World Tour in English

Only available from the author (see address below). Price: € 20 (sending cost excluded)

I, André Brugiroux, who European newspapers have called " the Marco Polo of the modern times " am the author of a best-selling book in french, " the Earth Is but One Country ", which describes my epic journeys of discovery and adventure that took me through 135 countries and 400. 000 km over an 18 year period. Book printed now in English by Oneworld (U - K) under the title : " ONE PEOPLE, ONE PLANET ".

At the age of 17, I left Paris with 10 francs in my pocket to realize a childhood dream of touring the world : not as a tourist, but rather as a student of mankind. After some years in Europe where I learned five languages, and in Canada to arrange financing, I set out to re-discover the world.

As a hitchhiker on every conceivable type of transportation, living for the most part on a dollar-a-day for six years, I covered America from end to end, the Pacific Islands, The Far East, Trans-siberia, the Middle East, India, Iran and all of Africa.

I also made a FILM ( I narrate myself in English ) of this odyssey with my visit to Alaska at minus 45°, the Australian desert at plus 50°, to the head-hunters of Borneo, the bonzes in Bangkok, an ashram in India, a Kibbutz in Israel and a jail in Bolivia ( where I was mistaken for one of Che Guevarra's guerillas ) among many others.

I slowly reached the conclusion, as a result of my experiences with so many of the world's people, that, as the title of my book puts it, " the earth is but one country ". In Alaska, I encountered the Baha'i Faith, a world community dedicated to achieving the unity of the human race, and embraced its tenets. In 2004, I finally visited my last territory : the kingdom of Mustang (in the Himalayas). It took me altogether 50 years to realize my childhood dream : to see all countries and territories of the world.

This film-conference is now available as a DVD

Price: 20 € (sending cost excluded)

To order the book, any lecture or the DVD, contact: andre.brugiroux(at)sfr.fr

2005: travelling continues for André. Here, on top of Elbrus (highest peak in Europe) - Russia.

See André Brugiroux in Wikipedia

2005: Brugiroux completed his dream of seeing the whole world by watching polar bears at Churchill bay, Manitoba (Canada).
2007: André celebrates his 70th birthday on the island of Socotra (Yemen) with Tahar Slimani, author of this website, Jorge Sanchez (who classified André as the most travelled living man on earth) and Dario Gil and family (grand travellers).
He then visited Somaliland in Africa (his country n° 250).
2008: He finally enjoyed the last forbidden kingdom: Saudi Arabia.
2009: In Siberia, he went down the Lena river and drove along the road of bones from Yakutz to Magadan with the greatest travellers on earth.
2010: Okavango expedition in Botswana
2011: in December André visited the recently-born country of South Sudan (n° 251).
His dream is therefore totally fulfilled: to see all countries and territories of the world.
2014: André participated at the Dubaï Travelers' Festival in the Emirates.
2015 : The Adventure Travel Film Festival in Mill Hill (UK) as the guest of honor.
2016 et 2018 : The Adventure Travel Show in the Olympia of London (UK).

Also see André Brugiroux in Wikipedia :

- Français
- English
- Español
- Deutsch
- Italiano
- Esperanto
- Русский

And other sites:
-Thaïlande

- Português

Para obtener el libro,
puede ponerse en contacto con andre.brugiroux(ats)sfr.fr

- €18 (más envio)

LA TIERRA ES UN SOLO PAÍS

¿La vuelta al mundo? Ayer, con los medios de la época, era una hazaña. Hoy basta con unas pocas horas de avión y de hotel climatizado pero viajando así, ¿qué se ve?

Sólo imágenes superficiales en los puntos de llegada. Se puede dar la vuelta al mundo pero ¿quién puede decir que conoce el mundo?

André Brugiroux aspiraba a ello y a mucho más: dar la vuelta al Hombre para entender la clave del nacimiento de las civilizaciones, averiguar si algún día la paz en el mundo sería posible y el sentido profundo de la vida.

Apodado el “Marco Polo de los tiempos modernos”, el autor abandonó Francia en 1955 con 17 años y 10 francos en el bolsillo para lanzarse en un épico viaje alrededor del mundo que habría de llevarle durante 18 años a algunos de los parajes más remotos de la tierra recorriendo 400.000 km en autoestop con 1 dólar al día.

vease el website: www.latierraesunsolopais.com

WORLD TOUR IN ENGLISH/ESPAñOL