• Description: Albert Casals is a Spanish wheelchair traveler who became paraplegic after childhood leukemia. Beginning in 2006, while still a teenager, he embarked on independent journeys across Europe and later Asia and other continents. He frequently traveled with limited financial means, relying on hitchhiking and private hospitality. His routes included countries in Eastern Europe, the Middle East, Southeast Asia, and Africa. He documented his experiences in El mundo sobre ruedas (2009), which focuses on autonomous travel with a mobility impairment
  • Alias-Pseudonimo-Pseudonyme: -
  • Nationality-Nazionalità-Nationalité: Spain, Spagna, Espagne
  • Birth/death-Nascita/morte-Naissance/mort: 1990-
  • Means of transport-Mezzo di trasporto-Moyen de transport: Wheelchair, Sedia a rotelle, Fauteuil roulant
  • Geographical description-Riferimento geografico-Référence géographique: Various, Diversi, Différents
  • Internet: https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_Casals_i_Serrad%C3%B3
  • Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q28753842
  • Additional references-Riferimenti complementari-Références complémentaires: Casals, Albert. El mundo sobre ruedas. Barcelona: Plaza & Janés, 2009.
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Precursori, Forerunners, Précurseurs
Viaggi stravaganti, Weird travels, Voyages insolites
Globetrotter contemporanei, Contemporary globetrotters, Globetrotteurs contemporains
Personaggi fittizi, Fictional character, Personnages de fiction

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