Sankar Ranjan Roychoudhury has been around the world, but not in 80 days; bit by bit over 27 years. To date, he has made 30 trips, spanning 125 countries; there were, at last count, 195 in the world. He shows me his precious possessions — a large world map, framed; four almirahs packed with memorabilia from his different trips. “I call them The Captive World 1, 2, 3 and 4,” says Roychoudhury in a quivering voice, laughing at his own little joke. Roychoudhury talks animatedly about the long walks, the sledges — “not pulled by dogs, but attached to bikes”, the experience of walking on ice, slipping and falling and slipping again.

Source: The Telegraph June 15, 2019 20:37 UTC