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Rohit Kumar & Rupali Jatana Kumar

Total Vote(s) : 167 | Total Testimonial(s) : 5

Hi. We are Rohit and Rupali from Mumbai. Rupali (my wife) is a home-maker and a graduate in Psychology from Chandigarh. I am working as a market researcher in India’s leading market research agency, IMRB International. I used to consider myself an ace, yet safe, driver. When Rupali came along in my life, I found I was a novice. Having driven uphill several times towards Kasuali, Shimla, Ludhiana, Amritsar, New Delhi, etc., she has a good grounding of highway driving. I was impressed by her skills on the NH17 last year when we drove to Goa. I have picked up a lot just by observing her drive and of course from her constant criticism while I am behind the wheel. Both of us are passionate about traveling, especially by road.

We are the best candidates because...

As a couple, we share a yin and yang relationship of opposite extremes of the fun spectrum. One is extremely cautious and the other is cautiously extreme. Driven by the passion for driving, we find solace in the quiet of the car’s cabin with traffic rushing by. Forever ready to roll out for a drive. How we wish our car attains immortality. The feeling evolves from the deep relationship that gets formed over the months and years and kilometers between the driver and the driven. We still remember the mint-fresh 4 wheels that enticed us from the first look two years back. We rolled it out of the showroom and went straight up the nearest motorable hills that drew us with their seductive greenery. Since then, not a day passes by without the wheels rolling out of the parking and now, something that feels like a passion has enveloped the two of us which we call driving. This alchemical transformation has happened in the cocooned environment of our 4 wheels. Please check our travel and photography blog (www.rohytkumar.blogspot.com ).

Our Travel Plan

Day 1--> Mumbai to Karad (via Pune) Mum-Pune Expw, NH4 to run 309 kms. Day 2--> Karad to Haveri (NH4). To run 346 kms. Day 3 --> Haveri to Mangaluru. To run 307 kms. Day 4 --> Mangaluru to Ponnani. (NH17). To run 327 kms. Day 5 --> Ponnani to Kanakapura. To run 329 kms. Day 6 --> Kanakapura to Devanagere (via) Tumkur (NH4). To run 311 kms. Day 7 --> Devanagere to Panaji (NH4). To run 342 kms. Day 8 --> Panaji to Palgadh (via Ratnagiri) (NH17). To run 361 kms. Day 9 --> Palgadh to Pune. To run 169 kms. Day 10 --> Pune to Mumbai (via Alibag). To run 243 kms. TOTAL DISTANCE TRAVELLED --> 3044 kms.

Our Travelogue

There are 6 flower pots manning our balcony of our 7th floor apartment. The story behind the flower pots starts from a friend's place who we were visiting around 2 in the afternoon on a Saturday a few months back. When we left his place, we were sleepy and wanted to hit the sack. Those days, the audio of the movie Delhi 6 had released and we had our radio on in the car on our way back home. We were about 2-3 minutes away from our society's gate when the song ‘Masakkali’ started playing on the radio. We steered our way back to the main road just to listen to that song. We ended up on the road to Alibag and on our way, spotted a nursery from where we picked up the flower pots by 7 in the evening. Together we have done thousands of kilometers in and around Maharashtra and Goa including Igatpuri, Nasik, Ahmednagar, Aurangabad, Pune, Alibag, Ganapatipule, Karjat, Matheran, Baramati and Surat in Gujarat. There are only a handful of States in India which we have not visited. Would love to explore the North - East some day. Preferably by road. International destinations include Spain, Germany, Netherlands, Malaysia, Singapore and Indonesia.

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Testimonials

Imtiaz A Khan

"She has changed my DNA".... this is what he recently exclaimed when we noticed that he is enjoying spicy food which was until quite recently taboo for this dude.... says a lot about how these two are so much deeply in luuurrrve and enjoying the drive.... Extremely well balanced couple especially for this challenge where what would really make a difference is the right mix of composure and enthusiasm... the fact that both are great drivers should definitely add to there score!

Kalikinkar

Hi..read ur profile n liked it very much.U can increase ur vote bank n testimonials thru the community in orkut http://www.orkut.co.in/Main#Community.aspx?cmm=91293176

Sanjeev Dadde

Hi, Nice to see people with same liking from same town. Let us thank greatdrivingchallenge.com, for giving us an opportunity to introduce our self to new friends with same likings. We are also participating in this challenge (1246779945468001)and we wish you all the best. Regards, Sanjeev Dadde 9321196600