 94
South East Asia
Singapore-Malaysia-Thailand and back
 
 
afterwards shipping from Singapore to Muscat/Oman
April 94 - June 95
Asia
Middle East; West Asia; South Asia; Central Asia
July 95 -March 96
Europe
Eastern and Central Europe
April - June 96
Asia
Middle East: Circumnavigating the entire Arabian
July 96 -March 97
Europe
Central Europe and Scandinavia
April - May 97
Asia
Middle East: Israel and Cyprus
June 97 - Dec. 98
Europe
Southern and Western Europe; North Atlantic Islands
Jan. - May 99
Asia
Middle East
 
 
afterwards shipping from Dubai/United Arab Emirates to the Far East
June - Sept. 99
Far East
Korea, Japan
 
 
afterwards shipping from Yokohama/Japan to Vancouver/Canada
Oct. 99 - June 02
North America
Canada, USA, Greater Antilles, Central America
 
 
afterwards shipping from Miami FL/USA to La Guaira/Venezuela
July 02 - May 03
South America
Venezuela, Northern Brazil, the 3 Guyana's
 
 
afterwards shipping from Cayenne/French Guiana to Port-of-Spain/Trinidad
June 03 - Dec. 04
Caribbean
Trinidad, Windward- and Leeward Islands, Barbados, FWI, Virgin Islands, Anguilla
 
 
afterwards shipping from Philipsburg/Sint Maarten/Netherlands Antilles to
Georgetown/Guyana
Jan. - July 05
South America
Guyana, Suriname, French Guiana
 
 
afterwards shipping from Cayenne/French Guiana to Singapore
Oct. 05 - May 06
South East Asia
Singapore-Malaysia-Thailand-Cambodia-Vietnam-Laos-Thailand-Malaysia
 
 
afterwards shipping from Butterworth/Penang to Bintulu/Sarawak/Malaysia
June - Nov. 06
South East Asia
Borneo: Sarawak/Malaysia-Brunei-Sabah/Malaysia-Kalimantan/Indonesia
 
 
afterwards shipping from Pontianak/Kalimantan to Jakarta/Java/Indonesia
Nov. 06 - Sept. 07
South East Asia
Indonesia (Java, Sumatra, Bali, Lombok, Sumbawa, Flores, Sumba, Timor) -
Timor-Leste - Indonesia (Sulawesi, Kalimantan)-Sarawak/Malaysia-Brunei
 
 
afterwards shipping from Bintulu/Sarawak/Malaysia to Kaohsiung/Taiwan
Oct. - Nov. 07
Far East
Taiwan
 
 
afterwards shipping from Kaohsiung/Taiwan to Hong Kong
Dec. 07 - Jan. 08
Far East
Hong Kong
 
 
afterwards shipping from Hong Kong to Dunedin/New Zealand
Febr. - July 08
Oceania
New Zealand
 
 
afterwards shipping from Tauranga/New Zealand to Noumea/New Caledonia
Aug. 08 - Jan. 09
Oceania
New Caledonia, Ferry to Vanuatu
 
 
afterwards shipping from Port Vila/Vanuatu to Suva/Fiji
Jan. - March 09
Oceania
Fiji (Viti Levu, Vanua Levu, Taveuni)
 
 
afterwards shipping from Suva/Fiji to Apia/Samoa
April - July 09
Oceania
Samoa, Ferry to American Samoa
 
 
afterwards shipping from Pago Pago/American Samoa to Papeete/Tahiti/French Polynesia
Aug. - Oct. 09
Oceania
French Polynesia (Tahiti, Moorea)
 
 
afterwards shipping from Papeete/Tahiti/French Polynesia to Nuku'alofa/Tonga
Nov. 09 - Febr. 10
Oceania
Tonga (Tongatapu)
 
 
afterwards shipping from Nuku'alofa/Tonga to Belawan/Indonesia
March - July 10
South East Asia
Indonesia (Sumatra)
 
 
afterwards shipping from Jakarta/Indonesia to Lae/Papua New Guinea
Aug. - Oct. 10
Oceania
Papua New Guinea
 
 
afterwards shipping from Lae/Papua New Guinea to Subic Bay/Philippines
Nov. 10 - Jan. 11
South East Asia
Philippines
 
 
afterwards shipping from Subic Bay/Philippines to Colombo/Sri Lanka
March - May 11
South Asia
Sri Lanka
 
 
afterwards shipping from Colombo/Sri Lanka to Port Louis/Mauritius
July - Aug. 11
Indian Ocean
Mauritius
 
 
afterwards shipping from Port Louis/Mauritius to Tamatave/Madagascar
Sept. - Nov. 11
Indian Ocean
Madagascar
 
 
afterwards shipping from Tamatave/Madagascar to Pointe des Galets/Réunion
Dec. 11 - May 12
Indian Ocean
Réunion
 
 
afterwards shipping from Pointe des Galets/Réunion to Bintulu/Sarawak/Malaysia
July - Oct. 12
South East Asia
Borneo: Sarawak/Malaysia
 
 
afterwards shipping from Bintulu/Sarawak/Malaysia to Dubai/United Arab Emirates
Nov. 12 - Aug. 13
Asia
Middle East: United Arab Emirates, Oman, Ferry from the UAE to Iran, Turkey
Caucasus: Georgia, Azerbaijan, Armenia, Nagorno Karabakh, Abkhazia, Ferry from Georgia to Ukraine
Aug. - Sept. 13
Europe
Ukraine, Moldova, Transnistria
 
 
afterwards shipping from Odessa/Ukraine to Praia/Cape Verde
Nov. 13 - April 14
Central-Atlantic (Africa)
Cape Verde
 
 
afterwards shipping from Mindelo/São Vicente/Cape Verde to Walvis Bay/Namibia
July 14 - Jan. 16
Africa
Southern Africa: Namibia, Angola, South Africa, Lesotho, Swaziland, Zimbabwe, Mozambique;
East Africa: Malawi, Tanzania, Kenya, Ethiopia, Djibouti, Sudan, Ferry from Sudan to Saudi Arabia
Jan. - Oct. 16
Asia
Middle East: Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Ferry from the UAE to Iran,
Central Asia: Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, Russia
Nov. - Dec. 16
Europe
Russia, Ukraine
 
 
afterwards shipping from Odessa/Ukraine to Bintulu/Sarawak/Malaysia
Jan. 17 - Dec. 18
South East Asia
Borneo: Sarawak/Malaysia, Indonesia: Kalimantan/Sulawesi/North Moluccas/West Papua/
Moluccas/Papua
 
 
afterwards shipping from Bintulu/Sarawak/Malaysia to San Antonio/Chile
Jan. 19 - .....
South America
Chile, Argentina, Paraguay, Uruguay, Brazil
in between from 14.1. - 21.11.2021 during the Covid-19 pandemic a trip without own car by plane, public transport and rental car in São Tomé, Portugal, Morocco, Turkey, Egypt and South Africa
 
 
 

Information about the car
Toyota Landcruiser FJ60, petrol, Model 1982 (LG-KW); bought new in May 1982; driven until departure on 16.10.1984: 11'390 km; km today >779'000 km; 6 Cylinders, 4'228 ccm, 120 HP/88 kW; total weight ca. 4'200 kg (max. weight 4'650 kg!); Price 1982 CHF 32'350.- (incl. AC and 100% rear differential lock); Chassis No. JT1WOFJ6000950163, Engine (EUR) No. 2F607403 (part # 19000-61180). Still the same engine - the 1st time overhauled 2006 after 614'446 km, the 2nd time 2018 after 764'280 km (Type Mark: 861.FB41.K052.H41 (= part # 33030-60110)); body overhauled 2006, 2012, 2017
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