A British adventurer named Karl Bushby has arrived home in England after walking for 28 years. He traveled about 50,000 kilometres from Chile to his hometown of Hull. Bushby followed a strict rule: he could not use any vehicles or transport to move forward.
The journey was very difficult and took much longer than he planned. Bushby walked through thick jungles, hot deserts, and freezing snow. At one point, closed borders blocked his route, so he spent 31 days swimming across the Caspian Sea. To reach England at the end of his journey, he swam across the English Channel.
Bushby said that kind strangers helped him survive. Along the way, many poor families gave him food and a safe place to sleep. He explained that people in every country welcomed him and helped him keep going.
About 1,000 people cheered when Bushby finally reached Hull on Monday. He returned home to meet his family, including a 12-year-old granddaughter he had never seen. After almost three decades on the road, Bushby said he must now learn how to live a normal life again.