Two Swedes to circumnavigate world on motorbikes

NEW YORK: Two Swedes, one a student and the other a stockbroker, set off from Stockholm this week on a round-the-world motorbike trip during which they plan to raise awareness about United Nations work on behalf of refugees and children.

Highlighting the mission of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees and the UN Children’s Fund, student Marcus Bernestrom, 29, and stockbroker Gustav Roken, 25, plan to ride up neighbouring Norway to northern Scandinavia before heading down through Eastern Europe, across the Middle East and Asia to Japan, from where they will fly to Alaska.

They will then ride down the west coast of the Americas to the southernmost city of Ushuaia and then up to Rio de Janeiro in Brazil. The final leg will take them up through Africa from Cape Town and back across Europe to Sweden - overall covering about 80 countries, where they will visit UNHCR and UNICEF projects.

Asian Tribune