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Meet Indian national, part-time Mathematics teacher Clifin Francis. He's going to be one among the thousand football fans at the group stage C France vs Denmark football match on Tuesday, June 26 at the Luzhniki Stadium in Moscow. However, no one else in the stadium would've experienced a journey like his.
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Francis has cycled over 4,000km on his bicycle to make-true his life-long dream of attending a FIFA World Cup match. He began his journey from Sharjah, took a ferry to Bandar Abbas in Iran, and has been cycling to Moscow since early March.
"I'm not very good with dates," admits Francis in a phone conversation with Khaleej Times as he broke his journey in Tambov, Russia. He crossed Iran and Azerbaijan on cycle and was initially meant to cycle through Georgia as well; however, his visa was rejected at the border. "That was one of the toughest parts of my journey. It made me very sad I wasn't allowed into Georgia. I notice that people everywhere are nice, but governments not so much," he said.
He said, "I have another five days, 450km more, to get to Moscow - and I am beyond excited." The Aleppy-native flew down from Kochi to Dubai. "Initially, I wanted to make the entire journey from India, but I faced challenged getting visas to Pakistan and crossing the border. So, I decided to fly to Dubai," he added. A budget traveller, Francis has not spent more than $1,000 on the entire trip. The solo rider has made hundreds of new friends along the way, including several other long-distance cyclists.
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