Could this be a better love story than The Notebook?
This couple have been traveling around the world in their Toyota Land Cruiser for 31 years covering an amazing 692 000 km – and it’s also the world record for the longest journey travelled by a Toyota Land Cruiser.
They first made it in the Guinness World Record books in 1997, when their journey along the globe was first registered. Since then, what was supposed to be a two-year road trip turned into a way of life as the couple from Switzerland (Emil and Lilian Schmid) have never looked back. Starting in 1984, they travelled across 180 countries in the same Toyota Land Cruiser. Believe it or not, they are still on the road.
How it all happened? One day Emil told his wife he’d like to take time off for traveling and he’d like her to join – and it all started on that day. It was 1984 when they left Switzerland for North America and now have covered almost every continent on the planet.
It’s 31 years later and their love as well as their Toyota Land Cruiser are still going strong. The couple is now currently road-tripping in South Africa. If you want to check out their journey, go to their webiste.
(Source: autoevolution.com & worldrekordreise.ch)