New: what's happening?    Welcome to our World·Record·Tour - I am since 6/7/2024 with my car in:  United Arab Emirates - Dubai
6/1/24: last updates: what's on?   Argentina (4)   Argentina (3)          Argent. (2)   Argent. (1)    Chile (2)    Chile (1)     Africa: Angola (1)  Angola (2) | Namibia (1)  Namibia (2) | South Africa (1)   S.Africa (2)   S.Africa (3) | Lesotho | S.Africa (4) | Swaziland | Cape Verde: (1) Santiago  (2) Fogo  (3) Brava
S.Africa (5) | Botswana | Zimbabwe | Mozambique | Malawi  Robbery in Malawi | Tanzania | Kenya | Ethiopia (1) | Djibouti | Ethiopia (2) | Sudan (4) São Nicolau  (5) São Vicente  (6) Santo Antão
Central Asia: Turkmenistan  Uzbekistan  Tajikistan (1) Middle-East:  Oman 1999   Oman (1): Musandam   Oman (2): North   Oman (3): East Coast   Oman (4): South   Oman (5): Hajar Papua New Guinea: Milne Bay-Lae + Mt. Hagen Show +
Tajikistan (2)  Kyrgyzstan  Kazakhstan  Russia (1)  Russia (2) UAE 2011 (w/o car)  UAE 1999  UAE (1) 2012/13  UAE (2)  UAE (3) | Iran (1)  Iran (2)  Iran (3)  | Turkey  | Saudi Arabia Transit 2016 Goroka Show + Lae-Madang-Goroka + Goroka-Kumul Pass-Lae
Pictures and stories of the >39½-Year-Journey of Liliana + Emil Schmid, driven during nearly 500'000 miles [800'000 km] continuously through 186 different countries in their Toyota LandCruiser FJ60/1982 (+ another 18 nations without car):
News Mar.-May '19 News on May 31,19 [Luque/Paraguay] Myanmar (4) Myanm.(3) Myanm.(2)  Myanm.(1) | Kyrgyzstan | Tajikistan (1)  Tajik.(2) | Uzbekistan | Sudan | Djibouti | Ethiopia (1)  Ethiop.(2) | Lesotho | South Africa (1)  S.Africa (2)  S.Africa (3) | Angola (1)  Ang.(2) | Namibia (1)  Nam.(2)      → (News replaced by "what's happening" on the right top)
Overview Photos of the visited areas on all continents, incl. reports of the  Caribbean (2003-04)  +  Pacific (2008-10)  +  Indian Ocean (2011-12)  +  Southeast Asia  +  Far East  +  Middle East
Reports Socotra (1) | Socotra (2) | Socotra (3)  |  For separate picture galleries click: North America | South America | Africa | Australia/Oceania | Asia | Europe
Statistics Statistical data in miles and US gallons per August 31th, 2014 = 12'007th day (Kuching/Sarawak/Malaysia) about our >32¾-year- and 461'400 miles long journey at that time  (+ impressum)
Statistical data in kilometres and litres  per 31. August 2014 = 12'007th day (Kuching/Sarawak/Malaysia) about our >32¾-year- and 743'000 km long journey at that time  (+ impressum)
Backlog Reports: June 2013 from: Azerbaijan | Aug. 2013 from: Transnistria | July 2013 from Nagorno Karabakh | Armenia (1)  Armenia (2) | 2011 Madagascar (1)  Mada. (2)  Mada. (3)  Mada. (4)
Specials 20th Anniversary / 25th Anniv. / 30th Anniv. / 35th Anniv. | 3rd LandCruiser Rejuvenation 2017+18 | 2nd LandCruiser Rejuvenation 2012 | 1st LandCruiser Rejuvenation 2006 | Armed Robbery in Malawi | Flashbacks ('84-'97)
Media A selection of 280 media publications about us
Feb 17, 2022: Helvecia, Nueva Helvecia, Colonia - Uruguay: Video: "Récord Guinness en Nueva Helvecia"
Jan. 8, 2022: Primera Edición Misiones - Argentina: Article: "Sin ataduras, Liliana y Emil siguen su viaje por el mundo"
 
      updated 9/6/18: →    Route Map
Flashbacks of our Worldrecordtour (1984-1997 – during analog photography)
updated 8/11/22: More about a 37¾-Year-Journey around the World
    updated 6/2/21:  List of Supporters
Our entry in Guinness Book of World Records (since 1998)     updated 4/4/17
Archives December 2018 + older             
   "Pioneer-Trips"
   Deutsche Seiten
Uruguay: Along the beaches east of Montevideo
June 1, 2024
May 10, 2024
Aug. 11, 2022
Feb. 17, 2022
Jan. 8, 2022
Nov. 30, 2021
April 16, 2021
Mar. 20, 2021
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Jan. 15, 2021
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Jan. 14, 2020
Jan. 8, 2020
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A new section: what's happening? (see left at the top)
Liliana dies of pancreatic cancer in Al Ain/Emirat Abu Dhabi/UAE at the age of 82
Update: More about a 37¾-Year-Journey around the World
Interview Helvecia, Nueva Helvecia, Colonia, Uruguay: "Récord Guinness en Nueva Helvecia"
Interview Primera Edición, Posadas, Misiones, Argentina: "Sin ataduras, Liliana y Emil siguen su viaje por el mundo"
Update: The Journey's Chronological Sequence
Reports caught up: Georgia (1) / Georgia (2) / Georgia (3)
Update: 35th Anniversary on 16.10.2019 in Guarapuava/Brazil
Article: "The Longest Driven Journey Is in a 1982 Toyota Land Cruiser, a Wanderlust Dream"
Number of Visited Countries updated
Trip Pictures from Argentina (4)  (1986-1988: Nostalgic Pictures of 6 visits)
Trip Pictures from Argentina (3)  (2019: Cachi-Tafí del Valle-Clorinda at Paraguay Border)
Trip Pictures from Argentina (2)  (2019: Luján de Cuyo near Mendoza-Salta-Cachi)
Trip Pictures from Argentina (1)  (2019: Border Chile-Los Antiguos-Luján de Cuyo near Mendoza)
Article: Primera Edición Misiones, Argentina: "Récord Guinness: Vivir viajando"
Trip Pictures from Chile (2)  (1987/88 nostalgic pictures added)
Trip Pictures from Chile (2)  (2019: Puerto Montt-Carretera Austral-Chile Chico)
Trip Pictures from Chile (1)  (2019: Santiago-Puerto Montt)
Trip Pictures from Saudi Arabia  (2016: Transit Jeddah-Batt'ha/Qwaifat U.A.E.)
Trip Pictures from Ukraine  (2016: Russia-Kiev-Odessa)
Citation: BBC Newsround, United Kingdom: "The Longest Driven Journey"
Article: The New York Times, USA: "When the Drive Matters More Than the Destination"
Trip Pictures from Iran (4)  (2016: Bandar Abbas-Kerman-Mashhad)
Article: Online Magazin "4x4", Switzerland: "Toyota LandCruiser Weltrekordreise"
Trip Pictures from Kazakhstan  (2016: Korday-Charyn Canyon-Shemnonaika)
Trip Pictures from Turkmenistan  (2016: Ashgabat-Darvaza Crater-Dashoguz)
Route Map updated
Trip Pictures from Kyrgyzstan
News: January/February 2019
Archives December 2018 + older
The continuous journey is registered in the Guinness Book of World Records uninterruptedly since 1997 as:  (>   9/9/2015: updated again in the edit. 2016 on page 191)

Visit their entry in the www.guinnessworldrecords.com website!   (> once in a while updated, last time on April 4, 2017)

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