The expedition arrived in Australia on 20 July 1992. While staying in Sydney, the team had radio equipment problems, which was solved with the help of the Melbourne-based, Australian branch of Icom. Around November, one the main sponsors in Budapest filed for bankruptcy, this, coupled with the Kolkata–Singapore–Sydney shipping costs, presented serious funding issues for the expedition. In Australia, they have traveled a distance of around . The team left the country at the end of October, when the bus was shipped to Los Angeles, United States. The team and the bus was in the United States by January 1993. At this time, the expedition already lost the financial sponsorship of MOGÜRT and Lehel. The shipment to North America costed the team $, which they couldn't pay in full, and consequently, the bus was impounded in the Los Angeles harbor. The vehicle was at risk being put up for auction if the team didn't pay in 120 days. Trying to avert this, they even sent a letter to Árpád Göncz, then President of Hungary and to Mihály Kupa, then Minister of Finance, to request aid. Around this time, the team have stated that they have spent $– so far, and they will need $– more to get the bus back home to Hungary. By March 1993, the financial setbacks were solved, however the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) denied the team's request to operate using their suggested guest call sign, W/HA5BUS, and thus there was no radio activity in the US. After being informed about the expedition by Pál Tar, the Hungarian ambassador, the chairwoman of the Hungarian American Cultural Association (HACA) of Houston at the time decided to sponsor them. While being in the US, the team attended the 1993 Dayton Hamvention. In May, the team reported that they have used around of diesel fuel. The bus departed from the country towards Europe from Jacksonville, the team departed from Miami. By the middle of June 1993, the team was in Bremerhaven, Germany. The expedition finally arrived back in Hungary on 27 June 1993, when they crossed the Austrian border at Hegyeshalom. At the event organized to celebrate the arrival, there were a mumber of key people present; József Végvári, marketing director of Ikarus, expressed his surprise about the condition of the bus. Zoltán Vadnai, director of the Mátyásföld factory of Ikarus, also expected the expedition's vehicle to be "in a