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The journey started on 22nd of July 2004.

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Manfred is creator of ThisFabTrek.com, photography and journey, a travel blog (since 2004).

Understand and tolerate, report and photograph, enjoy and live - inhale different concepts of life (all that TV [and the web] cannot give). Reject jealousy, animosity, bigotry. Be free.

Manfred in the desert of the Western Sahara

The mind, when pondering at night has always asked those questions. What are you doing in corporate wonderland, banking, university, office, church. Who is the other animal asleep inside, thinker, punk, creative, cowboy, vagabond, anarchist, healer, artist, writer, photographer, globe trotter, intellectual? Oh God dare you to think.

So when he sees the gamble, manipulations and lies he follows the old old dream, sets out for this journey that is called life, explore the world traveling overland.

Manfred is father of twin boys, Daniel and David.

ThisFabTrek is ongoing. Photography and Journey, Story of Life Around the World, Music, Art, Festivals and Love and Peace. Photography and articles are for sale.

Daniel left and David right
Daniel David, in Land Rover 6x6x, beach in Djembereng, Casamance, Senegal
Daniel and David on Bonnet of Land Rover 6x6x, on way to Casamance Senegal, eating Bananas.
Daniel and David with nanny Aisha, the best we ever had, black African Woman carrying white twin babies, in Bamako, Mali.

6 wheeled Land Rover.

Land Rover Defender 6x6
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The vehicle of the Africa adventures, a Foley 6-Wheeled Land Rover Defender.

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What has happened so-far?

  • 2010 - Egypt to Israel, Cyprus and Turkey and Greece, Albania, Bosnia back to Vienna. With my boys (3) north Poland, the Baltics, Russia, Finland up to Norway and North Cape and back.
  • 2009 - From to Bamako to Ouagadougou, then Ghana, Togo and Benin, via Niamey and Gao back to Bamako, ..., 2nd half of the year from Vienna, down the Balkan, into Asia, Turkey, Syria, Jordan to Egypt.
  • 2008 - From Ouagadougou to Bamako, I fly to Vienna in Jan, and with my boys back to Mali, then Senegal, Guinea Bissau. On my own I head south, pass Guinea into Sierra Leone, then Liberia, into Cote d'Ivoire and back to Bamako. Summer means touring Europe. Then back to Africa.
  • 2007 - Vienna, Austria, the birth of my twin boys Daniel and David, then the long way back down south (BDS) with the newborns, via the South of Italy, France and Spain to Casablanca, Morocco, on my own further to Mauritania, Mali, Guinea, back to Mali and down to Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso.
  • 2006 - starts out in Segou, Mali and ends in Bamako, Mali and so much in between. Twice back to Vienna, twice back down south to Mali, a great festival in Essaouira, Morocco in June and the Guinea adventure at the end of the year.
  • 2005 - the remaining time in England (the 6x6 conversion) and the Africa journey - Morocco, Mauritania, Senegal/Gambia. In Morocco I meet Hasna, she comes along.
  • 2004 - all the travels in Europe, mainly England, Scotland, Ireland and back to Austria for 2 month. Heidrun joins me - for a little while.
  • Preparation - The period in Vienna when I started cooking up the idea of leaving until the final step (early until 22nd of July 2004).
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If you prefer a more geographical indexation

  • Asia - since recently.
  • Isreal-Palestine - Jerusalem, Hebron to Nablus.
  • Jordan - Jerash and Petra.
  • Syria - Aleppo to Deir az-Zor, Palmyra.
  • Turkey - Istanbul, Black Sea coast and the South East Kurdish regions.
  • Europe - The old continent.
  • Baltics - Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia all so different, the beers tell a tale.
  • Poland - Start of a journey north with my twin boys (3.5y).
  • Greece - Blue, blue. The mythos of Mythos.
  • Bulgaria - Belgrade to Sofia, Iron Gate.
  • Romania - Danube delta, Carpathians. Was Ceauşescu the worst of them?
  • Ukraine - L'viv is spectacular, gruesome history.
  • Hungary - This is the start of the India journey.
  • Italy - Giro d'Italia.
  • Spain and Portugal - Leaving the continent.
  • Ireland - Going Down.
  • Scotland - Still Land Rover Country.
  • England - Land Rover Country.
  • France - Quant en France.
  • Holland - Keep in touch with the dutch.
  • Germany - First border crossing.
  • Austria - born in Vienna, this is where I come from

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