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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.
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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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