LONDON: Adventures Overland, an expedition company has announced the “most epic bus journey in the world”. How would you feel about becoming part of the longest bus journey in the world spanning two continents, 18 countries and covering a distance of 20,000 kilometres in 70 days? The ‘Bus to London’ will be the first-ever hop-on/hop-off bus service between India and the United Kingdom.
In this one-of-a-kind road-trip, you will get to explore thousands of pagodas in Myanmar, meet rare species of Giant Pandas in Chengdu and will get to hike the Great Wall of China. Not only all this, but you also get to unwind in historic European cities such as Moscow, Vilnius, Prague, Brussels and Frankfurt before finally concluding the biggest journey of your lives in London. Apart from this, you can visit the historic city of Bukhara, Tashkent & Samarkand in Uzbekistan and cruise on the Caspian Sea in Kazakhstan.
The founder of Adventures Overland Tushar Agarwal, while speaking on this epic journey and what inspired him to start this service said, “We have been organising road trips around the world for the last 8 years. In 2010, I drove from London to Delhi and in 2013-14, Sanjay Madan and I drove around the world covering 90000 km in 50 countries on a journey known as great Indian world trip. This journey also created a Guinness World Record”.
He further added that they have been organising such trips since 2017 which comprised of 27 people, “In 2017, we organised the first road trip from India to London via 18 countries known as ‘Road To London’. As part of this journey, we took a convoy of 13 cars and 27 people from all over India to UK. The same trip was repeated in 2018 and 2019 also.”
This larger than life journey needs an advance preparation of about 6 months, where the company will process 10 visas for Indian passport holders to cover the entire journey. Your passport must be valid until January 2022 and should have 20 empty pages. For visa, a detailed list will be mailed to you by the company and they claim they will assist you with each step to obtain the same.
You will be spending just 25 days on foot and not travelling out of the 70-day trip, so the bus they offer is crucial. According to Adventures Overland, the bus has 24/7 wifi, 2×1 configuration seat layout for wider alley, Mobile phone charging points via plug and USB, Private locker with each seat to store valuable items, Individual entertainment system with AUX and USB port, Mini pantry with a cool box to store water, beverages, chocolates, snacks and Business Class seat with multiple seat adjustment options and ample legroom
