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JUSTINE TIBESAR’S EPIC JOURNEY

22,000 Kilometers of Courage: The Journey That Made History

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A PIONEERING SPIRIT

From Luxembourg Farm Girl to Motorcycle Pioneer

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CROSSING CONTINENTS

Three Languages, Three Deserts, One Extraordinary Journey

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MAKING HISTORY

The Woman Who Rode into History: Saigon to Paris, 1931

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22,000

Kilometers traveled from Saigon to Belgium

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10

Countries crossed on her solo journey

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3

Adjacent desert crossings of 1,000km each

Everything is possible, you just have to want it with all your heart, then it succeeds.”

— Quote Justine attributed to Count Ferdinand von Zeppelin

Begin The Adventure
  • Justine Tibesar WAWEC postcard
  • Aloha Wanderwell (left) & Justine Tibesar (right) handing out WAWEC pamphlets from the video titled, "Rare 1920s and 1930s Footage from Aloha Wanderwell Baker." YouTube video timestamps 1:09/4:03 to 1:14/4:03.
  • Justine Tibesar postcard to her brother photo
  • 1930 (L to R) Justine Tibesar Margaret V Hall (Alohas sister) two men then Cap and Aloha Wanderwell
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  • Jan 1932 Justine Tibesar arrives in Turin, Italy holding her ferret on her 1930 FN M70 Belgian motorcycle
  • 1930 April 2 Captain Olga Van Driesk (DRIESSCHE) and Justine Tibesar wearing their WAWEC uniforms in The Tampa Daily Times, Tampa, Florida
  • Justine Tibesar postcard. She is in her Work Around the World Educational Club WAWEC uniform circa 1930 probably Miami, Florida
  • 1932 January - Justine Tibesar with Fabrique Nationale Herstal executives and her 1930 FN M70 Sahara motorcycle following her 22,000 kilometers journey from Saigon to Paris to Liege - Herstal, Liege, Belgium
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First Woman to Complete a 22,000 km Solo Motorcycle Journey from Saigon to Arlon (1931-1932)

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