Finally, after many decades, I am keeping a promise I made in my youth. I am running away from home! First conceived and uttered when I was about twelve years old, 56 years later it will become a reality. The key slips into the lock one final time and off I go. My destination is the Far East. My pledge includes planes, railroad cars, rickshaws, tuk tuks and an animal or two. Childhood fantasy becomes aging reality. My time is the present and for better or worse, I invite you on my journey.