The Story of the First Around-the-World Airstream Caravan | A 30k Mile Trip Through 30+ Countries

In almost every way, the Around the World Caravan over the course of 1963-64 was astonishing: 105 people in over 40 Airstream travel trailers traveling over 30,000 miles through more than 30 countries.
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What began in Singapore ended 14 months later in Portugal on the shore of the Atlantic Ocean. Journalist Mac Smith was hired to document the trip and brought along his wife Jackie and their three children, Lorie, Judy, and Scott. Mac would go on to write an account of the Around the World Caravan in his 1966 book, Thank You, Marco Polo: The Story of the First Around-the-World Trailer Caravan. Almost 60 years later, the Smith family recounted their incredible experience on the Caravan and the indelible mark it made on each of their lives. Relive the Around the World Caravan through the eyes of the Smith family in our new video.
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