The Longest Way 1.0 - walk through China and grow a beard! - TIMELAPSE

Walking for a year from Beijing toward Ürümqi, a German traveller photographs himself along the way as his hair and beard grow wild, compressing 4,500 km of China into five minutes.

The viral timelapse classic: a year-long walk across China unfolds on one man's ever-changing face and growing beard.

In 2008, I walked through China - 1 year, 4500km. I let my hair and my beard grow. This is the resulting video. UPDATE: ▶ I have since finished walking all the way home to Bad Nenndorf in Germany. Working on a new video

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