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Why fly when you can drive?

ByHormazd Sorabjee
Jan 02, 2016 09:50 PM IST

The road from Germany to India – across Prague, Warsaw, Moscow, Ulaanbaatar and Mandalay – is one helluva ride.

The two right-hand-drive SUVs with Maharashtra registration plates were creating a buzz. We were, after all, in left-hand-drive Europe – Ingolstadt in Germany, to be precise. The ‘Ingolstadt to India’ stickers on the flanks of our cars said it all: we were set for a 20,000-km drive back to India, across nine countries, eight times zones and two continents.

(Photo: Rishad Saam Mehta)
(Photo: Rishad Saam Mehta)
Prague, with its amazing old-world architecture, is one of the most touristy places in the world.
Prague, with its amazing old-world architecture, is one of the most touristy places in the world.
Fireworks over St Basil’s Cathedral in Moscow at the end of the Annual Festival of Military Bands.
Fireworks over St Basil’s Cathedral in Moscow at the end of the Annual Festival of Military Bands.
Lake Baikal in Siberia is the largest freshwater lake in the world.
Lake Baikal in Siberia is the largest freshwater lake in the world.
At the Genghis Khan monument, 50km outside of Ulaanbaatar in Mongolia, you can climb up the horse’s mane and stare Genghis in the face.
At the Genghis Khan monument, 50km outside of Ulaanbaatar in Mongolia, you can climb up the horse’s mane and stare Genghis in the face.
The Great Wall of China in Shuiguan is exactly that: the greatest man-made structure on Earth.
The Great Wall of China in Shuiguan is exactly that: the greatest man-made structure on Earth.
The last leg: Mandalay in Myanmar is an easygoing city with plenty of whitewashed chortens and gilded stupas. Monks, like the one here at Sandamuni Pagoda (above), glide about serenely.
The last leg: Mandalay in Myanmar is an easygoing city with plenty of whitewashed chortens and gilded stupas. Monks, like the one here at Sandamuni Pagoda (above), glide about serenely.
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