Three Women, 97 Days, 13 Countries: A Road Trip From Delhi To London

Wednesday, September 14 2016, 11:40:04

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December 4, 2015

Day 1 to 7: Delhi – Kanpur – Siliguri – Guwahati – Imphal – Moreh/ Tamu border point (Myanmar) – Monywa (Distance: 2,403 km)

Day 8 to 14: Monywa – Mandalay – Lhasa – Muse – Ruili – Dali – Xichang – Chengdu (Distance: 1903 kms)

Day 15 to 21: Chengdu – Ruoergai – Xining – Jiayuguan – Hami – Turpan – Kuerle (Distance: 3,520 km)

Day 22 to 28: Kuerle – Akesu – Kashgar – Sary Tash (Kyrgyzstan) – Osh – Tashkent – Samarkhand – Bukhara (Distance: 1,964 km)

Day 29 to 35: Bukhara – Khiva – Nukus (Kazakhstan) – Beyneu – Atyrau – Astrakhan (Russia) – Volvograd (Distance: 2,352 km)

Day 36 to 42: Volvograd – Kamensk – Kharkiv – Kiev (Ukrain) – Lviv – Karkow (Poland) – Prague (Czech Republic) (Distance: 2,589 km)

Day 43 to 54: Prague – Frankfurt (Germany) – Brussels (Belgium) – London (UK) (Distance: 1,269 km)

Wow!!!!!

Three friends – Rashmi Koppar, Dr Soumya Goyal, and Nidhi Tiwari – did this amazing travel across 13 countries! It was Nidhi’s idea which got approved by the other two friends. They quickly took a sabbatical from their jobs to realize their dream. They started “Women Beyond Boundaries” in March 2015 to encourage women to drive long distances.

An Indian car manufacturer sponsored their trip and gave them an SUV to drive through several countries. They started in June 2015 and travelled to Myanmar, China, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Russia, Ukraine, Poland, Czech Republic, Germany, Belgium and France, and lastly London. The journey culminated in October.

Covering over 23,800 km in 97 days, it was Nidhi who drove throughout the journey. In fact, they claim that the car in which they happened to complete their road trip has become first Indian vehicle to cross the Arctic Circle.

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