This page lists the important people I met on my odyssey.

Yoko Onosaki

Yoko is my pen-pal from Tokyo. We became close friends on my trip to Tokyo, but she left me in Beijing with Qi-Fu when it became obvious I would be spending more time on the music video than with her.  

Ayumi Hamasaki

Ayumi is a very popular Japanese pop star. I have a major role in her music video for the song "Unite". I ended up traveling around the Pacific Rim because of this role; I went to the French Polynesia to shoot it, and Sydney for press conferences and publicity. Also, everyone wanted to help me, as I was "that guy in the video".

Zhang Ziyi

Zhang is a Chinese movie star who has been in movies such as Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon and The Road Home. She shared a movie set with Ayumi and I on the island of Tahiti. She gave me some acting tips, as if I needed them.

Selma Bjornsdottir-Bouleau

Selma is an Icelandic-French journalist who saved me from certain death in the Australian Outback. She was sent to Asia to write a piece on travel to the Pacific because of her French-speaking skills, which came in handy in Vietnam and Cambodia. 

Qi-Fu

Qi-Fu The Pug is a stray dog I found in Beijing while signing contracts. I gave him to Yoko, thinking I would never see either of them again. 

Carmen Sanchez

Carmen is a movie director from Chile. She was making the Spanish version of Lara Croft: Tomb Raider when I was in Cambodia. I had a cameo role in the movie and helped speak to the natives in French. In return, I got a ride on the plane she was taking home to Chile.

Pablo Ferdinando

I met Pablo in Colombia. He owns a coffee plantation, which I helped out at until I got a ride on his shipment truck to Panama. 

Jesus Flores

Jesus is the last person I encountered on my journey. I found him repairing his yacht in Panama during his trip from Florida to Acapulco. I told him my story, and he said I could ride with him to Mexico, since he had extra room on his boat because his best friend decided not to go on the cruise at the last minute.