Chinese New Year, or Spring Festival as it’s known here, starts on the 14th, and is the most important holiday of the year here in China.

The country has been on the move for several days now, with families anxious to get home in time to celebrate. As a result, tickets of any type are harder to come by.

But two young students decided to make the journey from Changsha to Yongzhou in a much more basic fashion. Foregoing planes, trains, buses or automobiles the intrepid pair made the 250 mile journey - entirely on foot!