Gunther Holtorf and his travels

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Some of you will have seen this, but I could not find a reference to it on RFF, so I thought I'd mention it here. The link

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-18910560

will take you to a video of images, captured with a Leicaflex SL and a Leica M6, during the period from 1988 until now. It's a fascinating documentary of an extraordinary voyage by a remarkable man, and (in earlier days) his wife, who now sadly has passed away. Nettar
 
incredible, thx for sharing. am wondering his budget, although he explained a bit how to cut costs. expenses from car during all those years must be high, how about parking for example.
 
The world is not yet completely covered with Pay-and-Display car-parks, surprisingly enough. ;) In practical terms, he was a high level pilot and executive so his living costs are well below his pension, so no problem for financing since he is doing this during his retirement (now well in to his seventies).

A bit of googling found that the Mercedes G-Wagen is still on it's original engine and transmission!
 
MartinP said:
The world is not yet completely covered with Pay-and-Display car-parks, surprisingly enough.
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well I mentioned parking just one example cost we might not think of. and he didnt restrict his trips to rural and remote areas. savings and good pension obviously changes things.
 
Maybe he is funded by Mercedes Benz.
I saw the link this morning at bbc.com, and I shared it with my daughter, who asked me many questions about the man and his travels. The "G" is kinda ugly, but it seems to endure torture well.
 
And the only difference between Gunther and us is that he got up off his *ss and did it while we sit at keyboards talking about doing it.
 
Very interesting. I really like roadtrip photography, it attracts me a lot.

I did see a series done by Estonian motocyclists who toured around the world and took among others a pentax 67.

I'd love to have a fair amount of $$ and be able to do that someday, but not on a 20+ years trip, though. A few months here and there. Love travel and travel photography; It's the best way to get inspired myself.
 
Bob Michaels said:
And the only difference between Gunther and us is that he got up off his *ss and did it while we sit at keyboards talking about doing it.
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Quoted for absolute truth.

What might be even sadder that a lot of people typing away at their keyboards right now looking at this thread and this man thinks that they need tends of thousands of dollar saved up to do this.

But in reality, everything you'll need (food, bits and peices for the car, gas) is things you can get a long the way.

If only we had the bollocks.

I'll be going soon :angel:
 
Moriturii said:
But in reality, everything you'll need (food, bits and peices for the car, gas) is things you can get a long the way.
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sorry but I think you are cutting some corners here. it takes cash to keep even modest and personal travel going, when one starts to count trip in months and years, not just few weeks. + with a car there are surprises along the way that backpacker does not even think of.
 
What impresses me most is that this guy draw the complete map of Jarkarta by hand, spending 3 years of his total spare time just because there was no map of Jarkarta in 1973. Even the official postal service uses his designation of places and streets in Jarkarta. Amazing energy he must have.
 
jarski said:
sorry but I think you are cutting some corners here. it takes cash to keep even modest and personal travel going, when one starts to count trip in months and years, not just few weeks. + with a car there are surprises along the way that backpacker does not even think of.
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Like I said, everything you need (except for a five star hotel treatment, your daily cappuccino, and foot massage) you can get a long the way, unless you are a proper unsociable looney who always walk around with an upside-down smile. And he didn't do a blog or what ever, but you can. And pop a little "donate via paypal" button there, done and done. We are just prisoners of our comfortable daily "9-5 then die" way of lives.
 
Absolutely. Remember that the few thousand a month (probably more for this particular guy) one gets in pension is massively more than a years income in many places. The cumulation of pension income is then used for infrequent expenditure, such as sea-transport, when needed.
 
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