British adventurer Jason Lewis has been circumnavigating the world for thirteen years using only his own legs as power, and the BBC reports that he has finally arrived home.

Lewis set out in 1994, from the UK, first by bike and then in a pedal boat across the English channel to France. Now, after a trip in which he was hit by a car and nearly had a leg amputated and was thrown into jail in Egypt, he has finally arrived back in Dorset.

The mind boggles as to how the world has changed in 13 years; the world-wide-web was only just starting out at that time, and there have been numerous conflicts and upheavals. Spending that much time on the move must surely leave a person in a state where they’re in for quite a few shocks upon returning home…

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