On the road. The Longest Way

I like to take walks
sometimes.

September 18th, 2018

New issue of my coffee table book “Mein Langer Weg Durch China”

Remember my (German) National Geographic coffee table book “China zu Fuß”? Well, we decided to redesign the whole thing and add a bunch of new contents. It’s called “Mein Langer Weg Durch China” (My Long Way Through China), and it has one of the most charming kids I ever met on the cover: The inside […]

September 27th, 2017

Taiwanese edition of “Neuschweinstein”

More good news from Taiwan! I had just arrived in Iran, and I was trying to fix the Caboose when this one hit the shelves: The title translates to “Traveling around Europe with Mainland tourists” (跟著陸客遊歐洲), which is exactly what the book is about. It’s the Taiwanese edition of “Neuschweinstein” – which tells the story […]

February 22nd, 2017

Taiwanese edition of “The Longest Way”

Ah, a great day! I was in Switzerland giving a presentation when this book came out: It’s the Taiwanese version of “The Longest Way”, published by the aptly named Walkers Publishing House in Taipei. Most people in Taiwan speak Chinese. That means this book actually doesn’t differ that much from the Chinese version, but since […]

October 18th, 2016

Chinese tour group saga “Neuschweinstein”

I was in Kazakhstan on the day this one came out. So I felt a bit jealous of my editors and basically of everyone else who was able to hold it before I did: “Neuschweinstein” is the story of how I went on a trip around Europe with a Chinese tour group. I wanted to […]

July 30th, 2016

The Wheel – start in Khorgas

By loading the map, you agree to Google’s privacy policy.Learn more Load map Always unblock Google Maps Finally I was back on The Longest Way, this time setting off at the border of China and Kazakhstan, the place where I had stopped walking the last time four years ago. Here’s how it came to pass. […]

July 31st, 2003

Walk from Paris to Bad Nenndorf

This is the diary I kept during my walk from Paris to Bad Nenndorf in Germany in the hot summer of 2003. I started out with my buddy Knarf and with Puk, the family dog. Knarf had to leave us after about a week, so Puk and me continued on our own. It took us 23 […]

March 19th, 2015

Three years of presentations

Plzen, Czech Republic. This was the last one for now. And it was a good one. In the last three years, I have traveled to cities in Germany, Switzerland, Italy, China and the Czech Republic, and I have given more than 30 presentations in 3 different languages. The presentations were always about the same topic: The […]

June 18th, 2012

My first coffee table book “China Zu Fuß”

This one is also in German. I wrote it at the same time as I did “The Longest Way”, because I felt that it was important to tell the story in two different ways. Here’s the difference: while “The Longest Way” is raw and personal at times, this one is more about the aesthetic aspects of the journey. […]

November 11th, 2015

Kyrgyzstan photos in a book

Yay, some of my photographs from Kyrgyzstan have made it into a book! It is called “Abenteuer” (“Adventure”), and it is a coffeetable book produced by the guys from the European Outdoor Film Tour and National Geographic. Let me tell you one thing though: the other people portrayed in this book are so awesome, to be featured […]