Trucking the World
This story was written by my late-friend Roger (Tosh) Williams, He was a very serious traveler and adventurer. See what you think.
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Dear Boys and Girls,
I would like to introduce you to what I think will be a great adventure for us all and a chance to learn about countries around the world, first hand. My name is Roger Williams. I'm a retired Airline Pilot and U.S. Marine Corps Aviator. I was born on a ranch in Texas on October 3, 1936, and graduated from High School in Austin, Texas and then spent one year at the University of Texas.
My dream from the fourth grade on was to become a Marine Pilot. That dream was realized after many years of hard work in April 1962. While in the Marine Corps, I flew off aircraft carriers during the Viet Nam War.
I have always enjoyed traveling and I think this will be the ultimate trip as I drive my truck (Bubba) across every continent around the globe.
On the first leg of my journey. I departed from Southern California, on January 14,1994 and drove through Mexico and all of Central America. I then shipped my truck from Panama to Northern Chile. From there I drove the full length of Chile and crossed into Argentina and proceeded to Tierra del Fuego. Upon completing my goal of reaching Tierra del Fuego by mid-April 1994. I then proceeded north through Argentina to Brazil and shipped my truck from Santos, Brazil to Brisbane, Australia.
In August 1994, I began the second leg of my travels through the fascinating continent of Australia. Beginning at Brisbane I drove south through New South Wales to Port Augusta. Then I traveled north through Alice Springs, to Katherine; down the coast of Western Australia) to the southernmost tip, across the Nullabor Plain, ending in Sydney.
At the end of February 1995, my trip through Japan began in Nagoya. I drove around the islands of Kyushu and Honshu with a final stop at Niigata to begin my trip to Russia.
What an incredible journey I had through Russia. I began the trip at Vladivostok on July 2, 1995. In Khabarosk I put Bubba on the train to Ulan Ude. When the trip three-day trip was over seven days later I was very glad to be driving again. I met many wonderful people, visited some unique schools and computer camps, saw some incredible sights in a country struggling hard to make the changes from a Communist society to Capitalism. I also spent some time in Ukraine and Romania.
Before the winter snows came I left for Italy. Neither Bubba nor I am prepared to travel in snow and ice. I traveled through France, Spain, England, Ireland, and Scotland in the Spring. I have completed my travels in Africa and will be spending time traveling through the United States visiting schools who have been following my travels around the world.
Throughout my travels, I visited local schools and helped the children communicate with kids back in the United States and other places.
As you can see it is a grand adventure and I hope you can join me through activities being coordinated by the Global SchoolNet Foundation.
You see, a challenge is an integral part of the human experience. Without it, life becomes very dull. We all have to challenge ourselves if we expect to grow and help make a better world for people to live in. Through participating in this adventure I would hope you will be able to form lifelong friendships with other students around the world.
With better global human understanding, the possibility of violent conflicts diminish. I am hoping all of us can contribute to a lasting World Peace.
I will be sending you summaries of my travels and when possible, digitized photos, using a special device called ComputerEyes that hooks up to my laptop computer. I look forward to answering your questions and will do so the best that I can. If my answers sometime seem short and to the point that is just the way I am - so just bear with me!
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