Victoria
vickrepetto@hotmail.comWas born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, on October 24th, 1971. Her travel disease started in South America during trips to Brazil and to Bolivia and Peru. After finishing her studies in Communication Sciences in 1996, she stuffed a big bag-pack and in Jan. 1997 flew to the US and on to Europe. Five months later, she met Reto in Athens and joined him by car through the Middle East. She returned home from Pakistan, just to save money to meet Reto again eight months later in India. After staying for some months in Singapore, she retuned home and started publishing, mainly travel articles, in La Nacion newspaper from Buenos Aires. At the end of 1999 she moved with Reto to Switzerland, where she still lives, and now works in the reinsurance industry. After the trip through Africa she went back to her previous job.
Reto
Was born in Zurich, Switzerland, on December 14th,1970. Having grown up in several countries, his travel disease started early on. He specially enjoyed the safaris during his time in Kenya, when he was a teenager. He moved to Switzerland in 1987 where he finished school and did several commercial educations. He has worked in the travel industry, mainly for airlines since 1991. In 1996 he was ready to fulfill a dream: drive to Singapore with his car. The trip started in 1997 and finished in May 1999. He met Victoria on the way and lives with her in Zurich since. After the trip through Africa he went back to his previous employer.