– Starting Point – Last Point – Current Point – Round Trip
Path Traveled
Not Yet Traveled

The Summary

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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August 5th, 1992Hong Kong
August 7th, 1992Xiamen, China
August 9th, 1992Nanchang, China
August 10th, 1992Lushan, China
August 12th, 1992Jiujiang, China
August 13th, 1992Huangshan, China
August 15th, 1992Hangzhou, China
August 17th, 1992Huzhou, China
August 20th, 1992Shanghai, China
August 25th, 1992Qingdao, China
September 1st, 1992Taishan, China
September 5th, 1992Beijing, China
September 8th, 1992Badaling, China
September 11th, 1992Terelj, Mongolia
September 14th, 1992Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
September 16th, 1992Dzuunharaa, Mongolia
September 17th, 1992Sayansk, Russia
September 18th, 1992Barabinsk, Russia
September 21st, 1992Moscow, Russia
September 26th, 1992Novgorod, Russia
September 29th, 1992Saint Petersburg, Russia
October 1st, 1992Lomonosov, Russia
October 2nd, 1992Vyborg, Russia
October 3rd, 1992Lahti, Finland
October 4th, 1992Savonlinna, Finland
October 5th, 1992Rovaniemi, Finland
October 6th, 1992Kiruna, Sweden
October 6th, 1992Narvik, Norway
October 7th, 1992Bodo, Norway
October 7th, 1992Krokstranda, Norway
October 8th, 1992Trondheim, Norway
October 9th, 1992Bergen, Norway
October 10th, 1992Gerainger Fjord, Norway
October 11th, 1992Kristiansand, Norway
October 13th, 1992Copenhagen, Denmark
October 14th, 1992Ronne, Denmark
October 15th, 1992Lund, Sweden
October 15th, 1992Goteborg, Sweden
October 16th, 1992Stockholm, Sweden
October 17th, 1992Uppsala, Sweden
October 18th, 1992Turku, Finland
October 19th, 1992Helsinki, Finland
October 20th, 1992Tallinn, Estonia
October 21st, 1992Orissaare, Estonia
October 22nd, 1992Tallinn, Estonia
October 22nd, 1992Tartu, Estonia
October 23rd, 1992Vilnius, Lithuania
October 26th, 1992Riga, Latvia
October 28th, 1992Kaunas, Lithuania
October 29th, 1992Kaliningrad, Russia
November 1st, 1992Minsk, Belarus
November 3rd, 1992Moscow, Russia
November 5th, 1992Donetsk, Ukraine
November 6th, 1992Rostov-na-Donu, Russia
November 10th, 1992Moscow, Russia
December 15th, 1992Saratov, Russia
December 17th, 1992Moscow, Russia
February 3rd, 1993Kiev, Ukraine
February 6th, 1993Przemysl, Poland
February 7th, 1993Warsaw, Poland
February 8th, 1993Krakow, Poland
February 9th, 1993Auschwitz, Poland
February 10th, 1993Poznan, Poland
February 11th, 1993Berlin, Germany
February 13th, 1993Dresden, Germany
February 13th, 1993Decin, Czech Republic
February 14th, 1993Prague, Czech Republic
February 17th, 1993Bratislava, Slovakia
February 18th, 1993Budapest, Hungary
February 21st, 1993Belgrade, Serbia
February 22nd, 1993Skopje, Macedonia
February 23rd, 1993Meteora, Greece
February 24th, 1993Delphi, Greece
February 25th, 1993Athens, Greece
February 27th, 1993Nafplio, Greece
February 27th, 1993Mycenae, Greece
February 28th, 1993Athens, Greece
March 1st, 1993Cairo, Egypt
March 7th, 1993Aswan, Egypt
March 12th, 1993Luxor, Egypt
March 19th, 1993minya, Egypt
March 20th, 1993Cairo, Egypt
March 20th, 1993Dahab, Egypt
March 27th, 1993Aqaba, Jordan
March 29th, 1993Wadi Rum, Jordan
April 1st, 1993Petra, Jordan
April 2nd, 1993Amman, Jordan
April 5th, 1993Jerusalem, Israel
April 12th, 1993Amman, Jordan
April 14th, 1993Damascus, Syria
April 17th, 1993Bosra, Syria
April 18th, 1993Palmyra, Syria
April 20th, 1993Hama, Syria
April 21st, 1993Tartus, Syria
April 22nd, 1993Aleppo, Syria
April 22nd, 1993Harim, Syria
April 22nd, 1993Antakya, Turkey
April 23rd, 1993Gaziantep, Turkey
April 23rd, 1993Ankara, Turkey
April 24th, 1993Istanbul, Turkey
April 29th, 1993Goreme, Turkey
May 2nd, 1993Istanbul, Turkey
May 5th, 1993Selcuk, Turkey
May 8th, 1993Istanbul, Turkey
May 13th, 1993Sofia, Bulgaria
May 15th, 1993Veliko Turnovo, Bulgaria
May 15th, 1993Varna, Bulgaria
May 16th, 1993Sofia, Bulgaria
May 18th, 1993Nis, Serbia
May 18th, 1993Skopje, Macedonia
May 19th, 1993Struga, Macedonia
May 19th, 1993Skuterre, Albania
May 22nd, 1993Tirana, Albania
May 26th, 1993Bucharest, Romania
May 27th, 1993Sighishoara, Romania
May 29th, 1993Galati, Romania
May 30th, 1993Iasi, Romania
May 30th, 1993Galati, Romania
May 31st, 1993Chisinau, Moldova
June 2nd, 1993Moscow, Russia
June 5th, 1993Suzdal, Russia
June 13th, 1993Almaty, Kazakhstan
June 15th, 1993Chorgos, Kazakhstan
June 17th, 1993Urumqi, China
June 21st, 1993Xi'an, China
June 25th, 1993Chongqing, China
June 28th, 1993Yichang, China
July 1st, 1993Guilin, China
July 20th, 1993Hong Kong