Condensed from "On His Way to London, 'Earthwalker' Stops in Phnom Penh," by Drew Foster of the Cambodia Daily. All text below is copyright Foster/the Cambodia Daily.
Yuji Miyata has circled Taiwan on foot, trekked for days through an Okinawan forest and claims he escaped being kidnapped in Hanoi.
The Japanese national's adventures have all been part of his journey from Korea to London for the 2012 Olympic games, an expedition he is undertaking largely on foot. Mr. Miyata, an "Earthwalker" participating in the Culture of Peace Project, which is part of th UN-designated Peace Messenger Initiative, arrived in Cambodia on Oct. 11. The 28-year-old began his walk from Korea to London in January 2009 and has covered 7,000 km across South Korea, the Japanese island of Okinawa, Taiwan, Vietnam, and now Cambodia. He is advocating peace and environmental stewardship along the way.
"When we do something for the Earth, nature will do thousands of more things for us," he said.
Mr. Miyata began his journey to London after walking to the 2008 Beijing Olympic games with seasoned Earthwalker and British national Paul Coleman, who claims to have hoofed more than 47,000 km across 39 nations. The pair hear China was putting an emphasis on hosting an environmentally friendly Olympic games.
"In China, I saw lots of pollution and destruction, and the Chinese government said they were going to hold a green Olympics, but they didn't," Mr. Miyata said. "I saw both sides, so I decided to walk to the London Olympics."
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