Debasshish Ghosh is an entrepreneur who administers two restaurants and a security agency but that is not how we know him, he’s one of the first Indian bikers along with Dharmendra Jain of ‘One World One Ride’ to cover five continents, 35 countries and a 68,000 km long journey on just motorbikes, an astonishing feat in just 270 days.

 This iconic journey which commenced on June 11, 2017 took him across India and its northeast, Southeast Asia, Far East, China, Mongolia, Russia, Europe, then the US by shipping the bike, going again to Australia, and back to the ASEAN belt before returning to Mumbai on March 26, 2018.

Biking has always been his passion but he never thought that he would take up something like this and was largely inspired for this adventure by a television series called ‘Longway Round’ which is a similar tale of two motorcyclists.

"Someone said that an Indian won't be able to ride across the world — obviously because of all the passport constraints that come along — but I took this as a challenge”. And as Debasshish says, that the key to this successful adventure was ample research and apt planning and timing.

Though Debasshish and his companion sped through some of the loneliest and remotest areas in the world, their journey was largely smooth and event-free except for situations like in Bolivia where they couldn’t get fuel and in Honduras where the presidential election had led to civil unrest.

This long journey helped him overcome language barriers and cultural diversities, discover and learn new things, understand customs, weather conditions, and local traditions.

The highlights of his journey were meeting several other bikers who rode with him and became friends, meeting wonderful people who were always ready to help and getting acquainted with a variety of traditions and cultures.

“God made man, man-made boundaries” exclaims Debasshish and adds that it is we who like to remain in our comfort zones but instead everybody should redefine themselves and live life to the fullest.