Moroccan globe trotter leaves New Delhi

Moroccan globe trotter, Adil Qatine, left New Delhi on Monday to resume his Asian tour on foot.

Qatine left the Indian capital city for Calcutta, from where he will head to Dacca, Bangladesh.

The adventurer had come to New Delhi from Islamabad (Pakistan) via Lahore. He crossed the borders and walked through Amristar in the Punjab.

Qatine, 30, had started his march for peace and entente among peoples last November from Rabat, Morocco's capital city. After crossing the Arab Maghreb countries, Qatine walked around Egypt, Jordan, Syria, Turkey, Lebanon, Iraq, Iran before reaching Pakistan and India.

The Ibn Batouta of the modern times will make a break in Dacca, before heading for Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam, China, North Korea and South Korea, Japan and Russia.

He will afterwards walk around Scandinavia and Europe before going back to Morocco in July 2003.