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Flashbacks of our Worldrecordtour

With this Photo Album – “Flashbacks of our Worldrecordtour” – we would like to take you to some legs of our journey around the world. The pictures are a result of photocopied prints of a brochure, which were now scanned.

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                     North America (Oct.84 - Sept.86)

USA
Glacier National Park Montana
USA
Mt. McKinley NP
Alaska

USA
Arctic Circle
66° 33' N
Dalton Highway
Alaska
 
USA
Red Rock Canyon Nevada

USA
Monument Valley Arizona
USA
Canyonlands National Park, Utah

Mexico
Baja 1000 course South of San Felipe Baja California
Mexico
Campsite in
Playa Linda
Ixtapa

                     South America (Oct.86 - Oct.88)

Chile (Center)
Conguillo NP
East of Temuco
Chile (South)
Torres del Paine NP
North of
Puerto Natales
Argentina (North)
Tren a las Nubes
Viaducto la Polvorilla
San Antonio de los Cobres, Salta
Bolivia
Chacaltaya (17’454 ft)
North of La Paz

Bolivia
Salt lake
Salar de Uyuni
West of Potosí
Peru
Huascarán NP
North of Huaraz
Peru
Puya Raimondi
(up to 40 feet high)
South of Huaraz
Brazil
Amazonas, Boa Vista-Manaus Road
(before pavement)

Argentina
(South)
Perrito Moreno Glacier NP,
West of
El Calafate
Bolivia
Yungas Road
(most dangerous in the world)
La Paz-Coroico
Chile
(North)
Valle de
la Luna,
San Pedro
de Atacama

                     Africa (Jan. 89 - Oct. 92)

Morocco
Welcome arch
of Sidi Ifni
South of Agadir
Morocco
Sign in Agadir
towards the big South

Algeria
Encounter with
Tuaregs in the Sahara
Algeria
Sand dunes of the
Grand Erg Occidental
near Beni-Abbčs

Algeria (South)
Campsite on the Assekrem (8'860 ft)
Hoggar Mountains
Algeria (South)
wild camping between Tamanrasset and In- Guezzam in the Sahara

Algeria (South)
Hoggar South track
from Tamanrasset
to Djanet (400 miles)
Egypt
Pyramids of Giza
left Cheops (459ft.high)
right Chefren (443ft.high)

Guinea
Meeting along the road from Kédougou to the village of Mali in the Fouta Djalon
Mali
Baobab in the Sahel
(can live for
over 1000 years)

Algeria
Typical camping of travelers in the desert
Ivory Coast
Beach camping at Poli Plage near San Pedro

Congo
1’000th night place near Kibangou
Congo
Loading by crane in Brazzaville crossing
river Congo

Congo (Zaire)
21 days on the Congo riverboat between Kinshasa - Kisangani
Kenya
Equator crossing near Nanyuki (6'388 ft)
below Mt. Kenya

Guinea
International 'road' from Kédougou in Senegal to Mali in Guinea
Congo (East) (Zaire)
'Transafrica road' from Komanda to Beni
Congo
(Zaire)
LandCruiser
helps
Landrover


Kenya
View of Kilimanjaro (19'341 ft)
Uganda
Euphorbia (cacti) in
Queen Elizabeth NP
Western Uganda

Uganda (West)
Base at Ibanda near Kasese to climb
Mt. Ruwenzori
Namibia (North)
Track in
Kaokoveld

Namibia
Wild camping at dune # 7 near Walvis Bay
Lesotho
Crossing Sani Pass towards Underberg in South Africa
Namibia
Vingerklip
115 ft high betw. Khorixas and Outjo


Namibia
Dunes of Sossusvlej in Namib-Naukluft Park
Namibia (North)
Kaokoveld North
of  Okangwati

Namibia
Spitzkoppe
between Usakos and Swakopmund
Namibia
Lunar landscape
in Damaraland out-
side Swakopmund

                     Australia (Nov. 92 - Sept. 93)

Australia (Central)
Ayers Rock (Uluru)
(1'043 ft high)
Australia (Central)
Roadtrains are
today limited
to three trailers
Australia (Central)
Dalhousie Springs
in Witjira NP
Australia (Central)
Olgas (Kata Tjuta)
(1'500 ft high - West
of Ayers Rock)

Australia
(West)
Track along
the sea North
of Perth WA
Australia
(Central)
Track to Chambers Pillar
Australia
(West)
Track along
the sea North
of Perth WA

 
Australia (West)
Wedge Island near Cervantes, North of Perth WA
Australia (East)
Most Easterly point
near Byron Bay
Australia (North)
Bungle Bungle NP (Purnululu) in the Kimberley region
North of WA
Australia (West)
Nambung NP near Cervantes, North
of Perth WA

                     Asia 1 (Oct. 93 - June 95)

Malaysia
Chinese gate to
Genting Highlands
Thailand
Golden Triangle Thailand-Burma-Laos

Malaysia
Cameron Highlands
Malaysia
Encounter with
working elephants

Thailand
Giant sitting
Buddha in
Nakhon Sawan
Malaysia
Road over the Central Mountain Range
Thailand
Temple Wat
Phra That
Bang Phua
am Mekong


Oman
Wadi Hatta at
the U.A.E. border
Oman
"Wadi Bashing"
in Wadi Daykah

Oman
Oasis Wadi
Bani Awf
U.A.E.
Meeting with
school childern
in Dubai

U.A.E.
Dressed in
Arab clothes
Oman
Wahibah
Sands
Oman
Rugged
mountain
road


U.A.E.
Covered Market
in Sharjah
Saudi Arabia
Traffic Signs

Jordan
Amman: King
Hussein poster
Turkey
Wooden horse
in Troja

Turkey
Dogubayazit near
the border to Iran
Iran
Mural of
Ayatollah Khomeini
in Teheran

Iran
Even during
wild camping -
fully dressed up
Iran
Road towards
Sarakhs at the Turkmenistan border

Iran
Even during
cooking -
fully dressed
Iran
Yazd Mosque
Pakistan
along the
Karakorum
Hwy. (length =
775 miles)


Pakistan
Karakorum Hy.
China border
(15'528 ft)
Pakistan
Karakorum Hwy.
Camping at Jaglot
South of Gilgit

India
Kanchenjunga (28'156 ft.), seen
from Kalimpong
 
India
Sikkim Monastery
Pemayangtse

 
India
Freedom Tower
Chittorgarh Rajasthan
India
Transport
of hay on a
typical
Indian road
India
Palace of the Winds
Jaipur
Rajasthan


Russia
Gasoline Station
in Siberia
Kyrgyzstan
Statue of Lenin in front
of the Historical Museum
Bishkek

Uzbekistan
Lyabi-khauz mosque
Bukhara
Uzbekistan
Hotel Uzbekistan
Tashkent

Kyrgyzstan
Toktogul Lake between Osh and Bishkek
Kyrgyzstan
Tien-Shan Mountains
at the China border

Kyrgyzstan
Chon-Ashu-Pass
direction Sary-Dzhaz- Valley in the East
Kyrgyzstan
Wild camping near
Song-Kel'-Lake

                     Europe 1 (July 95 - Febr. 96)

Russia
St. Basilius Church at the Red Square
Russia
Monument Asia-Europe near Zlatoust/Ural
Switzerland
Wintertime

Estonia
Odometer:
400’000 km
near Vösu
Estonia
400’000 km
near Vösu
(= 40x around the world)
Poland
Concentration Camp
Auschwitz-Birkenau
Russia
Only 39 miles
to Moscow

                     Asia 2 (March 96 - June 96)

Saudi Arabia
Roundabout
with a real DC3
Jeddah
Saudi Arabia
Bypass around
Mecca for
non-muslims

Oman
Coastal Road
West of Salalah
towards Mughsail
Yemen
"Manhattan of
the Hadramawt"
Shibam

                     Europe 2 (July 96 - Febr. 97)

Vatican
St. Peter’s Basilica
Vatican City
Gibraltar
One of the many
town gates
Greece
Acropolis
Athens
Monaco
Casino de
Monte-Carlo

France
Pic du Midi de
Bigorre (10'322 ft)
La Mongie
Norway
Europe's most
Northerly point:
North Cape 71°N
Honningsvĺg
United Kingdom
Castle near Culrain Scotland
Portugal
Europe's most
Westerly point:
Cabo da Roca
9° 30' W, Sintra

                     Asia 3 (March 97 - April 97)

Israel
At sea level:
from here it goes another 1300 ft lower
Israel
Camping in the Central Negev Desert

Israel
Wadi Mezoque Deragot above
Dead Sea
Palestine
Mural of Yasser
Arafat in Jericho
in the Westbank
 
 
For "The Journey's Chronological Sequence" and the continuation from May 97 onwards - klick here