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London travel: The 70-day £17,650 bus trip from London to Delhi

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Delhi in India is the final destination on the journey of a lifetime - that will cost you over £17,000
A Megabus to Edinburgh is up there with everyone's worst nightmares, but imagine getting a coach from London to Dehli. One bonkers tour company Bus to London is offering just that. A once in a lifetime magical mystery tour for daring tourists wanting to travel to India's capital in style.
The trip passes through 18 countries in 70 days covering over 20,000 kilometres. There are only twenty seats on the bus too, so you'll get to know your fellow passengers pretty quickly. You can expect a whirlwind of cuisines and meals, plenty of passport checking, and sightseeing all the way. Don't worry - there's Wi-Fi too.
But, this mad holiday comes at quite the cost. The full trip totals £17,650, depending on exchange rates. That comes to around £250 a night, which includes 69 Breakfasts, 48 Lunches and 42 Dinners, hotels, visa fees, and snacks and soft drinks. That leaves a few meals unaccounted for, and you'll have to pay for booze.
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The route

Days 1 to 16 will be a gargantuan journey from London ending up in Moscow, Russia. Along the way you will stop in European cities including Brussels, Frankfurt, Prague, Warsaw, and Vilnius. At the moment it's not clear if the bus will have to re-route around Ukraine due to the on-going war.
The next leg of the trip will see the bus cross Central Asia (Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, and Kyrgyzstan). Then tourists can immerse themselves in Chinese culture for over two weeks as the bus passes through cities like Dunhuang and Chengdu. The penultimate leg passes through Thailand, Myanmar and will take you to Imphal, a state in North-eastern India but closer to Bangladesh.
Those who wish to add a few more stops to the epic route can stop in Kohima, Gulawati, and Lucknow before reaching the final destination of Delhi.
Bus to London is the brainchild of Guinness World Record Holders Sanjay Madan and Tushar Agarwal, Founders of Adventures Overland. The pair have already taken road trippers on countless expeditions all over the world, visiting high altitude mountains, rainforests, isolated deserts, futuristic highways and scenic routes and that this is a new venture.
Their previous long voyage type holiday was the inverse journey from India to London, where people took their own cars and drove them across the continents.

The bus

This journey from London to India won't be carried out in an old banger either. The coach is described as "a modified luxury bus offering exceptional comfort and facilities."
The company promise ample legroom, an individual entertainment system with AUX and USB port, Wi-Fi, private lockers for valuables, storage for smaller bags and enough for two full-sized suitcases, a mini pantry with cool box for storing drinks and snacks, partition between seats for privacy, and first aid kits.
They even have ready-to-eat Indian food packets and a portable stove. There'll be a maximum group size of 20 people so the bus isn't too congested. For a shorter trip, you can join the journey for one of four legs, each lasting two to three weeks. A key thing to note is that you won't be sleeping on the coach entirely. There are hotel stops to take a break from four wheels.
Visit the Bus to London website.
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