Thats a lot of shoes!!
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Round-the-world walker reaches Argentina
A Canadian man has reached Argentina after walking almost 11,000 miles of a round-the-world trip due to end in 2012.
Jean Beliveau arrived in Buenos Aires more than two-and-a-half years after leaving his home near Montreal.
The 47-year-old pushes a three-wheeled pushchair loaded with a tent, sleeping bag and his country's Maple Leaf flag.
So far he has worn his way through 16 pairs of shoes on his walk to promote world peace for children.
Mr Beliveau said the idea for the walk came to him in 1999, when he thought about doing something unusual.
He said: "I started thinking 'How long would it take to go from Montreal to New York? And how long from Montreal to Mexico?' I went and looked in an Atlas at the distances and began thinking about setting out."
After Argentina, he wants to hike up the coast to Brazil and then fly to South Africa and begin hiking northward. That would take him across Europe and the Middle East and to Iraq if conditions allow.
Next up would be Central Asia, Southeast Asia, Australia, New Zealand and then Canada from west to east before finally returning home.
Mr Beliveau insists on refusing lifts from passing motorists. His only regret was missing Colombia, where authorities made him fly across to Ecuador because of a civil war.
A Canadian man has reached Argentina after walking almost 11,000 miles of a round-the-world trip due to end in 2012.
Jean Beliveau arrived in Buenos Aires more than two-and-a-half years after leaving his home near Montreal.
The 47-year-old pushes a three-wheeled pushchair loaded with a tent, sleeping bag and his country's Maple Leaf flag.
So far he has worn his way through 16 pairs of shoes on his walk to promote world peace for children.
Mr Beliveau said the idea for the walk came to him in 1999, when he thought about doing something unusual.
He said: "I started thinking 'How long would it take to go from Montreal to New York? And how long from Montreal to Mexico?' I went and looked in an Atlas at the distances and began thinking about setting out."
After Argentina, he wants to hike up the coast to Brazil and then fly to South Africa and begin hiking northward. That would take him across Europe and the Middle East and to Iraq if conditions allow.
Next up would be Central Asia, Southeast Asia, Australia, New Zealand and then Canada from west to east before finally returning home.
Mr Beliveau insists on refusing lifts from passing motorists. His only regret was missing Colombia, where authorities made him fly across to Ecuador because of a civil war.
I don't actually have that many, I'm quite good for a woman
Maybe you could have a word with my wife then, on our last trip to the States I had to buy an extra suitcase to bring back all the shoes she had bought (including a "bargain" pair of golf shoes....she has never played! (before or after))I kid you not!!
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