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Bus company offers 70-day trip between Delhi and London for 17,000 euros


On the program, a 70-day trip, spanning more than 20,000 kilometers and crossing 18 countries! – Marie Sjödin / Pixabay

  • An Indian agency offers this trip, embellished with many intermediary visitors, to wealthy clients.
  • The coach will cross no less than 17 countries.
  • Reservations are open and the first departure is scheduled for May 2021.

A journey leaving from Delhi and arriving in London … by coach ? In the context of the epidemic of
coronavirus,
which severely impacted a tourism sector Due to travel restrictions imposed around the world, it is the risky bet that an Indian travel agency, Adventure Overland, has decided to take. Reservations are open for a trip that will begin in early May 2021.

On the program, a 70-day trip, spanning more than 20,000 kilometers and crossing 18 countries! Adventures Overland promises “the world’s longest and most epic bus journey”. It will also be, according to the agency, the “very first hop-on hop-off bus service between Delhi, India and London, UK”.

Two months on a bus? The idea alone risks bringing back some painful memories of long, very long road trips. Faced with the doubts of potential travelers, the agency tries to reassure with its “luxury bus offering exceptional comfort and equipment” with a capacity of 20 passengers, as indicated. Brochure. Far from being a 70-day trip in a row, sightseeing tours are planned in each country, as well as hotel nights.

Inspiration from the past

Divided into four stages, the circuit will pass through Burma, Thailand, Laos, China, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Russia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, the Czech Republic, Germany, the Countries -Bas, Belgium and France. Targeting more wealthy tourists than those wishing to travel at a lower cost, it will still cost 17,000 euros to enjoy the entire trip, even if there is a less expensive alternative by traveling in one step.

Sixty-three years earlier, such a journey had already been made between London and Calcutta. Organized by Oswald-Joseph Garrow-Fisher, 20 passengers boarded a bus named “The Indiaman” on April 15, 1957 before arriving in the UK on August 2, after 110 days of headline-grabbing tour.

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