A lifestyle journey around the world on a recumbent trike.

Years

15 Countries

111

A journey unlike any other.

Satiating a desire for travel, covering as much ground as possible, riding a unique machine while having life-altering adventures. That is what the JaYoe World Tour is all about.

Starting from China, ending in north america, zig-zagging all the way.

When I first built the general path for a tour around the world, I used my bucket list as a guide. Places where I could accomplish and check off bucket list items were connected together and zig zagged around the globe.

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Life becomes the adventure.

The initial idea was to find an interesting way to return back to USA from China. But as with many things in life, it began taking on a life of its own. It became more than a tour, it became a mission in life. It became a lifestyle journey.

Every day on tour I awake with a new mission, a new adventure, a new purpose.

Tour Details

The JaYoe Tour consists of a long route connecting China to the USA via a serendipitous path that connects my bucket list items together around the world. I was not concerned with making it straight or direct. It’s meant to become a lifestyle.

Leaving Ningbo and headed North I rode Korea, Japan, Taiwan and then returned to Mainland China heading south. From there I wind my way south thru Southeast Asia down down down all the way to Austrailia and then New Zealand. Once I finish cycling New Zealand I have to figure out how to reconnect with Thailand and continue heading west towards Europe. I am not 100% sure how I am going to do that, but I would like to bounce around Palau, Malaysia and if possible visit the elusive and beautiful Brunei. Once I am back on the asian continent I will head from Chiang Mai west, zig zagging all the way to the northern reaches of Norway, before turning south.

My plan is to cycle from the top of Norway to the southern tip of South Africa, where I will have to find a way to get to the southern tip of South America. From there I will take a short trip to Antarctica and return to South America to start my American leg of the tour. Winding north, back and forth, I will make my way towards Central America and then into the USA. Up the east coast and into Canada, then back into the states headed west until I reach the west coast. In Los Angeles I will turn northward to Alaska thru Canada again to reach my supposed final destination of Anchorage. This plan is still rough, and as I reach countries and cities I have the freedom to adjust based on dangers and opportunities that arise.

But if you are going to dream… you might as well dream big.

My Bucket List

My bucket list informs much of the tour. Where I am going and why I am going there. I wrote it in 2013 and forced myself to make it 100 items long. You should try it… it is not as easy as you think! Below is my original 2013 bucket list. Some of the items have already been completed and some other ones have become less important than when I first wrote them. That’s how life works, you evolve over time and become a better person. I’m looking forward to knocking off more next year!

~~Climb Mount Everest~~
~~Son Doong Cave Expedition~~
Draw attention global issues
Ride around the world
Visit over 100 countries
Save 10 lives
Create a successful global business
Create my own video series
Spread a message of hope
Meditate for a week with real monks
Wingsuit jump (Swiss Alps)
Become sky dive certified
Ski from a helicopter
Cross the Saudi Desert
Reach Antarctica
See a wild polar bear
Hike the Application Trail
Base jump into the Cave Of Swallows in Mexico
White water raft in Zambia
Cross the Amazon
Visit Machu Picchu
Swim with great white sharks
Trek and visit gorillas in Africa
Aid in a natural disaster
Fly in a fighter jet
Run with the bulls in Madrid
Cross the Pacific on boat
Swim in the Dead Sea
Safari in Africa
Work in an orphanage
Write a book
~~Do a natural body cleans~~
Learn muay tai

Learn to speak 10 languages
Herd cattle from horseback
Learn tai-chi
Swim with a blue whale
Work on a commercial crabbing boat.
Swim inside a large bait ball
Never stop meeting amazing people.
Visit Istanbul
Cycle around Iceland
See inside an active Volcano
~~Visit the Maldives~~
Backpack in new Zealand
~~Bungee jump from the Macau Tower~~
Play 10 instruments from around the world
Cook ethnic foods from all over the world.
Eat strange and most amazing dishes
Drive across America on a Harley Davidson
Ride a camel
Hunt with a spear
Survive in the jungle alone
Get a picture I took in National Geographic
Guest on Joe Rogan Podcast
Meet Tony Robbins
~~Find strangers wearing my brand other countries~~
See Madagascar
Visit Stonehenge
~~Produce a successful foreign TV show~~
Visit all the countries in Europe
Change someone’s racist view
Visit Iran
Enter Israel
See a war torn country with my own eyes
Circumvent Sri Lanka
Hold my weight steady under 90kg

Free Dive 30 meters
Swim with a pod of wild dolphins
Make friends in 100 countries
Swim in Iceland. Without a body suit
Swim in an underground lake
White water raft
Get breath taken away once every month
Walk into the coliseum in Rome
Run a race on the great wall of china.
Visit the great pyramids in Giza
Visit the Taj Mahal in India
Visit the site of the crucifixion
See the northern lights
Create a product that changes the world
Kite surf in the ocean
~~Drink Kopi luwak Coffee~~
Produce a successful movie.
Cross Myanmar into Bangladesh
Cross the Gulf of Oman
Rock Climb a sheer rock face
Spend the night on a sheer mountain side.
Stand next to the monument at Rio, Brazil
Take part in the Carnival
Swim with sea lions
Visit the Galápagos Islands
See the stone faces on Easter Island
Make Friends with an Elephant
Spearfish and eat my prey
Learn how to surf
Start a fire without matches
Sit on top of the tallest building/world
Visit Richard Branson
Read/Listen to 1,000 books

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