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Hong Kong - the beginning

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Setting off from Hong Kong in Aug 1992, 2 days after turning 22, I traveled China, Mongolia, Russia, Scandinavia, the Baltics, Eastern Europe, and the Middle East, returning to Hong Kong in July 1993. Apart from Athens/Cairo, I never set foot on an airplane during this year-long walkabout. Before the days of digital cameras, internet, and mobile phones, this solo adventure was as much a discovery of myself as it was about these 31 countries. Many of them, like me, have long since changed.

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Hong Kong - the beginning

August 5, 1992

I've been waiting for this moment for as long I can remember. It has always been my dream to see the world, and now, with eight grand in my pocket from a year of teaching English in Taiwan, I can finally make it a reality. I'll give it a year. Seems like a long time. If I run out of funds, I can stop to work somewhere. China is a very inexpensive country (and I speak Chinese as well), so that seems the least of my worries. Russia is supposedly a bargain as well, but it's the great unknown and I think I'll just wing it from there. Here goes....