On Wednesday, Indian Ambassador to Egypt Rahul Kulshreshth flagged off Dr. Raj Phanden from the Embassy of India in Cairo, according to a statement by the embassy.
Dr. Phanden who is also known as Cycle Baba and World Bicycle Traveler is on a mission titled - "Wheels for Green" to create awareness on global warming, climate change and its effect on the human race, plantation, Ayurveda (the ancient Indian system of medicine) and Indian culture.
So far, he has cycled more than 55000 kms across 52 countries on his bicycle in the last 5 years (Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Nepal, Bhutan, Malpes, Thailand, Cambodia, Vietnam, Laos ,Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore, Brunei, Indonesia, Timor, Brunei, Philippines, Taiwan Japan, S. Korea Hong Kong, Macau, Oman, UAE, Iran, Azerbaijan, Armenia, Georgia, Turkey, Italy, Vatican city, San Marino, Slovenia, Croatia, Hungary, Slovakia, Austria, Czech Republic, Poland, Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, Finland, Germany, France, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Republic of Ireland, Wales, England France, Belgium, Luxembourg, etc).
On this leg of cycling, Dr. Phanden is starting from Egypt and intends to visit several countries in Africa.
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