Council employee, 40, travels to 10 countries in underneath 24 hrs only utilizing general public transportation

A gentleman travelled nearly 600 miles and to 10 nations in 24 hrs applying almost nothing but community transport.

Jo Kibble, 40, travelled from London to Eijsden, in the extremely south of the Netherlands, to get started his challenge to vacation to as lots of nations in a day, at 11.58pm on Monday.

It allowed him shut entry to as several unique international locations as attainable, and he utilized buses, trains, trams, coaches and retain the services of bikes.

He travelled to Belgium, Luxembourg, Germany, France, Switzerland, Liechtenstein, Austria and Slovakia, ending his obstacle in Breclav, Czech Republic, at 11.25pm on Tuesday.

He challenged himself soon after carrying out a very similar vacation eight months ago, to see how much he could get only on trains from London in 24 several hours.

Jo Kibble normally takes a selfie immediately after arriving in Prague off the sleeper educate the working day just after the problem

He racked up a collection of gorgeous images on the journey which started on Monday at 11.58pm

The Ealing Council employee snapped a picture as he cycles to the station in Luxembourg

Jo Kibble snaps a selfie as he leaps off the coach at Breclav at 23:30 to full the challenge

A Swiss cheese plate in the restaurant car of an Intercity to Sargans

Jo, who life in Charlton, south east London, and heads the cabinet workplace for Ealing Council, stated: ‘It was a amazing practical experience.

‘I’d hoped to make it to 11 nations around the world, but a damaged down educate in Alsace, France, intended I did not end up acquiring time to squeeze in a aspect journey to Hungary.

‘Over the study course of the journey, I travelled on eight trains, five buses, a coach, a tram, and a seek the services of bicycle.

‘Under my guidelines, to tick off a place, I couldn’t just sit on a coach travelling via it – I experienced to get there and depart on various motor vehicles, so at the incredibly minimum, I experienced to adjust.

‘The comfort and ease ranged from a pretty cramped, overcrowded 1am mentor from Liege to Luxembourg, to a first course express as a result of the extraordinary scenery of the Austrian Alps.

‘The journey also integrated a visit to the clinically clear funds of Liechtenstein, to a operate down station in the Bratislava suburbs.’

At 11.58pm on Monday evening, Jo embarked on his adventure from the small village of Eijsden in the southern Netherlands – leaving on the previous train of the day to Belgium.

Arriving in Liège, Belgium, considerably less than an hour later on, he boarded a Flixbus coach at 1am to Luxembourg exactly where he then employed a Vel’OH! bike from the park and experience exactly where the mentor arrived.

He cycled to the major bus station in Luxembourg and boarded an express bus at 4am to Saarbrücken, Germany, prior to switching to a tram at 5.40am to Sarreguemines, France.

Jo then boarded a practice at 6.13am to Strasbourg, followed by a train at 7.51am to Basel, Switzerland, but this train was terminated at the border owing to a technological issue.

He then experienced to just take the subsequent educate to Basel and therefore skipped his planned onward relationship to Hungary, lowering his journey by a complete place.

Yet, Jo soldiered on and took a train from Basel to Zürich at 10.06am, followed by a coach to Sargans at 11.38am, and then a bus to Vaduz, Liechtenstein, at 12.33pm.

He caught a bus at 1.18pm to Schaan, then a bus at 1.28pm to Feldkirch, Austria, ahead of boarding a practice to Bratislava-Petrzalka, Slovakia, at 2.17pm.

The initial coach of the obstacle, from Eijsden in the Netherlands to Liège in Belgium

Mosaics at the primary station in Bratislava, Slovakia – Jo only utilized community transport

Crossing the Rhine into Liechtenstein – Jo preferred to consider and take a look at as quite a few nations as feasible

At the prepare station in Switzerland, leaving Basel for Zürich – he travelled virtually 600 miles altogether

Jo then took a bus to Bratislava-Hlavná at 9.38pm and ultimately boarded a practice at 10.06pm to his final destination.

Right after a whopping 23 hours and 27 minutes, Jo arrived in Breclav in the south east of the Czech Republic at 11.25pm, ticking off 10 international locations in whole.

He mentioned: ‘I’m happy I did this obstacle.

‘It’s excellent to see that factors you spend a lot of time performing out on paper can function in actuality.

‘Luckily, the very last teach experienced a sleeper vehicle to Prague, so acquiring hopped off at a very chilly Breclav at 11.25pm, I could just hop again on and go straight to mattress, and wake up in the Czech capital the up coming morning.

‘I’ve got a few extra times in the Czech Republic and then I’ll be wandering dwelling.

‘Ending up a person quick of how numerous nations that I think is possible to pay a visit to in 24 hours offers a potential for a upcoming obstacle.’