Around the world in 13 years
Published: 07 October, 2007, 02:22
A UK adventurer Jason Lewis has completed his 13-year voyage around the globe. He is the first man ever to take such a journey without using trains, cars, planes or motor powered boats.
On what Jason Lewis called a “wildly romantic quest” the traveller has encountered a crocodile, almost drowned and was arrested as a suspected spy.
Jason Lewis has covered the distance of 74,000 kilometres, crossed two oceans and visited 37 countries.
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