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Go, Gunther.

Gunther Holtorf is 77-years-old and has only just returned from a road trip that spanned more than two decades — 24 years to be exact. Over that period of time, he's visited 215 countries, traveled more than half a million miles, and contracted malaria five times — and he's done it all in the same car, which has been outfitted to include a mattress and storage space for everyday necessities. 

Initially, the trip was only supposed to last 18 months, but, as Gunther tells DW, "The more you [travel], the more you realize how little you have seen."


More, in the spirit of non-traditional travel: urban camping, life swaps, paying homage to fiction.

Visit Gunther's Facebook, here. Photographs: Gunther Holtorf/SWNS.com via Daily Mail.

9 comments:

  1. Can you imagine a 20-year trip? I'm scared to commit to a one MONTH trip! Amazing!

    Dakota

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  2. Feeling wanderlust to the extreme!

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  3. This is one of the best things I have ever read. I love the Daily Mail article. Thank you so much for sharing! Bookmarking this to return to again and again. What an amazing story!

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  4. Crazy! I have nomadic tendencies, but this might be too much. Also, malaria five times? No thank you!

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  5. Go Gunther go!! I did 6 months in SEA and craving more. What an inspiration and proof you can do it at any age! Love.

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  6. that is wonderfully inspiring! i love to see people who are not just passionate about something but actually go out into the world and persue it!

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  7. Daina, I'm so glad you loved it as much as I did!

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