The World is Still Smiling

June 8, 2011 2:58 PM

Global Slacker (One Day) (YouTube: One couple's drive across two continents, from Chengdu to Capetown. A compilation video.) Main Site. (Via)

Additional videos from Eoin "Flinnster" Flinn, on Vimeo

Also:
* One Year
* One Glance
* One Line

Root-Stat is a fun volume of statistics about their trips.

posted by zarq (5 comments total)

Well that certainly felt nice...
posted by jim in austin at 4:43 PM on June 8, 2011

Pretty amazing journey; the video said ~280 days and $15k per person in expenses. Not a bad way to spend a year. Looks like it was sponsored by Jeep?
posted by 2bucksplus at 4:51 PM on June 8, 2011

awww, little kids are the same everywhere!
posted by bluesky43 at 4:54 PM on June 8, 2011

That was sweet. I'm jealous.
posted by dejah420 at 7:52 PM on June 8, 2011

I saw the start of that first video and I was all "They drove through Burma, they drove through Burma, Fuck yeah they drove through Burma!!!" But they didn't.

Still, amazing journey, and they seem to have connected with the locals (and actually enjoyed themselves) in a way that many vehicle tourists don't or can't.
posted by Ahab at 9:03 PM on June 8, 2011