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Getting around the world under his own steam
Canadian aims to spread green awareness as he travels without using motorised vehicles
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Mr Markus Pukonen has travelled halfway round the world from Toronto, Canada, using basically just muscle power - by walking, cycling, paddling along the Mekong River and hopping for 10km on a pogo stick, and he has not even taken the escalator - since he set out in July 2015. His feats include climbing the stairs up 57 floors to the Marina Bay Sands Infinity Pool - twice.
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Canadian Markus Pukonen has travelled across 16 countries, three continents and made it halfway around the world in the last three years. But he has not taken a single plane ride.
Mr Pukonen is in the midst of a continuous round-the-world expedition, fittingly named Routes of Change, where he aims to travel without getting on motorised vehicles while spreading awareness for social and environmental causes.
