When Koutarou SAWAKI was 26, he planned to spend 4 months to take a 20,000 kilometers bus trip from Delhi to London. He had US$1900 to start his trip. When he bought the flight tickets, the woman said the ticket from Tokyo to Delhi can have two stops. He changed a bit of his trip from Tokyo to Hong Kong to Bangkok to Delhi and then take the bus all the way to London. However, when he arrived Hong Kong, he was charmed by the city and people. When he finally arrived in Delhi, 4 months had already passed and his cross Asia to Europe trip hadn’t started yet! One day, he wandered around Delhi and went back to his cheap guest house. He lay on the bed with his mind a blank. He looked at his French roommate who had been travelling for 4 and a half years. The French guy was just lying on the bed, too. Sawaki jumped up and decided to move on. So, he took the bus from Delhi to Pakistan. The engine of the trip was turned on.

He spent one year and three months travelling around Hong Kong, Macao, Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore, India, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Iran, Turkey, Greek, Italy, Spain, Portugal, France, England. When he arrived at London, he knew it was time to go home.