Nepali man traveling on foot crosses India, Sri Lanka into Bangladesh

Lee, a Nepalese youth who is out on a world tour on foot, reached Saidpur in Nilphamari at 9:00 pm yesterday (October 16, 2022) via Teknaf after traveling through India and Sri Lanka. In his last 29 days in Bangladesh Lee says he walked 800km to reach Saidpur from Teknaf.

After spending the night at a local resort, he left for Banglabandha land port in Tetulia upazila of Panchagarh this morning. From there, he will go to Nepal and decide the next course of action.

The 27-year-old from Thapathali area of Kathmandu said he went out on a walk around the world, reports our Nilphamari correspondent.

Last night, Lee reached Panchmatha intersection in Saidpur and met traffic police inspector Nahid Parvez and locals. During this time, they welcomed him with flowers.

At that time, Lee was accompanied by Bangladeshi photographer and writer Homaid Ishaq Moon. He joined Lee from Tangail. They were then joined by Dhaka's fashion designer Sabuj Kumar Barman, who had travelled from Teknaf to Tetulia at a record time a few years ago.

Homaid said he met Lee at a base camp on Mount Everest in Nepal a few years back and became friends there. When Lee informed him that he had entered Bangladesh, Homaid joined him on the way to Saidpur.

Saidpur traffic inspector Nahid arranged for Lee's night stay at a local hotel.

Lee told reporters that as part of his world tour, he first travelled across Nepal from 2015 to 2019 on foot.

Later, in 2021, he entered India through Kargil border in Kashmir and travelled to Sri Lanka after visiting interesting spots there. From there, he came to Bangladesh on September 17.

On September 18, he left Shahpori Island in Teknaf for Banglabandha land port and reached Saidpur last night.

"In the last five years, I have walked 13,800 kilometres across Nepal, India and Sri Lanka," Lee said.

Lee also said he will go to his home country Nepal via Banglabandha and later make a roadmap to visit other countries of South Asia.

Lee, who dropped out of school at the age of 14, could never stop traveling.