My journey, 2010

from:Kanonji City, Kagawa, Japan

to:Seoul, South Korea
then to:Kagoshima, Kagoshima City, Japan
then to:Taipei, Taiwan
then to:Hong Kong, China
then to:Phnum Penh, Cambodia
then to:Vietnam
then to:Bhutan
then to:Kathmandu, Nepal
then to:Chang'an, China
then to:Moscow, Russia
then to:Ukraine
then to:Turkey
then to:Athens, Greece
then to:Rome, Italy
then to:Lyon, France
then to:Cork, Ireland
then to:Sydney, Canada
then to:Quebec, Canada
then to:Sudbury, Canada
then to:Duluth, Minnesota, USA
then to:Deadwood, South Dakota, USA
finally to:Seattle, Washington, USA

(See on Google map here.)

A friend has reminded me to pack a lot of underwear.

It's a tentative plan, and likely to change in time. There's no guarantee, for example, that it won't end in Turkey with me flying 'home' straight to Seattle. ...But I doubt it'll happen that way. I need this time -- not for collecting oodles of "cultural capital" or any of that garbage. I need to see what it is that people are doing "out there." What is it that exists "there" that I'm not getting through 64 bits of news media footage through the internet or television. And is it really that different from what's already "here" (read: me).

Better yet: I'm going to see how far I can go without any planes and using only social networking communities like CouchSurfing.com. Being green and not spending green.

To commence next March.