The plan was "around the world" but that world was far too big for the time and the money I had. It took me from May 1982 to November 1983 from The Netherlands to Germany, Finland, Sovjet Union, Japan...
Korea, sandwiched between Japan and China, was the first Asian country I visited in my life. It was 1973 and South Korea was by no means the economic tiger that it is now. In 1982 I was going to visit...