When I started my journey, I wanted to discover myself by exploring the world. So I set out to experience life without rules, logic, justifications,etc.That was my original theme; then overnight I turned from a backpacker to a bicycle tourist, inspired by a Spanish bicycle tourist who I met in Varanasi.\r\n\r\nI bicycle toured parts of Thailand, Laos, China, HK, Macau, Vietnam, Cambodia, Singapore & Indonesia for the next six months. I came back home and started working again saving money for my next cycle tour.\r\n\r\nBut life decided that it was time I hit the road again. 8 months later, my father died and left a small inheritance for me. Not a lot of money, mind you but still quite substantial. I can think of no way of respecting and showing gratitude for the money than spending it on my next bicycle tour.\r\n\r\nMy quest this time is an inner journey into oneself. I want to explore and experience one of the most fundamental questions man has been asking for a long time. Who am I? The answer may not even exist, it may be meaningless, may be rhetorical, but eventually the journey will be an answer in itself. This quest for the meaning of life may transcend time, space and goes beyond self discovery. It delves into the root of what is life. And I am using the bicycle as a vehicle, literally, to bring about a transformation of conciousness within me. A transformation which involves the deepest elements of the \"I\" - the ego, courage, trust, love, greed, desire, joy, pain - all emeotions of life by exploring different countries, cultures, people, attitudes etc. on my bicycle.