Around the World

16 January – 27 September 2018

Around the world, stop by stop.

We left Zürich with two backpacks and returned 255 days later. Between those dates: unfamiliar roads, island flights, overnight buses, a campervan called Sir Maui and more border crossings than we could count without a map.

This is the route as we recorded it during the journey.

255days away
104recorded stops
23countries and territories
96,394kilometres travelled

The long way home

Zürich to Zürich

The line follows the major legs of our recorded route. The complete 104-stop chronology appears below.

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The original travel record

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This is the route exactly as we tracked it in 2018, including the individual steps and travel legs.

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The full itinerary

104 stops in 255 days

January 2018

  1. ZürichSwitzerland
  2. Bangkok, ThailandThailand
  3. Chiang Mai, ThailandThailand
  4. Surat ThaniThailand
  5. Koh Phangan, ThailandThailand
  6. Ko TaoThailand

February 2018

  1. Surat ThaniThailand
  2. Kuala LumpurMalaysia
  3. Kota KinabaluMalaysia
  4. SandakanMalaysia
  5. Kota KinabaluMalaysia
  6. Kuala LumpurMalaysia
  7. Nusa Dua, BaliIndonesia
  8. Ubud, BaliIndonesia
  9. SeminyakIndonesia

March 2018

  1. Kuala LumpurMalaysia
  2. Luang PrabangLaos
  3. Bangkok, Don Mueng AirportThailand
  4. YangonMyanmar (Burma)
  5. New BaganMyanmar (Burma)
  6. MandalayMyanmar (Burma)
  7. MumbaiIndia
  8. AmritsarIndia
  9. JalandharIndia
  10. LudhianaIndia
  11. RajpuraIndia
  12. LudhianaIndia
  13. ChintpurniIndia
  14. DharamshalaIndia
  15. LudhianaIndia

April 2018

  1. New DelhiIndia
  2. BagdograIndia
  3. DarjeelingIndia
  4. GangtokIndia
  5. Bagdogra AirportIndia
  6. New DelhiIndia
  7. LudhianaIndia
  8. Chandigarh International AirportIndia
  9. BangkokThailand
  10. ManilaPhilippines
  11. BoracayPhilippines
  12. CoronPhilippines
  13. El NidoPhilippines
  14. Mactan-Cebu International AirportPhilippines
  15. OslobPhilippines
  16. Cebu CityPhilippines
  17. ManilaPhilippines

May 2018

  1. GuamGuam
  2. SaipanNorthern Mariana Islands
  3. RotaNorthern Mariana Islands
  4. GuamGuam
  5. OsakaJapan
  6. KyotoJapan
  7. OsakaJapan
  8. CairnsAustralia
  9. Port DouglasAustralia
  10. AthertonAustralia
  11. Undara Volcanic National ParkAustralia
  12. Mission BeachAustralia
  13. TownsvilleAustralia
  14. Alva Beach ParkAustralia
  15. Airlie BeachAustralia
  16. Hook Island ReefAustralia
  17. Airlie BeachAustralia
  18. ClairviewAustralia
  19. YeppoonAustralia
  20. Kippel IslandsAustralia
  21. YeppoonAustralia

June 2018

  1. BundabergAustralia
  2. Hervey BayAustralia
  3. Noosa HeadsAustralia
  4. Surfers ParadiseAustralia
  5. Byron BayAustralia
  6. KingscliffAustralia
  7. Tweed HeadsAustralia
  8. Brisbane AirportAustralia
  9. NoumeaNew Caledonia
  10. Port VilaVanuatu
  11. Tanna, Mt. YasurVanuatu
  12. Tanna, Mt. YasurVanuatu
  13. Port VilaVanuatu
  14. NadiFiji
  15. Pacific HarbourFiji
  16. NadiFiji
  17. ApiaSamoa

July 2018

  1. AucklandNew Zealand
  2. RarotongaCook Islands
  3. AitutakiCook Islands
  4. RarotongaCook Islands
  5. TahitiFrench Polynesia
  6. Bora BoraFrench Polynesia
  7. Avatoru, RangiroaFrench Polynesia
  8. Tiputa, RangiroaFrench Polynesia
  9. TahitiFrench Polynesia
  10. Easter IslandChile

August 2018

  1. SantiagoChile
  2. ValparaísoChile
  3. SantiagoChile
  4. PanamaPanama
  5. Mexico CityMexico
  6. VancouverCanada

September 2018

  1. WinnipegCanada
  2. VancouverCanada
  3. ZurichSwitzerland

Route source: our original Polarsteps journey.

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