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Google Translation of the original article by Stefan Thiel:A time to OdenwaldHorizons Unlimited is for more than 15 years, the online destination of...
"things we have learned - often the hard way!"1. Just because the next town on your route is on the map doesn't mean it's big...
1986, Vancouver, B.C., CanadaOn its way to a dealer in Alberta, a brand new 1986 BMW R80G/S, still in the crate, fell off the back of a truck. Really...
August 9, 1997 - Harare, ZimbabweWe're staying in the Holiday Inn in Harare, and have just stuffed ourselves on T-bone steak, ribs, apple pie and...
March 10, 1997 - Hammamet, Tunisia (near Tunis)We have finally made it to Africa! Or, at least the tourist part of North Africa. More on that to...
21 December 1997 - Ushuaia, Tierra del Fuego, ArgentinaFeliz Navidad de Ushuaia al fin del mundo! We made it to the southern end of the earth today,...
4 August, 1996 - Goteborg, Sweden
After North Cape, it was a bit of an anticlimax until we got to Stockholm.
From North Cape we drove to...
25 September 1996 - Barcelona, SpainHola, como estan ustedes? I'm finally getting to practice my Spanish again this week, for the first time in...
SummaryWe arrived in Buenos Aires, Argentina by air from Cape Town at the end of November, 1997. We drove south from Buenos Aires to Rio Gallegos,...
October 14, 1997 - Cape TownWe're in Cape Town tonight, finally! From Luderitz we drove to within 120 km of the border with South Africa, ending...
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