I found this story on Posterous of a man from Japan who was bored with working at his father's AC factory and decided to bike around Europe for a time. Check out this post about it on Posterous. There's a link to this gentleman's blog if you're interested in keeping up with his reports on a regular basis. : http://holykaw.alltop.com/one-bike-8-years-28000-miles-37-countries-2 Fear is the non-acceptance of What Is.