Monday, October 25, 2010

Why the Silk Road?

That was 2 years ago I remember right after coming back from Indonesia for my first surf trip in a foreign country. Many college friends of mine talked about where to go as their graduation travels for one of their biggest fun in their lives because long and tough works are waiting for many of Japanese college students after getting started their jobs. Most favorite was Hawai, Guam,,,and other resorts followed... But since I experienced in Indonesia that traveling only by myself is the irreplaceable asset in my life, these sightseeing spots were out of my mind really! Hawai as a resort area, it's just an island. (It's great as a surf spot though!!)


Where I was looking forward was something huge, long, high, deep...Means something crazy. Actually, there were some ideas, but the Silk Road is physically and historically long, countries I need to cross are many, and people are so variety!!

That's all, that's only why I decided to go the Silk Road, but the Silk Road is now only where attracts me.

Although the reason was so easy and quick, I feel this project has gotten so big... Many people support me.

Thanks so much!!

Still a lot of unresolved problems are waiting for me, but unexpected somethings are waiting for me tooo!!!

Tomorrow, I leave Japan.
See you soon from Beijing!!


Oh-kini, Chuji.

Friday, October 22, 2010

What's the Silk Road Journey is!?!?

Chuji will travel across the Silk Road from Xian, China to Istanbul, Turkey by myself.

Exact lute is getting clear... Xian-Lhasa-Lanzhou-Urumqi(China)-Bishukek(Kyrgyzstan)-Kazakhstan-Azerbaijan-Georgia-Istanbul(Turkey)

•Date: Ocstober,26th – The end of December 2010 (tentative)

•Objective: Traveling in unfamiliar territory is hard, but is the opportunity of a lifetime. Traveling throughout most of the Earth is one of my dreams because I wish to see how people live in different cultures.

•Objective2: I want to see and prove that we in this World can be the ONE with smiling and singing etc.

•Final Project: I intend to share my observations and experiences through videos and pictures through this blog and on Youtube and other Internet sites.

•Final Project2: In a Japanese traditional idea, a thousand of ORIGAMI of crane makes your own dream true. I intend to ask a person there to make an ORIGAMI of crane so that a thousand of people who made the ORIGAMI can make their own dream true.

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Oh-kini, Chuji.