British national of Indian origin drives car through 16 countries for 59 days to meet mom in Maharashtra

During the course of the journey, Virajit Mungale, an IT skilled, coated 18,300 kilometres, travelling from London to Thane, the place his mom resides in the Raunak Park space of town.

Though Mungale typically visits his mom, his current journey was completely different, as he travelled through the UK, France, Germany, Belgium, Poland, Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, Russia, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, Estonia, China, Tibet, and Nepal, to attain India.

Mungale, nonetheless, wasn’t alone. He was accompanied by Roshan Shresta, a Nepalese citizen, who travelled with him until Kathmandu. From Kathmandu, he was joined by his spouse and a relative for the rest of the journey.

The UK resident stated he had deliberate the journey after studying in regards to the Silk Route. (*59*) curiosity was elevated after he learn an account of a pair doing the identical. However, when emails to the couple about recommendation went unanswered, Mungale determined to chalk out the journey particulars himself.

He additionally thanked his spouse for her help. “When I shared this plan with my spouse, she thought I used to be joking, however later, she supported it, and that’s how I deliberate your entire journey,” TOI quoted him as saying.

The journey was deliberate earlier than pandemic, however passed off this 12 months.

As per the TOI report, Mungale averaged 400-600 kilometres a day, and generally coated up to 1,000 kilometres, relying on the circumstances.

To make it safer, he prevented driving at night time. “We had completed pre-maintenance on the SUV, however confronted a minor technical downside after we reached Poland, however we overcame it, and it was a clean drive from there,” he stated.

The journey did come at a value because the IT skilled had to apply for a two-moth depart with out pay. During the planning, he additionally secured all vital permissions wanted to enter the assorted countries.

“Being a British national, I didn’t have any points coming into European countries or another nation. All my paperwork had been prepared, and the authorized processes had been taken care of.”

“We didn’t face any main climate in any weather conditions, although it was summer time in most locations… We had additionally reached the upper altitudes of 5,200 mts and confronted minor altitude illness, snow and excessive chilly, altogether superb expertise however properly ready for that as properly,” Mungale stated.

“Food was not an issue both, as aside from beef and bugs, I eat the whole lot. We would take a break after 3-4 pm and begin looking out for lodges or locations to keep in a single day,” he revealed.

The SUV consumed practically 3,000 litres of gas to cowl your entire 18,300-kilometre journey.