The Taiwan man seeing the world by bicycle
- Jacky Chen reaches Jerusalem on his seven-year odyssey and still has years of travel ahead
- Former electronics engineer has seen the Americas, Europe and parts of the Middle East
Four years ago Jacky Chen quit his job as an electronics engineer and set off on his bicycle to see the world.
The 40-year-old man from Taiwan has travelled across the Americas, Europe and parts of the Middle East, sleeping in his tent or finding places to rest his head through apps like Couchsurfing.
In recent days, Chen has been in Jerusalem, taking in the sights and plotting the next stage of his journey which so far has taken him to 64 countries and across some 54,000km (33,750 miles).
He hopes to visit 100 countries and travel 100,000km before he’s done and estimates it will take him about another three years.
Speaking at Jerusalem’s Mount of Olives, with a panoramic view of the Dome of the Rock and the Old City in the distance, Chen said he preferred not to do much research on places before his arrival so he could form his own initial impressions.