Anselm Nathanael Pahnke
Anselm Nathanael Pahnke is a geophysicist from Hamburg, Germany and has traveled the world by bike and with an open eye. The impressions he made will easily last for several lives.

Anselm Nathanael Pahnke is a geophysicist from Hamburg, Germany and has traveled the world by bike and with an open eye. The impressions he made will easily last for several lives.
I was in the Egyptian prison since I tried to cross the Suez Canal with a small ferry. I got captured in the most spectacular way and I had to hand in all my digital media and written correspondence as my fine. I was tracked down by park rangers at the border to the Kongo and had to pay a lot of ransom. Africa is full of adventures but way safer than you would think at the same time. In the end, my steel frame broke, but it could be welded.
Do things for yourself only, not for others. Get inspired and give yourself maximum flexibility, which allows you to live thinking to the future as little as possible. Meaning, plan less and be present. Many riders are in a country and their thoughts are already in the next. Try to experience your travels unbiased. You cannot plan an adventure. Adventure comes to you.
I had my difficulties to trust the freedom. After a regulated life at home, having all new possibilities every day proved more difficult than I thought. Since I never planned to stay away that long, the decision and the goodbye weren’t hard. Coming home means a different set of challenges for me, which is manageable.