Welcome home: Karl Bushby completes 31,000-mile, 28-year trek around the world

You can come home again -- but in Karl Bushby’s case, it took 28 years and a journey of 31,000 miles.Read more trending news Bushby, 57, embraced his weeping mother on Monday, as he returned to his childhood home in Hull, England, after walking around the world.“Where have you been?” Angela Bushby asked, according to The Associated Press and the BBC.All over the place, Mom.The former paratrooper left Punta Arenas, Chile, on Nov. 1, 1998. He crossed the Bering Strait between the United States and Russia by navigating shifting ice, and swam across the English Channel, according to the news organization.He also swam across the Caspian Sea to avoid taking a boat or plane, the AP reported.After 28 years, 30 countries and more than 30,000 miles on foot, Karl Bushby has completed his epic odyssey around the world, returning home to Hull, England. Bushby says the kindness of strangers and the human spirit carried him through the challenges of his journey, which began when he was 29. Now, he te