In 1973, Uschi Obermaier fell in love with Dieter Bockhorn, the wealthy owner of a club in Hamburg`s Reeperbahn red-light district. Together, they traveled the world in a customized bus, first spending three years in Asia, then going to Mexico and the U.S. for another three years. In an Interview (Galore, Issue25) Obermaier marked reports that she and Bockhorn had a traditional wedding in every country they traveled in as completely fictitious. They only married once, in India. After ten years their relationship ended abruptly. On New Year`s Eve 1983, Dieter Bockhorn died in a motorcycle accident in Mexico.