Hold tight for the 70‑day bus from London to Delhi

There’s no lavatory on board but plenty to see, according to the organisers of the transcontinental odyssey
The bus will be fitted with all the mod-cons for its 20 passengers — none of whom will be allowed to be “tetchy”
The bus will be fitted with all the mod-cons for its 20 passengers — none of whom will be allowed to be “tetchy”

For those who hate air travel but want adventure in far-off lands, an Indian company thinks it has the answer: a 70-day, 12,000-mile trip from London to Delhi with 20 others on a bus with no lavatory.

Tushar Agarwal and Sanjay Madan, co-founders of Adventures Overland, say they were inspired by their trips between the destinations to create a voyage of discovery through 18 countries. “A lot of people said they wanted to do an overland journey but didn’t want to drive. Handling breakdowns, visa hassles and documentation at borders themselves was a problem. A bus was the obvious solution,” Mr Agarwal, 39, said. “Imagine seeing west becoming east, seeing the landscape, the climate, the costumes, food, facial features, changing constantly through the window. It’s