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World traveler Gunther Holtorf back in Berlin

Dana RegevOctober 10, 2014

For 26 years German Gunther Holtorf was traveling around the world with Otto - a vehicle he refers to as "part of my family." This week he returned to Berlin - as nothing less but a winner.

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Gunther Holtorf is back to Berlin
Image: picture-alliance/dpa/S. Pilick

It was supposed to be an 18-month long adventure in Africa, but has become a lot more than that. 76 year old Gunther Holtorf from Gottingen decided to leave everything behind 26 years ago. He quit his job at Lufthansa and hit the road in a journey that took him around the world.