“All journeys have secret destinations of which the traveller is unaware.” Martin Buber Days: 26h April – 9th Mai 2016 Kilometres until 9th Mai: 14.390 A familiar blue line showed up on the horizon as I was approaching Mazatlan. The fresh wind confirmed. I was back at the ocean. Leaving north Mexico and the … Continue reading Step 18: The tropical paradise of Mexico
“Creation is a better means of self-expression and possession; it is through creating, not possessing, that life is revealed.” – Vida D. Scudder, The Life of the Spirit in the Modern English Poets This post is not about my travels, it´s not about me. As a matter of fact, the whole blog is not … Continue reading Step… no, let´s stop and read
“It is fatal to know too much at the outcome: boredom comes as quickly to the traveler who knows his route as the novelist who is over certain of his plot.” – Paul Thoreau, To the Ends of the Earth Days: 14h April – 25th April 2016 Kilometers until 25th April: 11.716 Wait, are … Continue reading Step 17: Wild Mexico
“Traveller, there is no path. The path is made by walking.” – Antonio Machado Days: 26th March – 14th April 2016 Kilometers until 14th April: 8500 The last thing I wanted to do was rush! Still, the feeling of wanting to leave the U.S. and start my journey into Mexico became stronger every … Continue reading Step 16: Goodbye US, hola Mexico!
“We wander for distraction, but we travel for fulfillment.” – Hilaire Belloc Days: 22th March – 25th March 2016 Kilometers until 25th March: 5200 It got dark and we still didn´t have any spot to sleep. It took us too long to cook our dinner on the McDonald´s parking (which was on a … Continue reading Step 15: Beauty in the desert. Part 2: The land of the canyons
”Not all those who wander are lost.” J.R.R.Tolkien Days: 14th March – 21th March 2016 Kilometers until 21th March: 4000 On rhe Sunday morning, I woke up with the feeling of wanting to leave. It wasn´t a bad feeling at all. On the contrary – new images of the unexplored places, that I was … Continue reading Step 14: Beauty in the desert. Part 1: Into the heart of Utah
“When the traveler goes alone he gets acquainted with himself.” Liberty Hyde Bailey Days: 7th March – 13th March 2016 Kilometers until 13th March: 2400 There were more than 15 people singing happy birthday while Myles was approaching me with a chocolate cake in his hands. Just 10 days ago, I arrived in San … Continue reading Step 13: Death Valley and the luck of Vegas
“I find I’m so excited, I can barely sit still or hold a thought in my head. I think it’s the excitement only a free man can feel, a free man at the start of a long journey whose conclusion is uncertain. I hope I can make it across the border. I hope to see … Continue reading Step 12: California dreamin’
“People are always blaming their circumstances for what they are. I don’t believe in circumstances. The people who get on in this world are the people who get up and look for the circumstances they want, and if they can’t find them, make them.” — George Bernard Shaw The excitement overcame the tiredness. Despite the … Continue reading Step 11: San Francisco and the hunt for a car
“Unless the peace that follows recognizes that the whole world is one neighborhood and does justice to the whole human race, the germs of another world war will remain as a constant threat to mankind.” Franklin Delano Roosevelt, February 12, 1943 “What do you do for living so you can allow yourself to travel … Continue reading Step 10: Welcome to the United States of America
Journey to the unknown 