10. The Gift of Protection

Bangkok, Pattaya, Thailand; Siem Reap, Cambodia Leon and Kindness One® are forced to take the long way around to get to Thailand, but still manage to dive head first into their adventure. In Cambodia, Leon fulfills a childhood dream when he visits the ancient Temple of Angkor Wat, before meeting an ailing widow and mother who inspires his next surprise gift.

11. The Gift of Sight

Phnom Penh, Cambodia; HCMC, Vietnam A visit to The Killing Fields of Cambodia is a harsh reminder of humanities darker side. In Ho Chi Minh City, Leon experiences the modernization of Vietnam. And while searching for food, Leon serendipitously meets a woman who opens his eyes to the inspiration of his next surprise gift.

12. The Gift of Loyalty

Crossing the Pacific, Vancouver, and Whistler, Canada Leon and Kindness One® earn their sea legs one last time traveling, via cargo ship, from Asia to Vancouver, where they are greeted by a majestic wilderness and a bitter cold front. But an encounter with The Adorable Snow Beast, leads Leon to the inspiration of his next surprise gift.

13. The Gift of Gratitude

Yreka, Carmel and Hollywood, CA On the last leg of their 25K mile global adventure, Leon and Kindness One® travel down the Pacific Coast on their way to Hollywood. Reflections of his favorite moments inspire Leon to meet up again with the first person to show him kindness and to give the last and most epic surprise gift of his journey.

1. The Gift of Love

Hollywood, CA; Las Vegas, NV; Delta, CO With a tank full of gas donated by a “would-be traveler”, Leon and Kindness One® leave LA and try their luck in Sin City before finding help from a Scotsman in an out of the way Western town in Colorado, inspires his first surprise gift.

2. The Gift of Security

Lexington, NE; Chicago, IL; Pittsburgh, PA Leon goes deep into working life on a cattle ranch in Nebraska – literally. Has bike trouble in Chicago, before being shunned by the Amish, but a chance encounter with a homeless man in Pittsburgh, leaves him transformed and inspires his next gift.

3. The Gift of Inspiration

New York, NY; Ship Across the Atlantic; Barcelona, Spain; Aix-en-Provence, France Leon finds refuge in the world’s toughest city, works his way across the Atlantic aboard a cargo ship. A Spanish customs issue threatens to derail his journey, and the music of two African musicians in southern France, inspires his next gift.

4. The Gift of Transformation

St. Tropez, France; Torino, Lake Como, Portogruaro , Trieste, Italy. After striking out in St. Tropez, and getting lost in the Italian countryside, Leon finds shelter in 18th Century villa outside Torino, but his luck runs out on the shores of Lake Como. After nearly calling it quits, he learns the value of putting up a good fight and finds the inspiration for his next surprise gift.

5. The Gift of Abundance

Zagreb, Croatia; Sarajevo, Bosnia; Podgorica and Bar, Montenegro. After catching some waves in Zagreb and touring the turbulent history of Sarajevo, Leon and Kindness One® make it to Montenegro, where a kind farmer whose family has been tilling the same land for 20 generations inspires his next surprise gift.

6. The Gift of Service

7. The Gift of Tomorrow

Istanbul and Ephesus, Turkey; New Delhi, India Leon receives an honored blessing on his journey. In Ephesus, Leon walks in the footsteps of Apostle Paul, before escalating Middle-East conflicts threaten his journey. And in New Delhi, the kindness he receives from a struggling rickshaw driver inspires his next surprise gift.

8. The Gift of Education

Agra, Lucknow, and Varanasi, India Leon and Kindness One® tour the world’s most famous monument to love, the Taj Mahal, before their journey hits a wall – literally. And after a hard day’s work on an Indian Farm, Leon travels to The City of Fire, where a blessing he receives in the Holy Ganges River helps inspire his next surprise gift.

9. The Gift of Joy

Patna, Darjeeling, and Calcutta, India; Thimphu, Paro, Bhutan Leon is potentially stranded, when Kindness One® suffers a major breakdown in Patna. Later, he fulfills every Englishman’s dream in Darjeeling before he travels to Bhutan, to experience “Gross National Happiness” in action. But it’s the beautiful faces he meets at a Calcutta orphanage that inspires his next surprise gift.

10. The Gift of Protection

Bangkok, Pattaya, Thailand; Siem Reap, Cambodia Leon and Kindness One® are forced to take the long way around to get to Thailand, but still manage to dive head first into their adventure. In Cambodia, Leon fulfills a childhood dream when he visits the ancient Temple of Angkor Wat, before meeting an ailing widow and mother who inspires his next surprise gift.

11. The Gift of Sight

Phnom Penh, Cambodia; HCMC, Vietnam A visit to The Killing Fields of Cambodia is a harsh reminder of humanities darker side. In Ho Chi Minh City, Leon experiences the modernization of Vietnam. And while searching for food, Leon serendipitously meets a woman who opens his eyes to the inspiration of his next surprise gift.

12. The Gift of Loyalty

Crossing the Pacific, Vancouver, and Whistler, Canada Leon and Kindness One® earn their sea legs one last time traveling, via cargo ship, from Asia to Vancouver, where they are greeted by a majestic wilderness and a bitter cold front. But an encounter with The Adorable Snow Beast, leads Leon to the inspiration of his next surprise gift.

13. The Gift of Gratitude

Yreka, Carmel and Hollywood, CA On the last leg of their 25K mile global adventure, Leon and Kindness One® travel down the Pacific Coast on their way to Hollywood. Reflections of his favorite moments inspire Leon to meet up again with the first person to show him kindness and to give the last and most epic surprise gift of his journey.