His name is Gunther
Her name is Christine
26 years
a jeep
Drive them through about 890,000 kilometers
A trip longer than a trip to the moon and back
Recording their legendary love
before the journey
Gunther is the head of an airline in Germany
Accidentally sent to work in Africa
Thus began an unknown journey to explore the world
Kenya, Africa is the starting point of this trip
Red soil, blue skies and open prairies
Gunther drives his beloved jeep
Galloping on the way to a faraway place
A “road of death” in Bolivia
such a life
It should be the dream of too many men
However, there is still a heroine
Gunther thinks so too
He got acquainted with Christine by calling for friends in the newspaper
two hit it off
Planned an 18-month trip to South America
Unexpectedly, this departure took 26 years
the following days
they didn’t sleep in any hotel
Camping, hammocking, sleeping in the car…
Over 400 parts on board
Keep your car in top condition
There is still departure time in the car
More than 30 catties of grain fully loaded
pancakes, sausages, canned food
…
The slightly haphazard approach to border crossing in the Republic of the Congo
travel through countries
There are more and more things in the car
Rice from Myanmar Salt from South Africa
Irish Butter Thai Curry
These are gifts from all over the world
Christine working on the interior of a Jeep
On my first trip to West Africa, Sierra Leone was in the midst of a horrific civil war
There have been a lot of troubles along the way
Difficult political situation, war, car accident
5 times malaria was life threatening
It didn’t stop the two of them.
Siberia – extremely cold weather of 27 ℃
50°C heat in Alice Springs
they all go through it together
Locusts infested jeeps during the Great Plague in Western Sahara in 2004
The jeep arrived in Jamaica by boat, the first foreign private vehicle to enter the country
Rainbow in the Amazon Rainforest
More dangers but more fun
jeeps carry them
Witness the rich and colorful cultures of the world
endangered wild animals
The magnificent wonders of the world
The two took a group photo in front of the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center in the United States. A few days later, the Twin Towers became ruins
Gunther had roughly estimated
Taking inflation into account
In 26 years they spent about 3.45 million RMB
To enter Singapore, you need to apply for an additional license plate
Such amounts in many cities
Not even enough to buy a cabin
You can travel the world for the price of a house
but how many people
Have their courage?
“Experience” changed from a noun to a verb
Shocked by beautiful things
It is incomparable to open the computer to browse the atlas
However, unpredictable
Christine was diagnosed with tumor in 2003
The journey seems impossible
but she chose to continue
Accompany the one you love
Let’s spend the last journey of life together
Christine is cutting Gunther’s hair
summer of 2010
Christine left this world
Before her death, Gunther married her
Although only two short weeks
But let their love have an eternal witness
after the wife left
Gunther hangs her picture on the car
with the heart that loves her
Complete the unfinished dream of two people
He came to Hong Kong, China in 2011
Between 1967 and 1973
Gunther lived here for seven years
The city was still a British colony
see you again
Hong Kong has become a special zone of China
Urban development is changing with each passing day
It’s just that Gunther thinks about those years in Hong Kong
I am keen on water skiing
I wanted to have a chance to go back to my hometown and show my wife
but no chance
Traveled to Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan
He drove a jeep into the Tibetan area of northwest China
Arrive at Everest Base Camp at an altitude of 5,200 kilometers
as one of the first foreign vehicles to arrive there
Gunther challenges the impossible one after another
26 years of journey, through thousands of mountains and rivers
even without saying a word
But there are thousands of words condensed in the heart
2014 Gunther reaches the end of this journey
Brandenburg Gate in Berlin, Germany
Friends congratulate him
Christine taking notes on a trip while Gunther rests in a hammock
Gunther returns to his homeland to find his story a legend
The reason for persistence is nothing more than a few simple words of emotion
” the more you walk
The more I understand the world is full of smiles
experience more
The more I want to continue traveling “
It’s true, many things before being great
Often just because of the little obsession with love in the heart
A Journey That Spans 26 Years
And why not the ordinary and legendary love documentary of this couple?
With the person you love, with a car that accompanies you
See all the scenery in the world
“If you love someone, travel with her,
If you’re still in love after the trip, get married. “
As Qian Zhongshu said in “Fortress Besieged”,
It can be seen that travel is a reference standard for confirming whether each other loves each other
The yellow line divides the globe into the northern and southern hemispheres
Maybe we don’t have much chance
get out of your own little world
But please also seize every opportunity to travel with your lover
Maybe just to lie in a rocking chair years later
Tell the younger generation together
then our love
After eighty years, Gunther chose to continue to set off in 2018
The destination is South America, continue this
A story about freedom, joy, adventure and love
