Michael was born in Bavaria in 1987, BMW’s are in his
blood. His first ‘international’ overland adventure was
in a BMW 5 series around southern Africa. A seed was
sown; BMW’s and travel … it seemed perfect.
Two and a half years ago Michael decided it was time
to make a move, and with a fair idea he started riding
toward India aboard the 20-year-old R100.
“I decided to embark on a world trip with my motorcycle,”
he grins.
“Leaving Germany in October 2017, I first wanted to
reach India,” Michael explains that the sub-continent has
always fascinated him; an engineer by trade, perhaps a
hippy at heart. He was following that well-travelled path
on a ‘hippy’ pilgrimage.
Two months and 12,000 kilometres later, the BMW and
Michael crossed the border from Pakistan into India.
“As I walked the first few metres in the greatest democ-
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