Mood:
celebratoryI MADE IT!! Rolled thru the Shenzhen customs entry this morning after putting in a string of five 90-100k days from Shaoguan. Folks this has still not hit me. My visions of rolling down the final hill into Hong Kong were just that. Turns out that to get to Hong Kong Island it's either a ferry or a bus ride. Plus the airport is on a different island. Plus I didn't know where my friends cousin lived besides the fact I couldn't raise her on the phone. No problem! This journey has turned almost daily on the good will of strangers. Oiling my noisy chain on the side of a bike path (due to a killer rain storm I rode thru yesterday) I meet KS and his wife. They hear "the story" and the next thing I'm heading to their place to use the computer. Now all problems are solved. Going to visit Hong Kong city in the morning, zipping in on the back of a motorcycle. As KS puts in a few work hours in the morning, I'll visit the city. In the afternoon we'll mail off the bike and equipment and tues. morning early bussing out to the airport to try to get flight to San Francisco. It's not what I expected but what's new? I had visions of pouring an ice cold beer all over the bike and myself, doing a jig in the street! Hey I'm just so glad I'm only a few days away from seeing my wife and the boys, all my friends and sharing all the crazy stories. I have traveled a lifetime in 8 months. Completed a trek I have dreamed of for years and lost over 40 lbs. doing it. I've made friends all over the world and my life and outlook on it will be forever changed. Washed my mind of all the petty problems and worries that weigh us all down as the years go on. I can see and feel what's important and what's not. I'm the luckiest guy on earth today. I've ridden a bicycle around the world. Around the world. To all my family, old friends and new ones that helped me out so much, thanks for following along, thanks for emailing and givng me a boost when I needed it and thanks for checking in to see where the fat guy on the orange bike is today!! Be cool and see you all soon. Brian
