Martin Bruckner – On the way (“Auf dem Weg”)

Martin Brucker from the Black-Forest in Germany traveled for 6,5 years around the world with his trusty BMW G650 Xchallenge for 255.067 km crossing 70 countries "on the way”.

After working for 9,5 years as an instructor for woodwork in Ethiopia I wanted to have some time out to look for a job in South East Asia. I wanted to use 12 to 18 months to ride my motorcycle to South East Asia and a bit further to visit my cousin in Australia.

I arrived in Australia after 20 month (crossing Iran, Syria, Sudan, Yemen, Tibet, China, Vietnam), had some job interviews in Laos and Vietnam and got a job offer as an instructor for woodwork in Laos. By the time I got the job offer I had already been travelling in Australia for 4 month and had to make a decision - taking the job offer or keep going with my journey. To be honest, it was an easy decision - I kept going.

From there on my journey extended frequently for another continent (South America), another country (Cuba) or just to wait for the spring season again. At one point i thought that it would be really cool to get back to Germany (the Black-Forest) on two wheels, if possible on the motorcycle I left home on. After crossing 6 continents and about 70 countries, I arrived back home at the Black-Forest on the very same spot I left 6,5 years before in Welschensteinach, at the doorstep of my mother's house.