Trip I · 2003-2004Americas & Africa
From New York to Vancouver and down to Tierra del Fuego. Back to Buenos Aires, ship to Cape Town, all across Africa and back home to Zurich.
Jazz & Phil · Switzerland · on two motorcycles
97,000 km of devils & dust 2003–2011
Four trips around the globe. 203 raw diary stories, 1,108 fotos and a GPS pin for every night on the road. Like a live concert: imperfect, but full of soul.
- 50Countries
- 97,000Kilometres
- 203Diary stories
- 1,108Fotos
USACanadaMexicoGuatemalaEl SalvadorHondurasNicaraguaCosta RicaPanamaEcuadorPeruChileBoliviaArgentinaUruguayBrazilSouth AfricaNamibiaZambiaTanzaniaKenyaEthiopiaSudanEgyptJordanSyriaTürkiyeGreeceItalyMonacoFranceSwitzerlandAustriaSlovakiaUkrainePolandLithuaniaLatviaRussiaMongoliaTunisiaIndiaMalaysiaSingaporeThailandLaosAustraliaIndonesia
The logbook
Four trips, four colours
Every trip has its own strip of tape. Follow the colour through stories, fotos and the route map.
Trip I · 2003-2004
Trip II · 2008East to Mongolia
This time starting from home, heading east, way east. Ukraine, Moscow, the Transsib to Novosibirsk and all the way through Mongolia until Ulan Bator.
Trip III · 2009
Trip IV · 2010-2011India to New York
India on a Royal Enfield? Yes! Malaysia, Thailand, Laos and Australia on a KTM competition bike? YesYes! And once again, crossing the USA to go back to where it all started, New York City.
We love exploring the world
Raw, like a live concert
This website is the result of Jazz' and Phil's motorcycle journeys around the globe. Driven by an adventurous curiosity, a hint of naivety, confidence in people and our ability to cope, we explored dozens of countries on all continents, from America to Africa, Europe, Asia and Australia.
Our fotos are far from professional, we always liked them to represent our everyday experiences over some glossy poster images. We wrote over 200 articles en route to entertain our families and friends at home and to free our minds for the next day to come. Influencing wasn't a thing back then, the website justified itself by its existence. It's raw, like a live concert, imperfect but full of emotions. Welcome on theroad!
Stories of the day
From the diary
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Aug 2010 -
Jul 2003 -
Mar 2011
Contact sheet
1,108 fotos, zero filters
GPS logbook
Every night, pinned
We logged every overnight stop: 775 nights, with the place, the accommodation and the kilometres of the day. Zoom from the Salar de Uyuni to a guesthouse in Laos.
- Trip I · Americas & Africa
- Trip II · East to Mongolia
- Trip III · Sahara, Tunisia
- Trip IV · India to New York