Tatra Around the World 2 expedition terminated due to pandemic

The Tatra Around the World 2 expedition is returning to Prague prematurely due to complications caused by the coronavirus pandemic, Czech Radio reported on Friday. According to one of the expedition members the Iranian authorities refused to extend their visas and neighbour states refused them entry. The expedition, which left Prague in February, crossed the Balkans before getting stuck in Turkey during the first wave of Covid-19. After three months it managed to get to Iran where the team spent another 90 days.

The Tatra Around the World 2 expedition was meant to cover 270,000 kilometres across 70 countries and five continents over a period of three years. The project was a follow-up on a similar expedition undertaken in the late 1980s and early 1990s and one of its aims was to promote Czech industry abroad.