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- Description: Tiziano Terzani was an acclaimed Italian journalist and writer renowned for his lifelong reporting from Asia. As Der Spiegel’s Asian correspondent from 1971, he lived in Singapore, Hong Kong, Beijing, Tokyo, and Bangkok—later settling in India in 1994. He witnessed historic events including the fall of Saigon, Khmer Rouge in Cambodia, Maoist China, and the end of the Soviet bloc. His reportage collected in In Asia blends geopolitical insight with cultural and human detail. In A Fortune‑Teller Told Me (1998), he recounts an entire year avoiding planes due to a prophecy, traveling across Asia overland and rediscovering a continent of ordinary people, mystics, and transformations between tradition and modernity. Letters Against War (2004) offers thoughtful reflections after 9/11 on empathy, peace, and the limitations of Western judgment. The End Is My Beginning (2006), written with his son Folco, serves as both memoir and spiritual testament
- Alias-Pseudonimo-Pseudonyme: -
- Nationality-Nazionalità-Nationalité: Italy, Italia, Italie
- Birth/death-Nascita/morte-Naissance/mort: 1938-2004
- Means of transport-Mezzo di trasporto-Moyen de transport: Various, Diversi, Différents
- Geographical description-Riferimento geografico-Référence géographique: Various, Diversi, Différents
- Internet: https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tiziano_Terzani
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q44534
- Additional references-Riferimenti complementari-Références complémentaires: Terzani, Tiziano. Un indovino mi disse. Milano: TEA, 1995.
E io che dico: non sono un intellettuale, sono solo un aspirapolvere: giro per il mondo raccogliendo storie. Sempre più isolato. Nessuno vuole davvero ascoltare. Dovrò aspettare un’altra occasione per essere riscoperto.
Tiziano Terzani, Un'idea di destino. Diari di una vita straordinaria
Ho scoperto prestissimo che i migliori compagni di viaggio sono i libri: parlano quando si ha bisogno, tacciono quando si vuole silenzio. Fanno compagnia senza essere invadenti. Danno moltissimo, senza chiedere nulla.
Tiziano Terzani, Un indovino mi disse
Ogni posto è una miniera. Basta lasciarcisi andare. Darsi tempo, stare seduti in una casa da tè a osservare la gente che passa, mettersi in un angolo del mercato, andare a farsi i capelli e poi seguire il bandolo di una matassa che può cominciare con una parola, con un incontro, con l'amico di un amico di una persona che si è appena incontrata e il posto più scialbo, più insignificante della terra diventa uno specchio del mondo, una finestra sulla vita, un teatro di umanità dinanzi al quale ci si potrebbe fermare senza più il bisogno di andare altrove. La miniera è esattamente là dove si è: basta scavare.
Tiziano Terzani, Il missionario e lo stregone, 1997
Viaggiare era sempre stato per me un modo di vivere e ora avevo preso la malattia come un altro viaggio: un viaggio involontario, non previsto, per il quale non avevo carte geografiche, per il quale non mi ero in alcun modo preparato, ma che di tutti i viaggi fatti fino ad allora era il più impegnativo, il più intenso.
Tiziano Terzani, Un altro giro di giostra
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- Description: Bernd Tesch was a German motorcycle adventurer, author, equipment manufacturer, survival trainer and the world's foremost expert on long-distance motorcycle travel. From 1970 onwards he devoted over four decades to documenting motorcycle journeys around the world, personally visiting the most celebrated motorcycle travellers in Denmark (1991), Britain (1993), the United States (1994) and Australia (1999-2000). He compiled the world's largest database of round-the-world motorcycle journeys, covering over 249 documented expeditions from 1912 to 2014. He founded the Globetrott-Zentrale in Simmerath-Hammer, Eifel, Germany, which served as a reference point and community hub for generations of long-distance motorcyclists worldwide. He organised the annual Tesch Travel Treffen from 1977 onwards, a yearly gathering of motorcycle world travellers. He developed the Tesch aluminium panniers, which became standard equipment for long-distance motorcycle expeditions. He gave 45 survival courses for travellers and managers in the Eifel forest between 1978 and the 2010s. He authored numerous books on motorcycle travel and published an extensive library of over 185 motorcycle travel titles
- Alias-Pseudonimo-Pseudonyme: -
- Nationality-Nazionalità-Nationalité: Germany, Germania, Allemagne
- Birth/death-Nascita/morte-Naissance/mort: 1941-2025
- Means of transport-Mezzo di trasporto-Moyen de transport: Motorbike, Motocicletta, Moto
- Geographical description-Riferimento geografico-Référence géographique: Around the World, Giro del mondo, Tour du monde
- Internet: https://berndtesch.de
- Additional references-Riferimenti complementari-Références complémentaires: Afrika-Motorrad-Reisen Ratgeber: Motorrad(Ver-)Führer Für Fernreisen. 2. Aufl. Globetrott-Zentrale Tesch; 1988.
- Inscriptions-Iscrizioni-Inscriptions: Reisen ist die beste Schule des Lebens
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- Description: Round-the-world bicycle tour by French writers Alexandre Poussin and Sylvain Tesson
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- Birth/death-Nascita/morte-Naissance/mort: -
- Means of transport-Mezzo di trasporto-Moyen de transport: -
- Geographical description-Riferimento geografico-Référence géographique: Around the World, Giro del mondo, Tour du monde
- Internet: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sylvain_Tesson
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2266390
- Additional references-Riferimenti complementari-Références complémentaires: Alexandre Poussin, Sylvain Tesson. On a roulé sur la terre. Paris: Pocket, 2008.
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- Description: Launched in 2002, The World cruise ship is the largest residential vessel in the world, consisting of 165 luxury residences. In addition to private residences, the ship features a variety of communal areas such as restaurants, bars, a spa, a gym, a library, and even a miniature golf course. Its itinerary is unique, as it is decided annually with the active participation of the residents, allowing them to explore remote and exotic destinations around the world, turning every journey into an unforgettable and personalized experience
- Alias-Pseudonimo-Pseudonyme: -
- Nationality-Nazionalità-Nationalité: -
- Birth/death-Nascita/morte-Naissance/mort: -
- Means of transport-Mezzo di trasporto-Moyen de transport: Boat, ship, Barca, nave, Bateau
- Geographical description-Riferimento geografico-Référence géographique: Around the World, Giro del mondo, Tour du monde
- Internet: https://aboardtheworld.com
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1495908
MS The World is a residential cruise ship. Unlike other cruise ships, which operate like a resort, it is operated like a condominium complex, with large cabins that can be purchased. The residents, from about 19 countries, live on board as the ship travels. Some residents choose to live on board full-time while others visit periodically throughout the year. The ship is operated by ROW Management, Ltd., headquartered in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, United States.
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- Description: Peggy Iris Thomas was a British motorcyclist and writer from Liverpool. In 1950 she purchased a BSA D1 Bantam 125 cc which she named "Oppy". In spring 1951 she sailed to Canada and began a solo motorcycle journey through Canada, the United States and Mexico, accompanied by her Airedale dog Matelot, who rode in a box fitted to the carrier. Starting with only $60 in her pocket, she covered 22,530 km (14,000 miles) over two years, working along the way as an office worker, apple picker and factory labourer to fund the trip. Her route included Nova Scotia, the Canadian Rockies, the Pacific coast, Mexico and the eastern seaboard up to New York. She is described as "the queen of long-distance Bantamites" by Peter Henshaw in The BSA Bantam Bible. She recounted her journey in Gasoline Gypsy, published in the United States in 1953 and in the UK in 1954 as A Ride in the Sun
- Alias-Pseudonimo-Pseudonyme: Gasoline Gypsy
- Nationality-Nazionalità-Nationalité: UK, Inglese, Anglais
- Birth/death-Nascita/morte-Naissance/mort: -
- Means of transport-Mezzo di trasporto-Moyen de transport: Motorbike, Motocicletta, Moto
- Geographical description-Riferimento geografico-Référence géographique: Americas, Americhe, Amérique
- Additional references-Riferimenti complementari-Références complémentaires: Thomas, Peggy Iris. Gasoline Gypsy; A Ride in the Sun. London: Travel Book Club, 1954.
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- Description: Peter Root and Mary Thompson set off from Guernsey, in the Channel Islands, in 2011, planning to cycle around the world. After traveling the roads of Europe, the Middle East, and China, they were struck and killed instantly by a pickup truck in Thailand on February 13, 2013
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- Nationality-Nazionalità-Nationalité: UK, Inglese, Anglais
- Birth/death-Nascita/morte-Naissance/mort: -
- Means of transport-Mezzo di trasporto-Moyen de transport: Bike, Bicicletta, Vélo
- Geographical description-Riferimento geografico-Référence géographique: Around the World, Giro del mondo, Tour du monde
- Internet: https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2013/feb/18/british-cyclists-killed-thailand
- Multimedia: https://vimeo.com/twoonfourwheels
We are Mary Thompson and Peter Root. At 5.00pm on the 12th July 2011 we got the boat to France with loads of stuff and two bikes. We’ve created this website to document our adventures along the way.
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- Description: Rob Thompson took his skateboard and equipped it with a trailer to carry essentials. He departed from Leysin, Switzerland, on June 25, 2007, and arrived in Shanghai on September 28, 2008, covering 12'000 kilometers. In his blog, he recounts this incredible adventure, which began a few years earlier with a similar journey but on a bicycle
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- Means of transport-Mezzo di trasporto-Moyen de transport: Others, Altri, Autres
- Geographical description-Riferimento geografico-Référence géographique: -
- Internet: http://www.14degrees.org
I sat down one day and jotted down some thoughts on why exactly I want to do this. Usually I wouldn’t feel a need to justify myself, but, I mean come on, around the world by recumbent bicycle and skateboard?
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- Description: On 17 March 1999 Kevin Thomson departed Vancouver, British Columbia, pulling a self-built running cart he named "RoadRunner", with the goal of crossing Canada on foot from coast to coast to deliver greetings to the 50,000 Canadians gathered in St. John's, Newfoundland, to celebrate the new millennium. He completed the run on 31 December 1999, covering approximately 8,000 km in just over nine months. The journey was self-supported and undertaken without charitable sponsorship
- Alias-Pseudonimo-Pseudonyme: Coyote Kevin
- Nationality-Nazionalità-Nationalité: Canada
- Birth/death-Nascita/morte-Naissance/mort: -
- Means of transport-Mezzo di trasporto-Moyen de transport: On foot, A piedi, À pied
- Geographical description-Riferimento geografico-Référence géographique: Americas, Americhe, Amérique
- Internet: https://kevinthomson.com
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- Description: Born on 12 October 1948 in Shinjuku, Tokyo, Jūgatsu Toi (戸井 十月) was a Japanese travel writer and visual producer. He obtained his motorcycle licence at the age of 32 while reporting on the bōsōzoku (Japanese motorcycle gangs) and subsequently began riding abroad. Between 1997 and November 2009 he completed a motorcycle journey across five continents - Africa, the Americas, Europe, Asia and Oceania - covering more than 120,000 km on a Honda XRV750 Africa Twin and a Honda NX650 Dominator, concluding at the Honda headquarters in Aoyama, Tokyo. Over his lifetime he covered more than 250,000 km across more than 50 countries. He also holds the record for the most entries by a Japanese rider in the Baja 1000 off-road race in Baja California, Mexico
- Alias-Pseudonimo-Pseudonyme: -
- Nationality-Nazionalità-Nationalité: Japan, Giappone, Japon
- Birth/death-Nascita/morte-Naissance/mort: 1948–2013
- Means of transport-Mezzo di trasporto-Moyen de transport: Motorbike, Motocicletta, Moto
- Geographical description-Riferimento geografico-Référence géographique: Around the World, Giro del mondo, Tour du monde
- Internet: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J%C5%ABgatsu_Toi
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11496208