Three friends have travelled around the world to 51 countries in 450 days in a British black cab, breaking two records along the way. British University students, Paul Archer, Johno Ellison, and Leigh Purnell reached the highest ever altitude by taxi- 17.143 feet at Everest base camp, and they clocked up the longest journey by taxi at 43,321 miles, which is the equivalent of a taxi fare costing $129,000 US Dollars. Ellison explained the reasons for their mammoth journey: "We didn't want to see how many jellybeans we could put in our mouth, we wanted to do something more adventurous, so instead of just travelling around the world once we'd finished university, we worked and we did this, so that was our challenge to us "The trio have managed to raise more than $31,165 US Dollars for the British Red Cross and say that after a year and a half on the road they are looking forward to sleeping in their own beds.
