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Man Bikes Around the World With $2 in Pocket

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If you think riding the stationary bike at the gym is exhausting, imagine riding your bike 28,000 miles through 37 countries in eight years. Tired yet?

 

Keiichi “Kei” Iwasaki , 36, of Japan began such an adventure when he grew tired of working at his father’s air-conditioning company. ”I thought to myself that ‘My life will soon be over before I do what I want to do!’ so I decided to start this trip,” Iwasaki told the London Telegraph.
Iwasaki left his home in Maebashi, Japan in April 2001 with just 160 yen, around $2, in his pocket with the intention of biking through Japan. He enjoyed the trip so much that he caught a ferry to South Korea. He has since been robbed by pirates and arrested in India, nearly died after being attacked by a rabid dog in Tibet, and narrowly escaped marriage in Nepal.
 
 

 

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Iwasaki’s bikes (he’s on his fifth now; two were stolen and two were broken) have been his main form of transportation throughout the journey. He says he does not want to fly because “I wanted to see and feel everything with my own skin. With bicycle, I can always feel the air and atmosphere of the place.”  
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, other than the occasional ferry, the only time he did not ride his bike or walk was when he used a hand rowboat. He first used a rowboat to travel from the source of the Ganges River in India to the sea, a distance of over 800 miles that took him 35 days. Iwasaki decided to also row the Caspian Sea when he was passing by and “I just wondered ‘how big Caspian sea is?’ so I tried to [cross] using hand rowing boat again, it takes 25 days,” he wrote.
He counts his biggest achievement as climbing Mount Everest from sea level without using any transportation, the first Japanese man to do so. Iwasaki is currently in Switzerland waiting to climb Europe’s highest peak, Mont Blanc.
Iwasaki funds his travels by performing magic tricks on the street. He plans to travel to Africa, through the Americas and finally, back to Japan. He believes the rest of the trip will take him five years, after which he wants to write a book about his adventures.
 

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Seven Natural Wonders of the World

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Mount_Everest

Mount Everest, Nepal

The Tallest mountain in the world.
Around 4,000 climbers have attempted the climb but only around 700have made it to the sumit Height: 29,028 feet, or 5 and a half miles above sea level.Equivalent to the size
of almost 20 Empire State Buildings.


The Great Barrier Reef, Queensland Australia

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great_barrier_reef

Clear blue waters and diverse marine life that dwell within its coral embrace. this magical underwater labyrinth will treat you to spectacular displays of nature found no where else in the world.



The Grand Canyon, Arizona USA

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Grand Canyon National Park is one of the United States’ oldest national parks and is located in Arizona. Carved out by the Colorado River, (nearly 1,500 m deep) is the most spectacular gorge in the world. Its horizontal strata retrace the geological history of the past 2 billion years. There are also prehistoric traces of human adaptation

Victoria Falls,  Zimbabwe Africa

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VictoriaFalls

Victoria Falls is approximately 1700m wide, and varies in height from 80-108 meters. It’s one and a half times wider than Niagara Falls and the biggest curtain of water in the world. Zimbabwe is set in south-central Africa, between two of the well known African rivers the Limpopo and the mighty Zambezi

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The Harbor of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Harbor of Rio de Janeiro

Harbor of Rio de Janeiro

located in Brazil and was created by erosion from the Atlantic Ocean. The Harbour is surrounded by mountains that include Sugar Loaf at 1,296 feet, Corcovado Peak at 2,310 feet , and the hills of Tijuca at 3,350 feet
The best ways to see the Harbour is to travel to the tops of the surrounding mountains and overlook the harbour.

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Paricutin Volcano, Mexico

Paricutin Volcano

Paricutin Volcano

Paricutín and Jorullo both rose in an area known for its volcanoes. Called the Mexican Volcanic Belt, the region stretches about 700 miles from east to west across southern Mexico. Geologists say that eruptive activity deposited a layer of volcanic rock some 6,000 feet thick,   creating a high and fertile plateau.




The Northern Lights, Norway

Northern Lights

Northern Lights

The Northern Lights are one of nature’s most spectacular visual phenomena, they provide a breathtaking display of light, shape,  and color over the course of a single night in Norway.

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