The Journey
A father and son roll out of Sydney on an old Vespa, heading for Italy the long way.
Timor, Malaysia, Thailand, Laos, China, Nepal, the Stans, the Caspian Sea, the Caucasus and the Balkans. Then Trieste. Home.They travel with only what they can carry. No convoy. No excess. Just a road, a map, and the momentum of a promise.This is a story about connection and courage.
A reminder that home isn’t a place; it’s something you build as you move.
THE RIDERSMario Gabrieli
Mechanic, barista, father.
A man who believes old machines run best when treated with respect.
Riding to reconnect with the country that shaped his family.Leonardo Gabrieli (11)
Curious, steady, stubborn in the best way.
Learning the world through back roads, small towns and the stories of the people they meet.
THE VESPA1976 Vespa Primavera ET3
Restored by hand. Built for small roads and big distances.
Its two wheels carry the weight of a family history and the hope of returning it home.It’s more than transport. It's the third character in this story.
THE ROUTESydney → Timor → Indonesia → Malaysia → Thailand → Laos → China → Nepal →
Tajikistan → Uzbekistan → Turkmenistan → Caspian Sea → Azerbaijan → Armenia →
Georgia → Türkiye → Balkans → Trieste.A slow line across continents.
A pace that forces attention and rewards patience.See the full route
WHY WE’RE FILMING THISThis journey began as a family connection.
It will become a documentary about the fragile threads that bind us: culture, identity, fatherhood, memory.It’s also a meditation on slow travel and what becomes visible when you move through the world without rushing past it.We’re capturing moments as they happen. Real, unscripted, often chaotic, always human.
FOR PARTNERS & SUPPORTERSDue Caschi is independently produced.We collaborate with partners who care about the real work: authenticity, craft, sustainability and, most of all, people. Those who understand the road ahead, resonate with the mission, and carry a story of their own.If your brand is built on integrity and purpose, we’d like to talk.Request Media Deck
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Our Sponsors
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Keeping us going on the road with spare partsScooter Meccanica
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Notes from Leonardo's POV
Painin
Spoken by Leonardo, drafted by his motherToday we went to a beach area in Painin. At the start it seemed nice. There was a big park or square with electric bikes you could rent. We rode up a hill and there were teenagers doing wheelies and even 8-year-olds riding Vespas. It felt a bit crazy.The cats and dogs made me sad. Some of the cats looked very sick. The female cats looked healthy but the male cats were really damaged. Their faces had lots of scars because they fight. The dogs also looked harmed. I saw a hairless dog which I had never seen before.Mario got very sunburnt today. He looks like a pill. One side of him is red and the other side is white. His legs are red but the part under his shorts is white. His hands are also strange. The top of his fingers are brown but underneath they are still white.Ilario was given a ring as a gift. They said it had a lion’s tooth in it. I thought it did not look like a tooth at all. It looked like a peanut. We were stuck in a restaurant when it started to rain and we joked that if we didn’t get any food we could always eat the peanut in the ring.Painin is a strange place. Never come here if you want to walk around quietly. Everyone asks for photos with us. It is impossible to walk anywhere.The weirdest thing that happened today was when a Due Caschi follower recognised us from Instagram, they helped us buy tickets for the games at the arcade, then stayed with us while we played.Travelling is strange.