On New Year’s Eve 2009, Japanese everyman, Masahito Yoshida, began his walking voyage around the world. Four years later, he’s finally back home and can boast an impressive itinerary.
Like most people, Yoshida had dreams to see the world, but he felt that taking a train or plane to his destinations would make him miss all the small towns and people that aren’t big tourist destinations. So, Yoshida decided he would walk his way through the world with nothing but a two-wheeled cart of baggage and did just that!
He began by heading to Cape Roca on the Portuguese coast after traveling 16,000 km through Asia and Europe from Shanghai. He then took a plane across the Atlantic to the United States where he walked form Atlantic City, New Jersey to Vancouver, Canada!
By this time, Yoshido has run through his travel fund and started getting odd jobs to pay for his plane ticket to Southern Australia. From there, he made his way north to Singapore and then back to Shanghai, China.
Throughout his journey, Yoshido walked right through seven different pairs of shoes! He also admitted to having feared for his life many times along the way, but realised that it came with the territory. It hasn’t turned him off his walking adventures, though, because Yoshido is now planning to walk from the southern tip of South America to the North Pole!