SEKATABI - Travelling the World

●Residing in New Zealand

Greetings to all, my name is Kyoji, I arrived in New Zealand in November 2006. First of all, let me share my experiences with you and let you know how I got here. The land of the long white cloud.

Whilst in Japan, I was employed by a Travel Agency in Osaka for a period of 8 years. My day-to-day duties included organising travel itineraries, arranging national/international travel and managing/updating our Website’s information. I enjoyed my job, though unfortunately the company was not making enough profit and employees were made redundant.

I began to search for another job, but realized that this was my chance to make my dream of travelling the world come true. I decided to take a few years off, to travel, broaden my mind and escape the everyday rush of Japan. My wife Takako had also shared the same interests, so we both decided to go abroad and experience new cultures and unfamiliar territories.

On the 27th of May 2005, Eight months following our big decision, we were standing at Kansai Airport waiting to board a plane to Beijing, China. We travelled the majority of the world. So far I have had some of the best experiences of my life. I have seen extraordinary, beautiful scenery that you just cant put in words. I have tasted a variety of famous indigenous dishes from around the world. I have met many people from all different backgrounds. Everyday brought new exciting adventures.

However on the 27th of November amongst the midst of our travels in Nice, South France something unexpected was about to taunt us. Our car was broken into. Our most valuable items were taken, money, cameras, cards, our Pc were all taken, which resulted in us having to return back to Japan.

On returning home, our relatives insisted that we discontinue travelling, but despite what had happened we were determined to continue. This trip was our dream and now our challenge.

Three months later we were back at the airport on our way to South Africa, our 17th country. After visiting 48 countries we arrived in New Zealand. Now we are both working in New Zealand and would like to share our travel experiences, the good and the bad with the world. At the moment we are not proceeding in any travel, but in the near future we intend to continue travelling and experience more, to complete our dream.

2005	27th May 2005,start of SEKATABI from KANSAI airport in Japan. May to June China(only Beijing),Mongolia,Russia July to September Estonia,Finland,Norway,Sweden,Denmark,Germany(north),Netherlands,Belgium,France(only Calais),United Kingdom October to Movember France(west),Spain(west),Portugal,Spain(south,east),France(south),Monaco 7th November 2005 It was a terrible thing that our valuables were stolen by someone from our car. So, we had to go back to Japan for about 3 months.
2006	16th February 2006 Our travel was restart ! February to March South Africa,Zambia,Tanzania,Kenya, April to June Egypt,Jordan,Syria,Israel,Lebanon,Turkey,Bulgaria,Romania,Hungary,Slovakia July to September Seribia,BosniaHerzegovina,Croatia,Italy,Switzerland,Germany(south),Czech,Austria(west),Poland,Lithuania,Latvia October to December Thailand,India,Indonesia,New Zealand
2007	New Zealand,South of America,North of America February 2007 SEKATABI is over

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●Ｗｈａｔ　ｉｓ　ＳＥＫＡＴＡＢＩ・・・？ Welcome to SEKATABI website. We are Japanese, traveling around the world. It is an absolutely fantastic experience because the trip provides us with great opportunities to enjoy fabulous sceneries and to experience delicious cuisine. Yet, more importantly, the most precious thing we have experienced during this trip is, we think, chance encounters with new people, which always take us into new insights. No matter what the circumstances are, we respect and appreciate these encounters and we hope that they will lead us to glorious friendships. See you again, and thank you very much.