Over the last eight years Markus Pukonen has been circumnavigating the globe, a trip of more than 73,000 kilometres, made without a plane, train or automobile. He didn't even ride an elevator.
Markus Pukonen at Niagara Falls. He crossed the border into Canada this week after an eight-year journey around the world without motors.
When the first lockdown lifted after eight months in that town, Pukonen bicycled through India. He said he bought a 27-foot sailboat in the south of India and then sailed across the Indian Ocean to the Seychelles and then Africa. "He looked at me [and] it's like, 'Oh, really? Sure. OK, that's what you've been doing?'" Pukonen said.
"I am incredibly proud of my brother for making and sticking to such a massive goal. I guess at the beginning, I knew he could do it, but now I can't believe he actually did it. He is living a truly amazing life and I can't wait to see what he does next. He will probably sleep for a few months," she said.
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