India, March 24 -- A 31-year-old Chinese man walked 3,300 kilometres from Hubei in central China to Lhasa in Tibet in a year with a two-wheeler cart. After a journey through mountains, valleys, snowstorms, and typhoons, Liqi is coming back a changed man in more than one way.

He started the adventure in April last year with a budget of just 1000 yuan (Rs. 12,000) per month from Jingzhou, Hubei. Just less than a year later, he had his body battered, his knee injured, and his face 20 years older.

"I am 20 years older than when I started my journey," he said, according to a report by the South China Morning Post.

The man slept under the open sky, and rarely took a bath. Having limited means to survive, he cooked frugal meals. When Liqi arr...