Article on Gunther Holtorf - BBC News
 

An Interesting short article on Gunthers ongoing RTW in a G Wagon.

BBC News - Gunther Holtorf's 23-year road trip

Go Otto!
 

Just saw it too - great story and pix.

Ch

Very interesting.

Explanations on Gunther Holtor's BBC article
 

Check out the following links to see what's really behind the scene:
Regarding the 23 years:
Mercedes-Benz G-Class Driver on 17-Year Round-The-World Trip - AutoWeb News
Jamaica Gleaner News - Gunther's Seven League Boots - Mercedes GD300 takes couple to more than 150 countries across the globe - Sunday | February 3, 2008
or if the odometer reaches the next 100'000km:
Modern-day Marco Polo rolls into Phl - The Philippine Star » Business Features » Motoring
Gunther Holtorf and his 500,000 mile journey around the world | Digital Trends

All is not gold that glitters. Best regards: Emil Schmid
Weltrekordreise, Weltrekord, Guinness Buch der Rekorde, Toyota, LandCruiser, Emil Schmid, Liliana Schmid, Worldrecordtour, World Record, Guinness Book of World Records

Finally, now, with 26 years (though including some breaks in between), 215 countries and entities and 900,000 kilometers on the odometer (560,000 miles), Gunther Holtorf and his Mercedes G "Otto" have returned to Germany, ending an epic journey. Yesterday, 11 October 2014, the car was turned over to the Mercedes museum in Stuttgart.

"Stern" weekly magazine has worked on a multimedia website of the journey since Gunther Holtorf, who is 77 today, was rather old-school and didn't fancy websites or blogging. Though only in German, the pictures and the sheer endless list of countries (including North Korea!) are impressive.

Start - Ottos Reise

Have fun!
Achim

bit like these guys, 27 years, an extraordinary achievement!

One Couple's Land Cruiser Lands In Guinness Book Of World Records

I remember seeing them on the program 'On the road Again' in the 1990s worrying about how they could afford to keep travelling, but somehow, they managed it

Hi Moggy,

Yes, they are the ones who posted further up in this thread :-)

Emil and Liliana will actually celebrate 30 years on the road on 16 October!

Greetings,
Achim

haha, oh yeh, didn't make the connection:oops2: