Geschichten, Meinungen und hart erarbeitete Tipps aus 160.000 km durch 51 Länder und Territorien.
12.01.2026
Hart erkämpfte Ratschläge aus 160.000 km auf klassischen Vespas in 51 Ländern und Territorien. Aufbau, Gepäck, Budget — und warum eine lange Reise dich verändert, ob du willst oder nicht.
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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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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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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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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 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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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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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 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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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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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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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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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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27.10.2025
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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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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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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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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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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29.09.2025
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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22.09.2025
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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