> he said he’d been walking around the world all this time and as soon as he clicked with people, he’d always be saying goodbye.<p>I feel the same way when I take my little vacations... I meet amazing people, connect, and then move on. There is a beauty to it though. I really try to enjoy those moments. They are so brief.<p>This was a touching story, especially the fact that the dog he rescued might be the first dog to have walked around the world!<p>In elementary school, around 2nd grade, I attended a talk by Dave Kunst, the first man to walk around the globe. I'm surprised the Guardian didn't mention him. His story has often surfaced in my memory. I never had the guts to do anything remotely so adventurous... and he did it in the very wild 1970s. Around the same time my mother hitchhiked from South America to the US.<p>Dave told us he searched for sponsors before embarking on his trip, but no one would take him seriously. Not even shoe companies!<p>He walked to the edge of each continent, to dip his toes in the ocean at the start and end of each continent to make sure he was going as far as possible. I think there were a handful of countries he wasn't able to pass through for some reason or another.<p>Dave's brother was killed on the journey by thugs who thought Dave and his brother were personally taking donations and carrying the money. He said he came to peace with his brother's murder because he died doing what he loved. If I remember correctly, another brother joined Dave to complete the trip. In all his journey took around four years. About half the time it took Tom.<p>He closed the talk by showing us all photos of his last pair of shoes after he had completed his trip, and then a photo of his bare feet -- and we all screamed in disgust!