Today we talk with Frank W. Grosse-Oetringhaus, "The Best Travelled Man on Earth". Frank, could you tell us something about yourself? I am 73 and I started travelling when I was 15. I was brought up in Hamburg, and my father handed me a train ticket to England...
Q: Nina, in May 2014 you published your book entitled, in German 'Die Ländersammlerin', i.e. literally translated 'The female Country collector'. Do you see yourself then mainly as a country collector, or is that just one aspect of your travel self? Regarding...
Q: Slawek, you are half Kenyan and half Polish. What elements of these two very different cultures do you find in yourself? Has this mix helped you travel more, do you think? How? It is true that I have spent some of my childhood in Poland and some in Kenya and...
Q: Sele, what do you search for on your trips? What do you expect to find when you leave your home to discover the world? When I travel, I look for these moments that will always be among the happiest in my life. We don't travel only to places; we travel to those...
Q: Bruno, do you believe you were born a traveler or did you develop into one? I don't think people are born as travelers; over time we develop interests, and we – those born in the rich world - are lucky enough to be able to follow up on those interests. In my case,...
Q: James, tell us something about yourself and your background. How did your interest in travel come about? After multiple trips to East Asia, South Asia and the Middle East I become fascinated with Central Asia. A region where cultures, cuisines and people that a new...
Q: Pablo and Elena are a Spanish couple on the road the last 7 years, with only some stops to earn some money and visit the family. Since February they have been travelling Asia. Where are you right now and what route did you follow? Well, right now we are writing...
Q: Artemy, tell us something about yourself. I was born and grew up in Moscow. I am a designer, blogger and traveller. In terms of design, I have a Russian design studio that builds websites, corporate identity and industrial design. I have a blog, where I write about...
Q: Phillips, can you start by explaining your name? My name has been a family tradition for 8 or 9 generations, it was my ancestor's business partner's surname and since then it has alternated between a first and middle name for every male in the family. So my son's...
Q: Helmut Lent is one of the few travellers who has made it to all 193 UN members. So, this mild-mannered traveller from Berlin is one of the best travelled Germans... Helmut, tell us something about yourself. I am sixty years of age. I was born in Hanover, have a...
Q: JoAnn, tell us something about yourself. I grew up in Eastern Colorado and was always interested in travel but when I was young that involved mainly neighbouring states, and road trips to the mountains. My family didn’t have the resources for big trips. After I got...
Q: Dominique, tell us something about yourself. I was born near Lyon in 1951 and started my studies there, then in Paris, and then I had two years in the United States before returning to start my job in France, primarily in the oil industry. I first travelled with my...