"Sjaak did not have much money." "But he did have a plan." "And that plan was simple." "Grab a motor, load up as much as possible on stuff..." "And go ride, ride and ride more." "What he has been through." "This is not so much..." "A story about a man on an adventure." "It's a life story." "A film about the world." "He is an ambassador for themselves..." "For countries, adventure and the free spirit." "He decided to go his own way and do what he wanted." "But Sjaak has an eye for the environment..." "For people, for details." "For stories, adventures and little things..." "And that he takes back." "If you encounter in daily life Sjaak ..." "He would not even notice." "But if he is in his element, he stands for something." "I do not work to a climax" "I let everything come over me." "I enjoy it..." "Dream about what I want." "I am a real dreamer." "I follow my heart." "So I put together." "I do not know what to expect..." "And that is precisely the fun of traveling." "I come from a small European country." "The village Maashees." "On the River Mans, one of the three largest rivers in the Netherlands..." "And where I come from." "My father cultivated vegetables and we had pigs." "The family farm Lucassen" "My parents knew right away that I was different from others." "They just did not know why." "Like everyone else, I think about it." "Still a bit different." "Maybe a little different than another..." "But he had everything under find and experience everything." "He was quite another when others..." "Who went his own way." "Yes." "Had his own ideas, own views..." "Quite something else as the average brother." "In school they called me a rebel." "I was often expelled from school by the teachers ..." "Because I did not do what they said." "And that's a recurring theme..." "The rest of my life." "I do not take orders." "I want to live my own life." "I have worked for a potato trader." "He ​​also had land and I did pretty much everything." "I checked the quality of the potatoes in the storage sheds." "The quality of the fields." "I worked in the fields." "I did technical work himself designed machines to prooes faster, cheaper, make it better." "I did everything and I had a good boss." "He knew he should not tell me what to do ." "He knew he..." "He could ask me something." "Like I did the work and as well as possible for him." "Aardappelhandel Bangere Maashees, NL" "Sjaak was a jack-of-all-actually, which was technically..." "Tractor driving, forklift, all..." "Everything he could do anything, elektliciteit..." "Technique and with the hand in the potatoes." "He was a very passionate man..." "If he was busy, he was under stress..." "Then everything had to give way to him, eg staff, drivers..." "If they did not know him, he could actually by his power..." "Sometimes so rough that the staff said:" "What is this grape." "He once told me..." "When he worked at Bangere..." "Do not think, Dad..." "I always work at Bangere stay." "So when that trip was already in his mind." "It was a year before he really went..." "Did he simply said:" "I want a call, I'm going to make a world..." "A year before he left." "There is nothing wrong with a normal job..." "If you are happy with that." "But if it is not, you're wrong." "I led a normal life." "I worked." "Earned money." "But I always wondered what I was doing." "Why am I doing this?" "Why do not I live the life I really want?" "What everyone dreams." "I want to achieve my dreams." "That's exactly what I do." "Wanderlust" "When I was in Europe valence..." "Was the plan, for example, to go to Spain." "'s It." "Left and I could see where I came out." "Morning I looked at the lqaart..." "And thought:" "That looks tortuous out." "I'd like that" "And then I went there." "I did not like it, then I went the other way." "He was always first waldter..." "And he had to wake us up..." "Because after a few beers we were not so early, so..." "We came home late and wanted Sjaak vertreldten at 7:00 am..." "But mostly we went at 11:00." "He always was a better rider than than all of us." "That he still is." "Indeed." "I like to decide for yourself where I'm going." "If you are with a group, Moetje always consider..." "With what the other wants..." "And sometimes I just want to ride all day." "He kept an eye on us." "He ​​was the hawk of the group." "If anyone was missing, he discovered that first." "Then he drove back to see what had happened..." "Or the engine was broken or something." "And after several trips he had seen it here in Maashees." "He always wanted to go away again." "He is a life traveler." "He never stays in the same place" "It was boring me." "Why I wanted to make a long journey." "I always wanted to look at Australia." "It attracted me." "I decided to go there." "I shipped my bike to Sydney in Australia." "I have driven around four and a half month." "When I shipped my bike back to the Netherlands..." "And backpacked by Indonesia." "Indonesia is beautiful, but I hate hiking with a backpack." "I wanted to do on the engine." "I missed the mobile." "Two years after that trip I left" "I quit my job, left free was all I had left..." "And went on a world tour." "It was quite strange, because you leave behind everything." "But it's also fun, because everything is for you." "I was addicted to traveling." "I just wanted to stay on the bike." "And I did so" "He once said:" "He ​​wants all the beautiful places..." "Discover on earth and therefore I think..." "Do that..." "Urge it is to accomplish that." "I searched the countries I wanted to do..." "Drew a line between them and so I started" "I wanted to take our time." "I did not tear through the countries." "I need not say I row to the world." "My first trip was not even about the world, but to the other side and back." "What would I tell..." "Yes, well, we have on world tour... a son" "And that his life is actually a little." "My parents love it I do." "And they are behind me." "And that's fine..." "Because it gives a much more comfortable feeling..." "Then if your parents would not support." "You're more relaxed when you know." "Yes, I felt good." "We have always found good." "Always let go his way what he wanted himself." "I never said that you should not do, or You must do so." "Always let go his own way." "My brother has a motor..." "Although he now not driving." "He knows how I'm made." "I do not know what he was thinking." "I think adventurer blood..." "It is in him." "Due to traveling I live on and I live as I want." "There is nothing I want to show people." "I just want to do certain things..." "Because I want to, just for myself." "I want to achieve something, see something, experience something." "I made the right choice, because I stand behind it." "And if that's the case, everything works." "He came in..." "And he said he had to make a world... the grand plan" "On a supersport bike..." "And not of those things with those studded tires." "We thought that this is just another freak who wanted to do something incredible." "I have a Yamaha R1." "It is a sport model, a 'crotch rocket'." "I have no other name for can think of." "It is a very fast motor..." "Something for a circuit, not for a world tour." "That finding people." "He insisted on the R1." "And we Yamaha..." "Models had much more suitable than the R1." "But Sjaak is a very special person..." "And R1 is a special motor." "I think this is a fine motor..." "Because he is beautiful, makes a nice sound..." "And well through the turns going." "But I went on a world tour, so had to suitcases." "I made them myself, with the help of a few friends." "In the luggage is all fell quite what I need to save me." "Camping equipment, food, tools..." "Spare clothes, a aid kit." "I do not care that the bike has little ground clearance me..." "And that he is not good on rough terrain..." "Because that I want." "Time is my friend." "I do going nowhere fast..." "And the right engine have the right site." "My bike can go almost anywhere." "Not only to the moon." "If you really want to go somewhere, do you also" "It's about how much effort you want to do it." "I do not wear it on a mountain." "But it does not have too." "If there is a way to the mountain is, I take that." "Not, Is that road then I go over the mountain." "I'm sure I made the right choice for myself." "Maybe not for you or anyone else, but for me ." "What you see there, is almost impossible with that engine..." "But he did it." "When crossing a river with a he hangs in cranes." "If you usually do not treat an engine." "Most people pamper their engine..." "So there is almost no scratches on it..." "But he drives and does everything." "He is a good mechanic." "He knows every part of his motorcycle." "He can motor repair as he stands in limbo." "Middle of the desert." "If Sjaak has a problem..." "He sends me an e-mail on my PC..." "And then we try to quench it." "Then we send him an email back..." "And usually we hear nothing more..." "So then the problem is solved." "You must deity and your body monitor..." "And your motorcycle course" "You should make sure..." "So he four, five, six or seven years can continue driving." "It's not just the engine." "But the fact that he goes his own way." "It was actually an easy choice..." "Because I love this engine." "And I follow my heart." "And I think it's important that you follow your heart..." "Supposedly then you make the right slogan." "Sometimes you can make the choice  To escape the daily hassle ... To the bickering behind you" "And freedom to chin." "This is a sport model." "Not suitable for rough terrain." "Some people can be in such a thing is not the Sahara." "Why not? "" ""That just can not."" "I asked:" "Has anyone tried it?" ""No, but it can not."" "That's enough reason for me to try." "One of those guys was laughing at me... even" "And ground me even more determined." "Maybe I should let me drag..." "by a camel" "But I'm the Sahara with that engine." "It was not so difficult." "In the beginning I was stuck." "But then I knew what I had to drive..." "With low tire pressure and speed without dec..." "I was going to try something..." "And I reached speeds of over 150 kilometers per hour." "No one could keep up with me." "These guys said it was not saying, but no one knew." "They had never tried it." "They thought that what others say is true." "I always ask myself." "Why people say it, and correct it?" "Why do they say it?" "Then discover that many things..." "That for granted values ​​adopted are wrong." "One of the things I've learned... way" "Is that you can do everything, if you really want it." "Versus only lonely" "There are two ways only." "One is that you're alone..." "Without anyone else in the neighborhood..." "Quite what was never occurs." "There is always someone, especially if you are alone." "There are always people to you .." "Because they know that you can talk with anyone else." "The threshold is not high." "That's kind of alone." "The other is that you can not make good conversation." "This is a different kind of being alone..." "And do it in the Congo, for example..." "Where you are not alone." "There are a lot of people." "But you just because you can carry all times no call." "I do not think he mind to be alone." "I think he likes it." "If I'm busy with travel, I'm on my way happy." "Then I do not feel lonely." "Absolutely not." "If you have difficulty driving through rugged terrain..." "Your thoughts are working on that." "During my trip I met a girlfriend." "Now she is not my girlfriend..." "Although we still have a lot of contact." "Travelling stood in the way of our relationship." "I had something not previously experienced, but I miss it." "But I can not give up this life." "I wanted along the west coast of Africa." "That was not possible..." "Because there was a civil war raged in Angola." "I also had a bad feeling." "My heart told me that I should not do it." "When I heard about another option..." "But that meant that I had to let go of the plan  To drive to the east coast via the west coast" "Which is very easy." "Because Angola did not feel good, I chose that option." "But I could get a visa for Sudan ." "So I went right back to Angola..." "And drove in that direction." "Way I met two Swiss..." "Suggested that the ability to move." "To Congo" "Although there also was a civil war , I had a good feeling." "I had all the necessary documents for that country and the diamond area." "And there was a warrant for me issued, do not ask me why." "I had done nothing wrong." "I wanted to continue, even if there was no road." "And I knew that there were hardly any roads." "There are reasonably accessible parts." "There are parts where 4-wd's drive..." "But there are also large tracts where they can not drive." "The reason is that trucks driving..." "Making such profound..." "The 4-wd's managed to get stuck." "With a motor do the trick, because you only need a trace." "Then you follow that, but it's hard to drive through ." "I often take the small path..." "Where pedestrians walk..." "And where cyclists ride." "This is also the most freight..." "Transported by Congo, with bicycles." "By two people pushing a bike on those paths." "As I ride my bike." "But some pieces go straight up..." "And there are paths that I can not, but a regular bike though." "Then I create a bridge or something else." "I have to sail in hollowed tree trunks." "It is very difficult." "But that's what makes it interesting." "I broke my toe when I fell..." "And I sprained my ankle very" "When I was a railroad crossing in Congo." "Not one like here." "The two iron bars that's about as high again." "I explained before and behind stone down..." "And the other also" "I rode my bike over the first." "It seemed to go well..." "But when he slipped from the stone..." "And remained hanging on the last..." "On the iron bar, and then he went so." "And believe it or not, there came a." "I stood there with a broken foot and the motor onto the track..." "And I had to pull it off." "I then became very strong." "I pulled it off." "The pain disappeared." "Looking back it was pretty scary." "So it went." "There was no way." "It was a struggle." "Sometimes you 15, drove 20 kilometers in one day." "But I am relaxed, because I do not go anywhere." "If I come today only 15 kilometers away..." "Then so be it." "It does not matter." "Time is my friend." "There is no hurry." "And that gives me a relaxed feeling." "If you are relaxed, you're happy." "Then you're okay." "Now that's traveling." "Not according to a booklet." "Some people say..." "But it was terrible." "You broke your foot." "You sprained your ankle." "The soldiers wanted to arrest you." "There were no roads." "It took three months before you were through." "How can that be good slogan?" "Because I've met." "Some see the obstacles there..." "As a problem..." "But I see them as a part of life, as an experience." "It was exactly what I was looking for." "That was the best part of my trip." "But it was terrible." "Home" "Home." "I'm home." "Home is where I am, where my engine is ." "If home is in the Netherlands, I back to that time." "But I do not stay there." "Sjaak does things that no one else wants to do." "How so has come, I do not know..." "But he went for it." "He loves his motorcycle..." "He worked for about 10, 15, 20 years old in the same place..." "And it does not fit with his life, to stay on the same place." "He is a kind of gypsy." "Someone who wants to draw." "People can go to another house in another city move..." "There and build a home." "I draw every day to another place I call my home." "And when I come back in my hometown..." "Then my engine also "" "so at that moment that my home." "If you've been a long time... in many different places" "It is hard to find a place to go back and stay there." "About three years after I left..." "Is my way of thinking has changed significantly." "At that time I left the word 'home' completely." "I have no idea what is coming, how I feel." "I will feel joy." "Recognition, natural" "I will see that the trees have grown, stuff." "Or that some people still sitting in the same place outside..." "Where they were five years ago." "Outside my family, nothing." "The home feeling no longer exists." "It sounds pretty sad..." "It's over, that these five years of my life warden closed." "But sometimes you need something close to start of something else." "The last Bob" "I started in the Netherlands and I also time to return." "I'm driving south through Europe..." "Crossed the Mediterranean to Morocco..." "The Sahara drawn that was one of my goals..." "Did all western African countries..." "And occasionally a inland." "After the southern part of Africa..." "I went to South America, to every country on the continent." "Central America, North America." "Alaskan I flew to Russia..." "Then to Mongolia, China, Laos, Cambodia, Thailand..." "Thence to the Middle East..." "And I am now." "I'm in Egypt..." "Back in Africa..." "And this is the last country of my trip." "Hereafter we go to Europe soon..." "Because I expected in two weeks back." "At the end of my trip, everything is a little different." "This is exactly what I wanted during my trip..." "Time pressure" "I am now expected back in the Netherlands." "Usually when I'm not here today..." "Or tomorrow or next week." "That does not matter." "I did not expect absolut..." "It would warden... so complicated" "At the end of my trip." "With the date I had in mind, I had two months of play." "But everything was against." "I had about two weeks span in Saudi Arabia." "That in itself was not bad." "But the courier company..." "That had promised to deliver within four days..." "Could not agree within eight days." "But we still had time, so I drove to Jordan." "I visited Petra..." "And tried to get a visa for Syria..." "To return from Egypt through that country." "It did not work." "The time was my enemy." "When I went to Egypt, visited places of interest..." "And then raaide Israel at war with Lebanon..." "And I could not go back through the planned route." "Words by boat from Haifa to Athens in Greece." "No problem." "You will find a company that you can fly... motor" "Makes promises and wonderful but she fails." "The engine is on the 26th." "If you plant something, you know it's wrong." "Why I'm always very flexible..." "And I adapt the plan to succeed try." "But I have no control over these things." "I so terribly to ship or fly like..." "Or whatever if you must leave your bike..." "Because you do not have the things in hand." "I would get my bike back today." "But he is still at the airport in Egypt." "Sjaak in Athens engine in Cairo" "What needs to happen now, I do not know" "Tomorrow we will find a solution." "This is usually not a problem." "Then I fly from one place to another." "We wait until my engine is." "A day more or less, what does it matter?" "But now is the end of my trip fixed." "There are people who expect me at any given time." "Everything goes wrong when the time is no longer your friend." "First time was always my friend, my friend ." "But if there is pressure, it goes wrong." "I do not feel good about." "The solution is there." "You have to find her." "I get one setback after another." "Nothing goes as I had hoped." "Everywhere we are a day late, whatever we do." "My bike is on its way to Greece, to Athens." "He'll come to." "That's not the problem." "I do not." "Get him" "It is weekend, no customs." "I have to wait until Monday." "Whatever I do to receive him before I can not." "So I'm back to myself, completely on my own." "And that's fine, if there is no pressure." "But who is there now." "Time pressure, the pressure to be on time..." "In France, to meet people." "The pressure to be on schedule." "But I think it will succeed." "We are in France and today I crossed the Alps..." "And they are still as beautiful as ever." "Even under all the pressure..." "And with everything I have on my mind..." "I can enjoy..." "Or at least to appreciate the beauty around me." "It always feels good when I'm back on my bike." "But I was so tense by other things..." "I could not enjoy." "I was busy with whether I would come in time." "The other thing that really stood out..." "Was that I kept switching while there was nothing to change." "It all went so smoothly, I thought I could upshift..." "While I drove 100 kilometers per hour." "So hard I usually do not drive." "It's hard to believe that I am so close to home." "There were quite a few people during two stops in the Netherlands." "At last there was a huge group..." "Already stood to applaud." "It was pretty crazy "" "and you go with that people talk... but eventually you need more" "I rode at the head of a large group of bikers... of perhaps more than 100 man" "More than 100 engines reason behind me" "Before you is an ordinary Dutch" "I know well" "Then hit you in mind." "You only see one way" "Then you think all those people" "And then look in your mirror... and you only see headlights engines and they are all there for me ." "So if you look forward or backward... is a world of difference." "In this case, look back as well." "When we arrived in the Netherlands..." "I felt, to be honest, not much." "The close of the official part of the trip at Yamaha..." "Was great." "There was a lot of audience." "There were many people on bikes..." "That the last piece drove along with me..." "And that was very nice" "Thereafter we went to our hometown..." "And when I approached that..." "I saw many recognizable." "Then you realize that you're back, that the journey has ended." "5 years, 5 months, 1 day on the way" "It was a mixture of positive and negative things." "It's nice to see everything..." "But I realized that my trip was over." "Five years, five months and a few days." "I'm not tired." "I am sorry that it's over." "The lock" "We are a herd people" "If someone does something, everybody does it." "And what everyone does, is normally..." "And if you do not do what everyone else does..." "You're not normal, you're different." "He is a little crazy" "Because otherwise you can not make such a trip, then do not do that." "You must be a little crazy." "I do not think Sjaak traveling specify." "He comes back to the Netherlands..." "But not for long." "I think Sjaak's crazy, yes." "But if he wants to, why not?" "He is no ordinary guy..." "Who can drive through the village and ordinary things." "It's a way of life." "A normal life will cost him trouble..." "When he returns from his trip." "Sjaak has no home." "His home is the road." "It is a great adventure." "You need a little crazy to think so, but that is its charm." "I think that it is no longer possible if you..." "Do so over the world wandered 15 years..." "Then have a job, I think, a steady job, a place..." "Not possible, I think" "Travel is your life." "It is my life." "My tent is my home." "If I close my tent zipper, I feel safe..." "Although few between me and the outside world." "But I feel safe." "He wants his way or through drift." "If he has something planned, it will happen." "Hindsight you could say that he was very passionate." "In his work he was 200 percent effort..." "But you had to put him nothing in the way..." "Then you had a problem with that, that is just so." "Follow your heart." "Even if it is sometimes difficult..." "Because when I hear and see where he is going on that engine..." "It seems impossible, but it works fine." "Live." "Live like you want it." "If you really want something, and make work, succeed." "I know that I have to the road, anyway" "I will always keep traveling." "Always follow my heart." "Always." "Special thanks go to all who took the camera in hand and filmed during the trip to those who showed cordiality and friendship shared their home and you make it worth Worth" "11 front tires, rear tires consume 17" "20 times oil change" "12.5!" "liters of fuel" "135 hours of footage recorded" "30,171 kilometers by the production team filmed Sjaak distance" "in man a dream a world" "Sjaak the world"