Taiwanese cyclist reunites with bike stolen in Vancouver

A Taiwanese man trying to cycle around the world reunited with his stolen bike here in Vancouver on Friday with the help of local police.

Jacky Chen travelled 5,000 km in his trip to Vancouver when his bike was stolen from a backyard, where it was chained up overnight on Sept. 10.

The 37-year-old found his bike missing next day and a Canadian reporter got the news and called Vancouver police for response to Chen's story.

Police officers realized they had stopped a 24-year-old man riding the same bike on Sept. 11. They had seized the bike, but had been unable to identify it as Chen's. After the connection was made, Chen finally retrieved his bike.

Chen left his job as an electrical engineer in Taiwan, China and started his lonely round-the-world trip in June. He said he planned to finish his journey in three to five years and his goal was to show his journey through Facebook to his friends who couldn't travel the world.

"I hope I could visit over 100 countries. I always update what I see, the view and the people I meet and anything I experience," he said. Endi