Dawid Andres (born 7 January 1981) is a television personality, traveler, and a lorry driver. He is best known as the host of the travel documentary series '' 18 Wheels Across America'' (2017–2022), in which he drives in a

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through the United States.

Biography

Dawid Andres was born on 7 January 1981 in

Gorzów Wielkopolski Gorzów Wielkopolski (), often abbreviated to Gorzów Wlkp. or simply Gorzów (formerly ), is a city in Geography of Poland, western Poland, located on the Warta, Warta River. It is one of the two principal cities and seats of the Lubusz Voivodes ...

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, where he grew up. In his youth, he wanted to travel the world. To do so, he quit university and began working on international passenger ships. Later, he emigrated to the United States, where he began working as a lorry driver. There he also met his wife. In 2015 and 2016, Dawid Andres and his half-brother Hubert Kisiński crossed South America on mountain bikes and home-made

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s. They began their journey in

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, from where they have biked through

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, to

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, Peru. There, on the

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lake, they switched onto the hydrocycles and traveled to

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, Peru, via rivers, which eventually merged into the Amazon River. They traveled alongside it across Brazil, ending their journey on the Atlantic Ocean near

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. The trip took about 6 months, and they are assumed to be the first to cross the Amazon River on hydrocycles. For their accomplishment, they won the

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award in the "best feat" category, at the All-Poland Traveler, Sailor and Mountaineer Meetings in

Gdynia Gdynia is a city in northern Poland and a seaport on the Baltic Sea coast. With an estimated population of 257,000, it is the List of cities in Poland, 12th-largest city in Poland and the second-largest in the Pomeranian Voivodeship after Gdańsk ...

, Poland, the largest annual traveler festival in Europe. At the ceremony, Andres was noticed by television producers, who proposed him his own television programme. This led to him hosting the TVN and Discovery Channel Poland travel documentary series '' 18 Wheels Across America'', aired from 2017 to 2022. In the show, he is driving a

across the United States. He also hosted its several spin-off miniseries: ''18 Wheels Across Route 66'' (2019), ''18 Wheels Across Vietnam'' (2019), ''18 Wheels Across Indonesia'' (2019), ''18 Wheels Across Africa'' (2020), ''Ciężarówką przez RPA'' (2023), and ''Ciężarówka przez Australię'' (2024). He also hosted a travel documentary series ''Na tropie dzikich zwierząt'' airing from 2021 to 2023.

Private life

Andres is married and has children. His wife is American of Filipino descent. He lives in

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, United States.

Filmography

Television programmes

* 2017–2022: '' 18 Wheels Across America'' * 2019: ''18 Wheels Across Route 66'' * 2019: ''18 Wheels Across Vietnam'' * 2019: ''18 Wheels Across Indonesia'' * 2020: ''18 Wheels Across Africa'' * 2021: ''Dawid Andres z buta'' * 2021–2023: ''Na tropie dzikich zwierząt'' * 2023: ''Ciężarówką przez RPA'' * 2024: ''Ciężarówka przez Australię''

References

External links

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on

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