A view of Sarajevo, capital of Bosnia and Herzegovina. BAI LIN/FOR CHINA DAILY

Freelancer Bai Lin has toured and written about Belgrade and Sarajevo, since being selected for the Sailors Project in 2018.[Photo provided to China Daily]

Locals outside a hotel in Kyrgyzstan. LIU ZICHAO/FOR CHINA DAILY

Liu Zichao, another successful applicant for the project, has visited the Pamir Mountains, and mixed with the local people. [Photo provided to China Daily]

A bird nestling in a tree somewhere in Indonesia. FENG MENG-CHIEH/FOR CHINA DAILY

Feng Mengchieh, a college student of ornithology from Taiwan, has visited Indonesia and focused on bird-watching. [Photo provided to China Daily]

The Sailors Project 2020 has already kicked off, inviting talented youth to apply with their own travel proposals. [Photo provided to China Daily]