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Bike adventurer travels the world with just £1 in his pocket - 09-11-2009, 02:14 PM

An adventurer who set off on a bike with just £1 in his pocket has spent eight years on the road and visited 37 countries.
Keiichi Iwasaki embarked on a tour of his native Japan on a Raleigh shopper bike and loved it so much he caught a ferry to South Korea.
Since then, the intrepid traveller has cycled 28,000 miles and gone through four bikes - two were stolen and two broken.


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I've always wanted to travel the world, and it seems many people are doing it in many different ways, but this is the first time I've seen someone do it by bicycle. I don't know what to think about it, is he brave, or crazy? Is it enjoyable, or just hard work? All I know is that I admire this guy for setting out on so little and accomplishing so much.

Thoughts? Would you ever do something like this? What kind of person does it take to achieve something like this?
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