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The road trips that will fill you with wanderlust
The need to travel is perhaps the most primal instinct of the human race after food, water and sleep. Almost all of us scout the calendar for long weekends. John Steinbeck truly said “People don’t take trips, trips take people”. Here are some of the amazing stories of such crazy road-trippers who travelled around the world without even giving a second thought
The need to travel is perhaps the most primal instinct of the human race after food, water and sleep. Almost all of us scout the calendar for long weekends. John Steinbeck truly said “People don’t take trips, trips take people”. Here are some of the amazing stories of such crazy road-trippers who travelled around the world without even giving a second thought
Meet the Baids, an Indian family that went on an epic road trip travelling through 11 countries in over 111 days, Anand (37) and Punita Baid (36) along with their kids, Yash (12) and Driti (8), went on an epic 111-day road trip from Bengaluru to Paris. Yes, a freaking road trip from India to France. One family. One car. 22,780 kms.
Without spending a dime, Australian photographer Shantanu Starick successfully travelled 5 continents and remained on-the-go for 29 months
Inspired by the sharing economy Starick has made a full-fledged living out of travel and photography with a project he calls ‘The Pixel Trade’. Starick has photographed hotels, restaurants, coffee shops, weddings and more in exchange for the basic essentials, transportation and anything else that he needed to survive.
The Schmids have been on a road trip since the past 31 years
Put simply, the Schmids may be the most hardcore road-trippers on the planet! Don’t believe it? Here’s their latest Guinness World Record entry: As of 12 June 2015, the longest driven journey is 708,050 km (439,961 miles) and was achieved by Emil and Liliana Schmid (Switzerland) who travelled across 181 countries in the same Toyota Land Cruiser in a journey that started on 18 October 1984 and is still ongoing.
Gunther Holtorf completed his 24-year-old trip after driving 556,000 miles across 215 countries
