October 2005 I went to New York City. On my own for two weeks. So I took along Astro Boy. I purchased a few Astro Boy figurines when i was in Taiwan back in October 2005.
The idea was that id take photos of Astro in front of places in and around New York City. I copied the idea from an iPod web site I found once - people took photos of their iPods in front of famous places and people. It was mainly for my girl. She loved the idea. And so too did many friends. It got to the point where people didn’t give a shit about what I was doing - they just wanted more Astro photos!
A lot has happened since then. He made an appearance in Hawaii in June 2006. He was then retired. I put him in my suitcase for the Japan/USA/Japan trip in January/February this year. It wasn’t an easy thing to do. But I did it as it was my way of communicating to certain people I didn’t feel comfortable communicating with at that time.
In just over two weeks time Astro Boy and I embark on a 4 week trip back to where it all started. A good mate of mine is joining us as well. Not sure how im going to be. Time will tell. Over the next few weeks im going to upload the photos of his previous travels - as well as a few unpublished photos from the YAAP archives.
Enjoy.
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