At 18, Vicky read the famous “cycling diary” of Hu Rong-hua. Always an active and outgoing girl, she was inspired to take a solo bike tour of southern Taiwan. Two years later, in 1991, while riding along the island’s east coast, she met a Japanese cyclist, who invited her to join him on a world cycling tour.

18岁时，林姬莹读了胡荣华的那本名著《单骑走天涯》。一直都是个积极外向的女孩，她受其鼓舞于是一个人骑自行车环游南台湾。两年后，即1991年，当她沿着台湾的东海岸骑车时，遇到一位日本籍自行车骑士，那位骑士邀她加入他的自行车环游世界之旅。

(短文节选,本篇始于：自行车环球梦)