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Ajay Jain & Anubhuti Rana

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Both my wife, Anubhuti, and I are avid travellers. We both have a media background (besides having worked in other sectors) and are on a kind of a mission to explore all of India by road. Our travels over the last few years since we came together have taken us extensively across Ladakh, Himachal Pradesh including the Lahaul Spiti Valley, Rajasthan and Uttarakhand. This also includes wildlife sanctuaries like Ranthambhore, Corbett and Sariska. We both now concentrate mostly on travelling, coming to Delhi for a few weeks at a time to take care of some monetary matters and for doing the laundry (that's what we jokingly tell our friends). We do all this to write travel books (the first one can be checked at http://peeppeepdontsleep.com) and our travel blog, http://kunzum.com.


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We are the best candidates because...

We are the best candidates because we have already travelled extensively (having done over 20,000 kilometers by road in the last two years alone), have a lot of stories and photographs to share, and know how to present them to make it enjoyable for the reader (see our work at http://kunzum.com). More importantly, we are passionate enough to travel like this to give up everything else, even making personal sacrifices in the process. All to show the world what a beautiful country India through our books and blog. And while we travel, we make an attempt to not only admire places but also meet people, understand them as a society and their values and cultures and their habitats too.


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Our Travel Plan

We propose to cover the following route: Mumbai - Badami - Aihole - Hampi - Chikamagalur - Hassan - Coorg - Chamarajnagar - Nagarhole - Dandeli - Mumbai This distance works out to more or less 3,000 kms as stipulated in the rules. What do we expect to report from this route? A lot of surprises, with history, geography, nature and the modern all rolled into one. Here's a sampler of the predictable part of the journey: - Badami: The cave temples cut into rocks at Badami and Aihole tracing the history of the Chalukya Dynasty. - Hampi: The UNESCO World Heritage site and capital of the Vijayanagara empire. - Chikamagalur: Exploring the bio-diversity of the Western Ghats in the Anshi and Dandeli National Parks. - Hassan: The twin temple towns of Belur and Halebid, as well as the 17m tall statue of Lord Gomateshwara at Shravanabelagola - Coorg: Refreshing oneself with some of the finest teas and coffees in the world - Chamarajnagar: Taking the jungle safaris here - Nagarhole: Meeting the largest herds of Asiatic elephants


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Our Travelogue

The list is quite exhaustive but here go the highlights (all travel in India has been by road, self driven). You can read much more on our blog, http://kunzum.com. INDIA - Ladakh: Twice for 4 weeks each, in 2008 and 2009 - Lahaul Spiti covering Kaza, Tabo and Nako as well as Kalpa and Sangla Valley in 2007 - East Uttarakhand covering Abbot Mount, Champawat, Vijaypur, Patal Bhuvaneshwar and Munsiyari in 2008 - Himachal Pradesh covering Mashobra, Sangla and Sojha in 2009 - Rajasthan covering Bikaner, Jaisalmer, Jodhpur, Mount Abu, Udaipur and Jaipur in 2009 - Ranthambhore in 2007 OVERSEAS - Prague, Budapest and Switzerland in 2009 - Paris and Zurich in 2007 - London, Berlin, Innsbruck, Salzburg and Vienna in 2006 - Hong Kong in 2008 - Turkey in 2009


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Testimonials

Sheila Vasan Singla

Ajay and Anu are a couple that are passionate about Travel. The photographs that Ajay takes are simply stunning and Anu is the best partner he can have in his many journeys in life. I wish them all the very best and hope that they win this challenge!!!

Anita Lobo

I wish Ajay and Anubhuti all the best for this challenge. There are many who travel, but there are very few who share their delight and adventure with the humour and generosity that you do. May your travels be good to you!

Jyotsna Angara

Ajay and Anubhuti's passion for travel is amazing. They truely know "The Art of having a Great time thru their Travels". Ajay has always had a passion for travel and travel writing. And through hard work and their bold (& brave) initiative, they are now "living their dream of traveling the length and breadth of India on wheels - especially since every trip is off the beaten path." Great going Ajay and Anubhuti. Good luck and best wishes. Hoping you win this challenge.

Anurag Nigam

Ajay & Anubhuti, best of luck for the challenge. Good Luck and hope to see u as a winning contender in news sometime...

Snjay Suri

ajay's a friend but more relevant are some facts below: - he's a well traveled travel blogger, has authored and published a travel book and has a couple in the pipeline. also one on the environment. that makes him an accomplished writer who's fun to read.. i like his conversational style.. you will to. - he's crazy about driving! drove 16hrs (or was it 18) non-stop, as in with a few chai stops, from jispa-delhi! is always ready for the next trip which is a sure sign of living to do road trips. - i've attended a bunch of his photo exhibitions. i like his work tho i dont claim to be an expert. he's done quite a bit of photography in the ladakh area covering the monasteries and buddhist culture. - he's a diehard full time writer/photographer who's decided that corporate world is not worthy of devotion. point being this is not a hobby for him.. it's his life. add to that the companian that anu makes - she's made him take up travel, she's quit her job to travel with him. travel is her life too! over all.. i think if ajay&anu win, the quality of the 'great dricing challenge' will be awesome. if the best person wins and it's not them, then you would have picked one of the best people possible! all the best... may the best team win!

ashish dimri

My best wishes are with Ajay Jain. He comes across a true nature lover, a prolific writer and a good human being. Ajay! Do your best !

Akhtar Khan

I wish Ajay and Anu best of luck in this challenge. Not many have the courage to put their dream into action and break convention and cordons of so called security to really follow their heart. All the best

Manchumi

All the best to both of you.

PJ Partridge

Dear Ajay and Anubhuti, I have been enjoying your fascinating travel reports on Kunzum.com very much, and am looking forward to reading about your new adventures from the Great Driving Challenge. Best regards from the U.S., PJ Partridge

prabir ghose

i met ajay in bangalore in a blogger's meet in b'lore... i was impressed by what he has done for the blogger community ... i wish him and his wife all the best in this competition ...

Maanoj U Kaminker

I appreciate Ajay's passion about traveling across the globe. This is one of the perfect ways to understand this complex world, by meeting and knowing different people / cultures one becomes more wise and matured, You should act as a Bridge between different races, regions and Cultures. Ajay keep going !!! ALL THE BEST !

Maanoj U Kaminker

I appreciate Ajay's passion about traveling across the globe. This is one of the perfect ways to understand this complex world, by meeting and knowing different people / cultures one becomes more wise and matured, You should act as a Bridge between different races, regions and Cultures. Ajay keep going !!! ALL THE BEST !

Tanuj Paruthi

To the best %u201Ctraveling couple%u201D I know %u2013 all the very best for this new challenge. I am sure you will enjoy it just like the many others you have undertaken. Not sure you will have time to take pictures since you will need to have all eyes on the road%u2026.We are looking forward to driving some miles with Ajay and Anu once they are back from this Challenge.

Niyeti Rana Paruthi

I do hope you win this Challenge as you are the only couple I know of who has the kind of passion needed to go through with this. Having shared Ajay and Anu's travelogues thru photographs and books (especially Peep Peep....)written by Ajay, I find that this would be the perfect opportunity for them to be part of a larger travel experience. All the best............(PS.the route chosen by you guys sounds very intereseting, are tag alongs permitted.)

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