Photo: 421adventure/Facebook Aurelie and Doc Marco, both 39 years old, started cycling in April 2018. Four years later, they are still pedaling.
They met in Barcelona, where Aurelie was an event manager and Marco, as he likes to go by, taught English. They married, then set out on their dream voyage.
Their initial plan was just to cycle from Helsinki to Singapore for charity. They dubbed their journey 421 Adventure, which stands for four wheels, two hearts, one world. “That’s probably the best description of our trip,” they say on their website . Photo: 421adventure 45,000km, 32 countries
The husband-and-wife duo has now been on the road for 1,673 days. They have covered 45,000km and passed through 32 countries on their bikes. Ironically, they never made it to Singapore.
Starting in Finland, they have cycled Russia, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Slovakia, Hungary, Romania, Serbia, Bulgaria, Greece, Turkey, Iran, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, China, Pakistan, India, Nepal, Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, Vietnam, Cambodia, and back to Thailand.
Then the pandemic hit and closed borders stopped them from continuing to Malaysia. So they flew back to Europe and spent some time cycling around their home continent. The route so far. Photo: 421adventure.com Friends puzzled
After they had been on the road for one year, some of their friends were puzzled. How long would they continue, and why? But the pair loved their new lifestyle. “Our first year on the road [was] an amazing feeling of freedom, utter control over your life, and happiness,” Marco explained.They admit that […]
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