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Ride Safe. Prepare. Or Stay Home.
19 Jan 2026
What I do is genuinely dangerous. Life danger. Before you hop on a Vespa and follow my adventures, read this first.
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Stories, opinions and hard-won advice from 160,000 km across 51 countries and territories.
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The Unofficial List of 39+ Accommodations for the Completely Committed Scooterist
12 Jan 2026
After 160,000 km across 51 countries and territories, Markus André Mayer has slept in places that do not appear on any booking platform. Here are 39+ of them.
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Nobody Told Me It Was a TV Show
05 Jan 2026
Long Way Round had a budget of 500,000 dollars, 9 people, and a helicopter. I had 25,000 euros and three old Vespas. A comparison in numbers.
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How I Afford It. The Honest Answer.
29 Dec 2025
The most frequently asked question: how do you afford to do what you do? No wife, no mortgage, no Starbucks, no illusions. The honest answer.
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I Am Not Special. The Things I Do Are.
22 Dec 2025
I am a normal guy from Kempten who does unusual things. Not special. The combination of limitations, sacrifices and stubbornness — that is the thing.
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A Mojito, a Beach, and the Algorithm
15 Dec 2025
Year after year racing, adventuring, sacrificing. Sometimes all you need is rest. But algorithms do not take breaks — and AI fake content is actively killing real adventure stories.
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You Have a Dream? Just Don't Listen.
08 Dec 2025
First they will not listen. Then they will not believe you. Then they will say it is impossible. You know what? Just do your shit.
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Why Does a Grown Man Do This?
01 Dec 2025
Why would a healthy adult man give up his flat, quit his job, leave his girlfriend and ride a Vespa around the world? The honest answer. Warning: contains testosterone.
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Why a Scooter? Because We Were 16 and Broke.
24 Nov 2025
No internet. No parts catalogues. No budget. Just a Vespa, a spray can, some stickers and absolutely no idea what we were doing. Those were the best years.
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Walk a Mile in My Shoes
17 Nov 2025
Oh, it must be nice to have all that free time and money and no responsibilities. Let's have a look at that comment, shall we?
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About Solo Riding
10 Nov 2025
No camera crew, no support vehicle, no second rider. Just me, the road, and full responsibility for every decision. This is what solo riding actually means.
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Step Into the Light. The Shadow Is Guaranteed.
03 Nov 2025
The moment you step into the light, you cast a shadow. For every person who pats you on the back, there are three in the shadow who would do it better — if only they had the time.
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Vespa Travel is Full of Ups and Downs
27 Oct 2025
White horses in the Camargue. A holed piston in the middle of nowhere. Tornado in Kansas. Hero welcome in Tomelloso. This is what Vespa travel actually feels like.
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Feel the Fear and Do It Anyway
20 Oct 2025
Fear of heights, claustrophobia, sharks, snakes, scorpions, loneliness. Being brave does not mean you are not afraid — it means feeling the fear and doing it anyway.
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The Adventure Problem
13 Oct 2025
Marketing agencies put the word adventure on everything from ice cream to school backpacks. What happens when a word gets overused? It loses its meaning. Like love in American society.
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When Things Get Out of Hand
06 Oct 2025
Three moments when I was genuinely vulnerable and circumstances were beyond my control. A tornado in Kansas, a tyre blowout in Siberia, and the most dangerous road in Montenegro at night.
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The Man, The Legend, and the Vespa: Remembering Osman Gürsoy
03 Oct 2025
In 2018 I met Osman Gürsoy in Ordu, Turkey — the Vesparado who rode 215,000 km on a 1969 Vespa 150 Sprint, crossed the USA in 53°C heat, and commuted London to Turkey 19 times. A tribute.
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It's Not the Miles. It's the Story.
29 Sep 2025
Ted Simon. Ewan McGregor. Jules Verne. George Francis Train. One lesson that took me years to learn: nobody cares about your sacrifice. They care about your story.
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Was It Really Harder Back Then?
22 Sep 2025
Everyone believes travelling on a Vespa in the 60s and 70s was much harder than today. Let's actually look at that claim.
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Vespa Long Distance — What Nobody Tells You
15 Sep 2025
Hard-won advice from 160,000 km on classic Vespas across 51 countries and territories. Setup, packing, budget, and why a long trip will change you whether you like it or not.
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