From Switzerland to Spain, to Morocco then all the eastern coastal countries south to Cape Town. Then back along Eastafrica, through Ethiopia, Sudan. From port Sudan to Saudi Arabia, then Jordan and Israel. with the boat to Cyprus and to Turkey and then finally back to Switzerland.
How does one come up with such a crackbrained idea?
Well, I have always been a guy who’s travelling around. When I had been working on the MS Europa2, I began to think about, what I am going to do, once I finish the Job.
There’s nothing I fear more than the work-eat-sleep-repeat routine, waiting for a day off and after retirement beiing left with nothing to life on. That’s why I travel. But where should the journey go. Everybody nowadays goes to Southeastasia, or Australia with a backpack and nothing destroys the beauty of a place more than lots of tourists.
I want to be different and travel to places still unknown to the all inclusive tourists.
So I decided to go to Africa.
But how? I couldn’t repair a car or a motorcycle if it broke and all other means of transportation would probably finally starve to death. So there was only the bicycle left. And why not? It is environmental friendly, you will see the world from a different angle and you have to work hard to get from A to B.
And I like physical and mental challenges and sport.
But why all around and not just a few nice countries, do you ask?
One day I want the book of my life being a bestseller. And I’m having a strong belief, that I can achieve everything I dream of. To me, if I travelled to only a few safe destinations, I would feel, as if I was just a tourist. But I don’t like being a tourist. I am a traveller. So I aim high even though the success of my journey will mostly depend on the political situation and my finances.
I’m going to travel as long as the money will last or the situation forces me to finish my journey.
And I want to see those parts of Africa, which are still unknown to the world. This is what will make my storybook a bestseller.
But why exactly Africa?
Africa has still some unknown and fewly visited places to show. And as I began to collect information, I found some a lot more reasons to go to Africa.
I want to know what Africa is really like because mostly all we know about is, starving people, poverty, wars and the Serengeti. I still believe that the world is a much better place, than we are told it is.
I want to see the great natural reserves, landscapes and deserts like the Kalahari desert, the Congo and lake Victoria.
I want to know how the people live like and want to listen to their stories.
And as a professional cook I want to see the cooking pots and stoves of Africa. There are still many other reasons for this journey but I wouldn’t like to present you this list now.
Though there’s one more reason for this journey I want to tell you:
I want to step out of the hamsterwheel like one says in german and would like to find out if I am actually able to do something like this just on my own, without much help from the outside.