So far, we have dreamt of walking 3,700km from Spain to Turkey which will have taken at least 6 months if walking entirely on foot in a world where civilisation has collapsed. If communications are down we are relying entirely on faith there is a boat that can carry us across the sea for our final stretch.
How would we fund such a trip? That is a difficult question. Without a financial system we would likely be relying on the kindness of others or exchanging our labour for resources along the way. This would result in our trip taking much longer than the six months of walking 20km a day.
No doubt one may have to avoid cities as food and resources may be scarce. People may flee the cities themselves and make their way to rural areas for work or food. Sticking to small villages may be more ideal. Vast food shortages may be an issue in Europe if civilisation collapsed too.
In any case, we are assuming that we were able to find enough food to convert into watts to make it to the Middle East. Our next step is to reach Asia, which is the next continent on our way home to Australia.
There are a few options available to someone who were to look at a map and have little other knowledge. There is of course the Silk Road. Which is a historical series of routes that traversed goods from China to the Middle East for thousands of years.
In the map below. We have a choice of walking north of the Himalayas. This would take us straight into China via Tibet. However going south of the Himalayas would take us into India. From Bagdad, we could travel south of the Zagros Mountains, following the Persian Gulf coast line all the way to Mumbai.
The Silk Road is likely not the best route after first examining. Therefore, given that Apple Maps cannot make this route for some reason, below is Google Map’s walking track from Turkey to Bangladesh.
This route will include 7,779km of walking. It will be quite the distance. If we walk an average of 20km a day, this will take 388 days, at least 1 year, likely 2 years in reality if we have supplies and can maintain momentum.
Next, we must find a way to travel from Asia back to Australia which will present many challenges given there is a body of oceans and islands.
References.
The Silk Road (2022). The National Geographic. https://education.nationalgeographic.org/resource/silk-road/#