DR. V: AN EXTRAORDINARY JOURNEY

According to the Contract signed with French Tourism Association, the distance of km would be travelled on foot in 6 years, but Dumitru Dan had already travelled km until 1st of April , being forced to interrupt his journey due to World War I and the impossibility of traveling through the areas and the countries who were in conflict. During their journey, 2 members of the Romanian team died and the third member abandoned in the USA.

Knew how to play the harmonic, spoke fluently Greek and Turkish and was a student of the Conservatory. He died intoxicated with opium at the sumptuous palace of a rich Rajah from Mumbai. Knew how to play the reed, spoke fluently Ukrainian and Russian and Turkish and was a student of the Faculty of Geography.

He fell into a pit in the Nan - Ling Mountains from China, suffering numerous fractures and internal lesions that proved to be fatal. Knew very well how to play the flute, spoke fluently Hungarian and German; he abandoned the contest and remained hospitalized for a period in a Sanatorium from Jacksonville City Florida , since he contacted a severe polyarticular rheumatism during the difficult route: Siberia - Bering Strait - Alaska.

His legs were swollen and he experienced severe pain.

Celebrating a remarkable journey

The doctors decided to amputate his legs from the knee down. He taught the Romanian language to the children from the Romanian community from Cleveland for a few months, where he was hosted and received medical care until his death. Was the fifth member of the expedition; he was a small dog of a few months, tiny and black, a shepherd that they took with them in Meanwhile, the friendly and intelligent shepherd grew and was "approximately the size of a sheep".

Since he was black as coal, they named him Harap. Harap carried their luggage through Alaska, helped them escape from several dangerous situations and wild animal attacks. He would accompany Dumitru Dan everywhere he went, including to the authorities for obtaining the necessary visa "and Harap and I would wander through the city, through the port, to obtain the visa and autographs from the authorities, etc".

He would signal any imminent danger and he carried our sleigh full of food and luggage on ice through Siberia and the Bering Strait. Dumitru Dan remembers this dog with love: On 17 July , in India, the group were invited to the palace of the Rajah of Bombay. After sharing a meal there, the walkers went in group to purchase supplies for their journey in town. Alexandru Pascu remained to tell the Rajah about their adventures to that point. His companions returned to find Pascu and their hosts had indulged in and passed out from opium.

Although their hosts felt Pascu would likely recover, he never woke. He died as a result of opium poisoning and was buried in India.

George Negreanu died two years into the voyage, when the then trio were crossing a narrow mountain pass in the Nanling Mountains in China. In a brief rain during which they were forced to feel their way with canes, Negreanu - at the head of the group - fell onto rocks from a sharp precipice. By the time medical care was found, Negreanu was dead.

Several years earlier, he had wounded his legs during the more than km walk across Alaska coming from China and Siberian Russia on the route Kotzebue, Fairbanks, Anchorage, Yakutat, Gustavus, Skagway and Juneau, and he developed gangrene. Advised by doctors to stop, he remained in Florida with the dog Harap. Subsequently, both of his legs were amputated, but it was not sufficient to save him. In May , he died. Dumitru Dan was forced to put his trip on hold due to the outbreak of World War I, but he completed his voyage by The value of the prize was substantially diminished, given inflation over 15 years and from the War.

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According to a Romanian news article, it had been worth about , Euros in , but was only worth 40, at the time it was awarded. He crossed five continents over three oceans, through 76 countries and over 1, cities, wearing out pairs of shoes. In , his record was entered into the Guinness Book. The young Romanians travelled wearing the Romanian flag over their national costumes and wore sandals. They broke pairs of sandals and 28 national costumes.

The Journey of the four Romanian students started on 1 April , at Bucharest, on a rainy weather and would carry them along the meridians of the globe, meeting at the beginning of the XXth century various notable figures, cultures and populations. The four travelers faced all kind of amusing and dangerous situations.

All four of us were dressed in national costumes and wore sandals, being accompanied by our faithful companion Harap. We left Bucharest behind and headed for Ploiesti — Brasov on foot. In order to financially support themselves, they held small conferences and shows, interpreting Romanian poems, songs and dances in all the great cities and capitals of the world. The shows were often accompanied by musical instruments, such as bagpipe, jews, harmonica, pipe, flute, reed. In order to attend the contest organized in the French capital, the young Romanians prepared for 6 months in an intense manner.

They studied the route, the climate, the oceans and the seas, the populations, the food, the currencies. French, English, Spanish, Portuguese and Italian. They set the route according to the evolution of the seasons, in order to avoid winter. They learned Romanian songs and dances. They equipped themselves with backpacks, canes, clothes, guns, cameras, spectacles, musical parts, small musical instruments, flashlights, electrical or carbide lamps.

Their journey through Africa was very difficult. The tropical heat would burn their faces and the sand would burn their feet. The sandals modified their shape because of the excessive heat and they were advancing with great difficulty. Under the burning sun rays, they walked for 18 days through the Arab and Syrian desert, on the edge of Sahara. At small periods, a sandstorm would occur, blocking their way and burying them even up to their waists. Water was missing almost permanently and the supplies were quickly coming to an end.

A caravan or an oasis that offered them more supplies could be found at large distances.

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Without being used to this sort of temperatures, the Romanian travelers were subject to extraordinary efforts. The journey took them through savage places, forests and places that were hard to reach. The Globetrotters faced some less pleasant "encounters", even some dangerous encounters with wild beasts. During the night, when we slept in trees, the monkeys would come and attack us with tangerines, oranges, coconuts and even pieces of wood. They were so many that we had to use the firework machine in order to scare them away.

We also fought other creatures here, such as the rattle snake, flying lizards that would immediately change their color and the hamadryad, a bigger and more dangerous boa constrictor. We had our own defense methods for each category of wild beast. We were often stopped by land elevations that could not be passed and had to be avoided in order to continue our journey.

One night we could not find a village to rest. But the night and the fatigue forced us to set camp each in one tree. We set the hammocks well tied to the trees. But we could not sleep because of the wild beast that howled all night. Every once in a while, a fruit that would fall from a tree would make us shiver and quickly reach for our guns. Sometimes we would sleep in hammocks, in full daylight and we would see their shadows under the trees. We would stay still, being careful not to make any noise.

Many times we would wait for the daylight without closing an eye all night. We had special beds made of net and hammocks. The skin from their hands had started to peel because of the frost, despite the fact that they wore furred gloves. Their supplies were completely frozen, especially the meat, which could only be cut with an axe. The snow cyclones covered them in snow up to their knees, sometimes even up to their waists and the only way they could create a path to move forward was with a small shovel.

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