Man sets off on round-the-world trip in car-boat

An Estonian has begun a trip around the world in a Toyota Land Cruiser that he turned into an amphibious vehicle that will cross land, oceans and rivers on a 60,000km journey.

Mait Nilson, 44, a mechanical engineer who worked on the project for the past seven years, waved goodbye to friends and fans as he set off from Taillin on a journey he estimates will take nine months.

“This has been my dream since I was a 10-year-old boy and spent summers at our cottage near lake Peipsi in East Estonia,” Nilson said before his departure in the vehicle dubbed Amphibear.