Historias, opiniones y consejos ganados a pulso en 160.000 km por 51 países y territorios.
12/01/2026
Consejos ganados a pulso en 160.000 km sobre Vespas clásicas por 51 países y territorios. Preparación, equipaje, presupuesto y por qué un viaje largo te cambia, quieras o no.
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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?
Leer más →10/11/2025
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.
Leer más →03/11/2025
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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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.
Leer más →06/10/2025
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.
Leer más →03/10/2025
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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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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