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A 55chronos Canadian who left the city to forget their worries

will return in mid-October, this time shining with happiness, having achieved the impossible: to go round the world walk in eleven years. 

Belivo Jean, a ...



tall, thin man walking on the shores of Lake Ontario by leaps and pushing a pram decorated with Canadian flags which carry the sleeping bag and a few clothes. 

It is now in Kingston, one of the last stations of the road before the Ottawa and Montreal are expected to arrive on October 16 after completing his achievement. 

The gray-haired Canadian walks so fast that reporters gasping to catch up to. He knows, however, stops for a bite to eat without hurry, to tell some of his adventures, or to talk with strangers. The charm of the journey is the magic of the unknown: we know where we can sleep at night, does not depend on anyone, has little money. And it lasts for eleven years. 

In Montreal, the Belivo will regain his partner, the Alice, who supported him throughout the course of his journey. 



In fact encouraged to incorporate the challenge is to manifestations of Unesco for the future of children the world and stop the violence. 



Belivo The left Montreal on August 18, 2000, the day he turned 45 years of, shortly after the bankruptcy of small business maintained. To "erase" the disappointment then decided to do running around the world. Went so running up to Atlanta, where he considered it appropriate to cut rates and walk covering over 75,000 km across 64 countries. 

In these eleven years, went through deserts and mountains. He fell in love in Mexico, for nine days, he wore a turban in Sudan, Africa ate insects, dogs and snakes in Korea in China and the Philippines the guarding soldiers, although indicating a pacifist. 

seriously got sick once and hospitalized in Algeria. Only once was attacked by two drunken youths in South Africa. In Addis Ababa, was arrested without today to learn why, and released him the next day. Several times he slept under bridges, in homeless hostels or even in prisons. Often, however, unknown people are invited and hosted in their home and now feel obliged by the sympathy he showed most of those who saw in its path. 

The trip costs about $ 4,000 annually, money that Belivo ensured thanks to partner , after having never acquired a sponsor. Today, no money but feels rich. "I left empty, but returned with intellectual skills," he said. Intends to write a book, give lectures and to promote "harmony between people and understanding." 

On a personal level, is a love story with a happy ending. "I'm Penelope and Odysseus is me," said Alice, which went to meet her boyfriend for one week a year, every Christmas, wherever he was in the world 
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