Melbourne to London

 

Jon and Jack are from Melbourne Australia. They are driving from home to London and left Melbourne at the start of July 2008 and plan to meet up with Jan [wife of Jon and Jacks Mum] and friends in Paris, France for Christmas 2008 and to celebrate New Years Eve in London. They want to see if they can do the entire trip without using an aeroplane. They want to drive as much of it as possible in their own car – from their front gate to Piccadilly Circus! We hooked up with Jon just before we left and have been in contact ever since – swapping notes and sharing dramas! Check them out at http://melbournetolondon.com/

The longest driven journey, The most kilometres/miles, The most countries in a single car. Emil & Liliana Schmid have driven 617,359 km (383,609 miles) around the world since October 16, 1984! Visit their website or their Guinness World Record entry

Garry Sowerby, a 4-time world record holder for long-distance driving, columnist and global adventurer.Drive Around The World (USA) – This team of San Francisco Bay Area professionals use long-range driving expeditions to promote cross-border understanding and goodwill through innovative educational programs, as well as rasie funds and awareness for charitable causes.

Long Way Round -Setting off in London in April 2004, Ewan McGregor and Charley Boorman travelled through mainland Europe, through France, Belgium, Germany, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Ukraine, Russia, Kazakhstan, Mongolia, Siberia, Alaska, Canada before arriving 115 days later at their final destination, New York City, USA.

Two years in the planning, four friends teamed up to organise the ultimate lifetime experience… over a year and a half raising money for CARE International by undertaking a challenging journey of 65,000 km to drive from the United Kingdom to New Zealand.

The World by Road is a group of individuals embarking on an around the world expedition dedicated to promoting awareness of the diversity of people and cultures of the world.

Four Silicon Valley engineers, a mountain climber and a Peace Corps volunteer travel around the world in 78 days driving old 1960’s Land Rover Dormobiles and answering email questions sent via satellite from California students.

“Two idiots and their leisurely drive around the world in a 1976 Land Rover…”

Couple drive around the world on 1,300 litres of fuel

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Danilo, Fabrizio and Zivile cover more than 26,000km through Europe and Asia in a Fiat 500 (Italian site)

Lunaya is a world-wide expedition (40 countries so far) mixing a technology of the 70’s (a modified Citroen DS ambulance) with new technologies (Internet, email, etc). (French site)

Robert and Martine set off in 2004 in a Landrover to drive around the world while experiencing and learning about food from different cultures.

The World’s Most Travelled Motorcycle - Peter & Kay Forwood’s Trip Around The World On A Harley-Davidson

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