Tag Archives: 1000km ๐Ÿ•บ๐Ÿป

1-8-0-0-0

This post is about a 27km walk from Bursfelde to Wรผrgassen. I reach the 18000km point on The Longest Way, and I dance in the snow. There was a monastery in Bursfelde, but it had no place for me to sleep. It was late when I arrived, and the night was dark and cold. Luckily […]


1-7-0-0-0

This post is about a 17km walk from Hintschingen to Riedsee. I cross the 17000km mark on The Longest Way, and a unicorn performs a dance. We woke up under the bridge near Hintschingen. It was hazy. I didn’t want to put on the unicorn costume anymore, but Lea wasn’t having any of it. “It’s […]


1-6-0-0-0

This post is about a 30km walk from Korneuburg to Pischelsdorf. It’s hard to find a place to sleep and I end up crossing the 16,000km mark. I woke up at four when I was still dark, then again at five when the sky started to turn to a lighter shade of black. When I […]


1-5-0-0-0

This post is about a walk from Mฤƒrฤƒศ™eศ™ti to Oaศ™. I complete 15,000km on The Longest Way and do my little dance, albeit in the wrong place. There hadn’t been any bears. Some wind and a tiny bit of rain, yes. But no bears. I wrote the number “13” on the back of my left […]


1-4-0-0-0

This post is about a walk from Pirot to Klisura. I pass the 14,000km mark of The Longest Way, and I get into a bit of rain. The clouds are Simpsons clouds. They’re hanging lazily from the sky. No: they’re sitting there, piled up on the horizon. They look like they’re not moving at all. […]


1-3-0-0-0

This post is about a 22km walk from Bagirganli to Agva. It’s the day where The Longest Way crosses the 13.000km mark, and of course I dance. I rose at sunrise and got on my way. The weather forecast was talking about heavy rain in the afternoon, and I wanted to arrive at my destination […]


the twelve thousand and seven kilometer dance

I wake up from the call of a rooster. After a long breakfast and some tea and a lot of hazelnuts and some more tea, I leave my hosts and get back on the road. It’s a quiet day. One time a dog barks at me furiously, then changes his mind and wants to be […]


1-2-0-0-0

I have a call scheduled for 12:00, so when I finally leave the motel it’s 13:30. Late. There are 12,7km left until the next dance. When I look at the map, it says it takes about 20km to walk from Terme to Carsamba on the highway, but if I took the village roads then it […]


1-1-0-0-0

This post is about a 31km walk from Kavtiskhevi to Uplistsikhe. I pass the 11,000km mark on The Longest Way and do my little dance. For some odd reason, this had been a formidable night. I felt refreshed and happy when I got up and went to the kitchen to boil some water for my […]


1-0-0-0-0

When I woke up under the bridge, I felt like crap. There had been jackals during the night. And mosquitos. And people in cars trying to cross the barricades. It had been a horrible night. So I left the bridge: And I walked for a little bit under the empty highway: Then, after 2,5 kilometers, […]


9-0-0-0

Today was going to be a big day. First of all, it was the beginning of Ramadan, the month of fasting in Islam: people wouldn’t eat or drink as long as the sun was up. As I understood it, in Iran this was a mandatory thing for all able-bodied adult Muslims (who weren’t currently doing […]


8-0-0-0

I had gone to sleep with 7995km down. So when I woke up, the next celebratory dance was just a bit more than an hour away. I had danced seven times before. Now was the eighth time. Eight thousand kilometers from Beijing to here. So I got on the road, walked a little bit: And […]


7-0-0-0

When we got up, we packed the Caboose and took her outside, upon which we immediately set her down again… …for this was our place to dance: By loading the video, you agree to YouTube’s privacy policy.Learn more Load video Always unblock YouTube We had come up with a plan to dedicate this historical 7000km […]


6-0-0-0

I woke up knowing that I would dance today. But when I looked at my foot I didn’t really feel like doing anything: By loading the video, you agree to YouTube’s privacy policy.Learn more Load video Always unblock YouTube I left anyway. With my iPhone gone, I didn’t have any mobile internet anymore. I owned […]


5-0-0-0

I woke up to a good sky: Some clouds with a bit of sun, not too warm yet, but not too cold either. The mountains were still there in the distance: There was no road except the freeway to walk on: When it got hot around noon, I found an underpass and climbed down under […]


4-0-0-0

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When I woke up, I knew I was going to have to dance. But before, I first walked a bit through the residential areas of the oil city: …often, when I’m looking at buildings like these from the outside, I can’t help but wonder what might be going on inside. Are the people in there […]


3-0-0-0

When I got up, I wasn’t sure whether I would get to the 3000km marker today. …well eventually I did, so I had to name this post “3-0-0-0”, but if it hadn’t been for that, I could have chosen from these three working titles: 1) “the Chinese dream” 2) “Aaah, it’s a foreign invasion!!” 3) […]


2-0-0-0

This is me after precisely two thousand kilometers: More hair (1-0-0-0). And another reason to get down: By loading the video, you agree to YouTube’s privacy policy.Learn more Load video Always unblock YouTube This time unfortunately, I wasn’t able to convince anyone to join me on the dancefloor. Anyway the old guy in the back […]


1-0-0-0

This is me after precisely one thousand kilometers: Feels good, I can tell you that. A time to celebrate, a reason to get down: By loading the video, you agree to YouTube’s privacy policy.Learn more Load video Always unblock YouTube Okay, it’s stupid. But the very last bit when I’m trying to pick up my […]