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Whenever someone thinks of traveling, he wants his journey to be comfortable. After this comfortable journey, one can reach any beach or any historical place and enjoy there. But this Gujarati family decided to take a different kind of journey. This family traveled from Ahmedabad to London in their 73 year old family car. During this journey, he crossed 16 countries and completed a journey of about 13,500 kilometers in 73 days.
This family had completed this journey only in 2023, but it came into discussion among the people on social media recently when this family shared its video and pictures on their Instagram page.
The Gujarati family covered a distance of about 13,500 kilometers in the 73-year-old car. Daman Thakore and his family enjoyed this adventurous ride of their lifetime. After completing the journey, he was successful in taking his car, 1950S MG YT Lal Pari, kept in Ahmedabad, to his home in London. In this journey of 2.5 months, he crossed 16 countries. The cost of his journey was equal to the price of a Mercedes.
The family had also created an Instagram page for their journey. Announcing the end of his journey in 2023, he wrote that this is a very emotional moment. This journey of 13,500 kilometers with 73 days of madness and laughter and happiness is now over. We will be the first Indian to travel from India to UK and that too in an old car, many thanks to all those who supported us.
How social media users reacted
One user wrote that in 1976, I had also traveled from London to Sri Lanka with my parents. It was a journey to be remembered for a lifetime.
Another user wrote, were you all successful in doing this because you had a European passport? To this a family member replied that no, we all had Indian passports, we were able to do this because we had decided to do it and did it with courage.
