Vishnudas Chapke, who quit his journalism job after working with few English newspapers, has decided to traverse the countries with hitch-hiking and using other cost-saving ways.
He has a shoe-string budget, barely sufficient to manage the paperwork and procedures that are needed for international travel.
Starting his sojourn from Mumbai on March 19, he has covered four countries and is currently in Hanoi, capital of Vietnam.
Chapke asks for a lift from fellow commuters to cover the distances. For night halt, he requests local residents for shelter, and if that is not available, he sleeps in the open or stays at temples, pagodas and bus stations.
"My plan is to circumnavigate the globe by land in 20 months. I would use water transport only in case of reaching the nearest port to continue my surface journey," he said.
"From Vietnam, I plan to go to Australia in a freighter, and am waiting for necessary permissions and more financial assistance," Chapke said.