Three months...

出発までの残り時間： 3 months

Three months to get everything settled and together: money, maps, schedules, supplies, permissions, visas. As of right now, I'm planning to travel with Love, my mountain bike of one year (and future companion for at least one more). We'll have to do at least one preactice run, probably a trip up to Fukuyama to visit my friend Dan. I'll have to get in shape and study the climate and terrain of the areas I'm heading for. Boat policies for transporting boys and their mountain bikes. Fees.

今まで、目的地のリストをとても長く考えているけど、実際にすべて行けるかどうかを確実するぐらいものだね。行けば行くほどといった決意だ。問題になる可能性が高いのは（いつでものことだけど）、お金と時間の節約だね。どっちも注意して使わなければ、お旅の最中に困難が発生して間違いない。

Here's my list for the time being:

- South Korea
- Japan: Okinawa
- Taiwan
- China: Hong Kong (?)
- Vietnam
- Cambodia
- Thailand
- Laos (?)
- India
- Nepal
- China: Tibet Autonomous Region
- China: Qinghai
- China: Gansu
- China: Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region (?)
- Mongolia
- Russia (?)
- Ukraine (?)
- Turkey

- Greece
- Italy
- France
OR
- Germany
- Sweden

- Britain
- Wales
- Ireland
- Canada: Newfoundland
- Canada: Quebec
- USA: Minnesota

This might not be exhaustive. On the other hand, it might not be realistic either. But one can never really know what they can do until they try. Success or failure only exists in afterthought. The promise is what brings things into Creation, and is thus the only thing that really matters. Here's to the nomad's promise, the nomadic eclectic.