Wednesday, July 15, 2009

A walk down our driving experiences! :-)

Aditi and I have been on several drives. We are vastly experienced at driving trips - a reflection of our true passion. Firstly, let me start off with listing our key achievements:
  1. Driven in 4 continents: Asia, Europe, Australia, Africa
  2. Driven in 8 coutries: India, Singapore, Malaysia, South Africa, Australia, New Zealand, Germany, Switzerland
  3. Been on several long road trips. Going by distance, the two longest ones are the 3,630 km trip through Chennai - Bangalore - Goa - Mumbai - Pune - Hyderabad - Chennai and the 3,200 kms trip touching Chennai-Hyderabad-Mumbai-Vijaywada-Chennai
  4. Achieved "1000 kms of driving in a day" twice. Once in South Africa and once in Malaysia.
  5. Maximum distance in a day in India is ~900 kms from Vishakapatnam to Chennai... and many more in 800-900kms range in a day

Having highlighted key achievements, we would like to now highlight, some of our most memorable drives:

  1. Auckland to Rotorua, New Zealand
  2. Capetown to Cape of Good Hope, in South Africa
  3. Stutgart (Germany) to Interlaken (Switzerland) and back, through Alps
  4. Singapore to Cherating Malaysia - 2 trips
  5. Several trips from Chennai to Ooty, Kodaikalan, Kerala (each ~1,500 kms or more)
  6. Chennai to Dandeli Water Rafting, via Bangalore (trip of ~2,000 kms)
  7. Separate trips from Singapore to Pangkor Island, Tioman Islands, Penang (in Malaysia) with each trip being ~1500 kms long8)
  8. Atleast 15 trips from Singapore to Kuala Lumpur
  9. Capetown to Knysna, South Africa (Garden Route)
  10. Perth to Margaret River, Australia.
  11. .. and numerous others....

Please check this blog for more details on a few of these. I have another blog for the longest trip I have been to: http://wimwi-road-trip.blogspot.com/

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