- Description: Adam Swanson from Minnesota (USA) embarked on a remarkable journey on the road with his bike
- Alias-Pseudonimo-Pseudonyme: acrosstheworldbybike
- Nationality-Nazionalità-Nationalité: USA
- 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://twowheelsoneworld.org
- Description: Between 1957 and 1964 he completed two round-the-world motorcycle journeys, visiting approximately 100 countries across four continents and meeting around 40 heads of state, kings and political leaders, carrying greetings from Syrian youth. His first journey covered Lebanon, Jordan, Palestine, Iraq, Iran, Pakistan, Afghanistan and India, then the USSR, Poland, Finland, Sweden, Norway, Denmark, West and East Germany, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Austria, the Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg, Switzerland, Italy, Spain, Portugal, Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya and Egypt, returning to Syria. His second journey covered Turkey, Bulgaria, Greece, Yugoslavia, Italy, Switzerland, Germany, Belgium, France and England, then Canada, the United States, Mexico, Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Chile, Argentina, Uruguay, Paraguay and Brazil, before returning via the United Kingdom, Senegal and across Africa to Syria. In total he covered approximately 153,000 km. He wrote ten books in Arabic about his travels, including East Meets West on a Motorcycle (1959) and Around the World by Motorcycle: 153,000 km in 7 Years Between 64 Capitals of the World (1982)
- Alias-Pseudonimo-Pseudonyme: -
- Nationality-Nazionalità-Nationalité: Syria, Siria, Syrie
- Birth/death-Nascita/morte-Naissance/mort: -
- 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: http://www.berndtesch.de
- Description: Round-the-world bicycle tour by French writers Alexandre Poussin and Sylvain Tesson
- Alias-Pseudonimo-Pseudonyme: -
- Nationality-Nazionalità-Nationalité: -
- 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.
- Description: In 2007, Francis Tapon became the first backpacker to hike the Continental Divide Trail both ways. His achievements also include the Pacific Crest Trail and the Appalachian Trail. The globetrotter's goal is to visit every country in the world
- Alias-Pseudonimo-Pseudonyme: -
- Nationality-Nazionalità-Nationalité: USA
- Birth/death-Nascita/morte-Naissance/mort: -
- Means of transport-Mezzo di trasporto-Moyen de transport: Various, Diversi, Différents
- Geographical description-Riferimento geografico-Référence géographique: Around the World, Giro del mondo, Tour du monde
- Internet: http://www.francistapon.com
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16213279
- 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
- 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.
- Description: Leopoldo Tartarini (Bologna, 1932-2015) was an Italian motorcycle racer and entrepreneur. Giorgio Monetti was his childhood friend and university student. Tartarini had raced for Ducati in long-distance road events such as the Milano-Taranto and the Moto Giro d'Italia, until road racing was banned for safety reasons. With a remaining year on his Ducati contract, he proposed to Ducati managing director Giuseppe Montano a promotional tour - initially to Turkey, then expanded to Africa and finally to a full round-the-world journey. On 30 September 1957, blessed by Cardinal Giacomo Lercaro before 1,000 factory workers at the Ducati plant in Bologna, the two departed on two standard Ducati 175 Tourismo motorcycles modified with crash bars, rear luggage racks and aluminium cases. Over 12 months they covered more than 60,000 km across 42 countries and five continents: Italy, Yugoslavia, Greece, Turkey, Iran, Pakistan, India, Burma, Indonesia (by ship to Borneo and New Guinea), Australia (Darwin to Sydney), New Zealand, Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Chile, Argentina, Uruguay, Brazil, and by ship to Dakar, then Morocco, Gibraltar, Spain and back to Bologna, arriving on 5 September 1958. They were arrested as suspected spies in Indonesia and rode through Syria during a period of political tension. The journey, filmed on 16 mm cameras, is described as the world's first corporate motorcycle adventure. Tartarini later founded Italjet in 1959. The two original motorcycles were certified as unique historical examples by the Automotoclub Storico Italiano (ASI) in 2020
- Alias-Pseudonimo-Pseudonyme: -
- Nationality-Nazionalità-Nationalité: Italy, Italia, Italie
- Birth/death-Nascita/morte-Naissance/mort: -
- 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: http://1mapx2.com/en/the-film/
- Additional references-Riferimenti complementari-Références complémentaires: Montanari, Roberto. Road Map: Il leggendario giro del mondo di Tartarini & Monetti su Ducati 175. LullaBit, 2018.
- 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
- 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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