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Final Dispatch
Dear All,
We made it on time! On July 26, more than 14 months after leaving Germany with our Land Rover, Chiho and I arrived safely back at my parent’s house in Daun. In a ceremony at the local mayor’s office we got married on August 8, 2008.
The wedding was also a great way to end our epic journey through Africa, with our trusted Land Rover performing his last duty of the journey as the official wedding car.
We were exhausted but happy and a little proud when we finally arrived in Germany. In 444 days of constant traveling, we had driven 59.316 kilometers (36,857 miles), and circled almost the entire African continent overland.
The most important thing that remains to be said is that Chiho and I performed this huge undertaking together. Because of my work as a photojournalist we are often separated. I’m never home. To
be able to spend almost an entire year together in Africa was a great gift and
I am convinced that we will remember our travels as one of the happiest times in our lives.
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