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November 10, 2009

http://goodnews.ws/ What can you do with a savings of around US $ 50,000? Take a bicycle and travel the world. Sounds crazy? Well, Japanese national Daisuke Nakanishi, now 39, has been doing just ...

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What can you do with a savings of around US $ 50,000? Take a bicycle and travel the world. Sounds crazy? Well, Japanese national Daisuke Nakanishi, now 39, has been doing just that for the past 11 years! Hes been globetrotting with seven bags, which contain a makeshift tent, sleeping bag, cooking equipment, utensils, clothes, spareparts, tools and many other necessary items.Nakanishi was in the city on Wednesday, after covering 1,42,700 km and 121 countries. He plans to leave for Maldives soon, then proceed to Sri Lanka and many more countries, before ending his trip by the year-end. ``My mother is worried about me and wants me to come back home (in Osaka). He had started the trip on July 23, 1998, from Alaska. North America, South America, Europe, parts of South East Asia, Australia and Africa have been covered. He toured the Americas twice. Nakanishi is in India for the second time. ``I covered North India first and then went to Nepal. Now I am here to see South India, he said. In fact, he had pedalled through India as a university student. India was among the 20 countries he visited during the course of his five trips outside Japan then.Nakanishi started riding a bicycle as a young boy and it became a passion to such an extent that he enjoyed finding new routes with new landscapes. ``It was my dream to travel around the world and make many friends, he said.After graduating in economics, he worked at a construction company. With the savings, embarked on his dream journey. The cup of memories of the 11-year-old trip simply runneth over. On the one hand, Nakanishi saw hospitality at its best in South America, met big names like Edmond Hillary, Pele, Heinz Stucke (the Guinness world record holder for pedal cycling around the world), Jimmy Carter and Lech Walesa (former president of Poland) and became honorary citizen of Cajamaruca in Peru, of Paznia, Bolivia, of Upata, Venezuela and of Chisinau, Moldova. He has records and photographs to testify to all that. He fell ill on many occasions, the serious one being contracting malaria while touring Kenya. In Russia, rains tested him a lot. In Namibia, he had a narrow escape from hyenas. The Brazilian headache was professional thieves. The experience in Georgia was terrible. ``Usually, before I go to a country, I collect all information related to the place. Unfortunately, I couldnt do so before going to Georgia and so was caught up in the war. He had to abandon trips to Iraq, Algeria and Congo due to the problems there. And he is disappointed that he was not granted visa to enter Libya and Saudi Arabia. India has troubled him with bad roads and traffic jams. ``Motorists always honk the horns, which is very disturbing. So, how did the savings last all these years? ``I carry the tent with me. And, even if I have to stay in a lodge or hotel, I opt for the cheapest one. I dont spend much, he said. And whenever there was shortage of money, Nakanishi looked for new ways of making money. ``I started selling my stories, my photographs and my experiences, he has noted down on his website www.daisukebike.be, which was created for him by Adriaan van Nijendaal, whom he met in Belgium. Through the website, Daisuke has been able to raise some cash. The dream to travel has now taken shape into a mission. His website says: ``It is my wish to contribute to world peace by making friends all over the world. If everyone would be each others friend, there would be no place for conflict and war. I figure that my contribution to world peace will be to make one million friends. Once he is back home, Nakanishi hopes to write a book and also to take his experiences to schoolchildren.Read the full story »
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