JapanToday Sotokanda S Bldg. A year-old Japanese man on Sunday arrived in Cape Town to end a more than 6,kilometer journey from Kenya to South Africa on foot while pulling a rickshaw.
Yuji "Gump" Suzuki was emotional as he thanked his supporters for their backing during his latest quest which started in the Kenyan capital in July and took him through Tanzania, Zambia, Botswana and Namibia. I have been travelling for nine years already and I get the power from you guys so I give you guys power, too. That's my life. Among his other journeys, Suzuki has already pulled his two-wheeled cart from China to India , for 2, kilometres in Europe and 5, kilometers across the United States , according to his website.
Suzuki wears a version of Japan's traditional tabi socks while on his journeys, which he posts about on social media. Learn how to buy a home in Japan, including market prospects, the home buying process and financing options.
Quite an adventure! But why the rickshaw? Was that to have somewhere to put is bag while running? I wonder if there have been attempts to rickshaw their way through the Eurasian landmass or at least across the length of Japan? It's been done by bike before, it can probably be done by rickshaw. What an amazing adventure that must be. The sights he must have seen. No congatulations here, silly lil Suzuki has too much time and money on his hands.
Interesting how some people are still narcisistically aiming for records in a day and age where social media means these kinds of stunts will be forgotten like a deleted page. Probably most of the African people who encountered him along his gumpish journey shrugged and thought 'Whatever'.
