Cycling odyssey: City workers quit their job to pedal from the UK to Japan (2)

Their route, of which they've already cycled 14,000km (8,699 miles), takes them through Poland, Turkey, India, and Vietnam, though they are currently near Mandalay in Myanmar.

Having left London last June, the pair insist that this impulsive decision, which has led them through the deserts of Oman and the mountains of Nepal, was not nearly as difficult as one might imagine.

The pair, who write about their experience on their blog, Punctures and Panniers, planned out many stops along their extensive route

The trip began in Belgium and Holland, which helped the couple as they found their cycle legs on the flat terrain