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vibhor mishra & Geeta Mishra

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If her parents named their kids after cars, she would be called Tesla Roadster - that's Geeta for you. Fast, very efficient, and expensive to take to the showroom. If his folks did the same, he would be called Alfa romeo - innovative, sporty and compact (!!!) - that's Vibhor for you. She grew up in Goaah! like an obedient daughter "dad's-pet-ideal-child" - studying at home, when she was done studying at the school. Of course, there was an "occasional" visit to the beach once EVERY DAY ;) He grew up like a brat, spending time inside cars WHENEVER he could - moving or stopped, open or locked, windows down or gasping for air,.... He learnt driving by the age when its illegal even to sit on the front passenger seat. Of course like a good citizen, he obeys 99.99% of traffic laws. For a living, she leaves behind bugs within software programs and he tries to sell those applications. Thankfully, we do this for different organizations :) We live in Delhi with our Mom, Dad and 3-year old volcano. When he is not erupting he plays with anything (toy) that has tires - from tractor to formula one car.

We are the best candidates because...

She was born by the sea, and he was born inside a car (well, almost) - two of the most exciting modes of transport. Both of them LOVE each other and of course love traveling with each other. He was the founder member of CARD, Bangalore (Citizen Association for Responsible Driving) - because 99.99% of our traffic problems would be solved if we were to follow driving etiquettes. This association needs to be "jump started" again. Both of them are BS IV - compliant to latest EU emission norms. Fuel efficient. Law abiding (specially if the cops are around). And above all have very low NVH.

Our Travel Plan

Plan? Some of the best drives have been the unplanned ones :) We would not go too far with that kind of answer, will we? We love mountains and sea. Moreover, driving in the hills and by the sea provide breathtaking views (we will carry O2 cylinders) and challenges. So, THE great drive would be one of these - preferably by the Arabian sea down south or hills up on the north east corner.

Our Travelogue

By high school, he had seen the length and breadth of the country (ok, more or less) and she had not even stepped out of her state (who would leave Goa after all?). But a lot changed during college days and beyond. Some of the memorable trips have been along the konkan railway during monsoon, to lonavala, mysore-ooty-coorg, manali, hyderabad, mumbai, goa, hognekal, shiv samudram, kabini, gangtok, shillong, LA, las vegas, yosemite, napa valley, lake tahoe, etc. Most of the road trips have been really exciting, some of them are given below (together or individually): Panaji - Sanguem - Panaji Panaji - Ramnagar - Belgaum - Panaji Bangalore - Panaji - Bangalore (via Hubli, Karwar and via Mangalore, Karwar) Bangalore - Coimbatore - Palakkad - Bangalore Bangalore - Salem - Kodaikanal - Bangalore Bangalore - Krishnageri - Hognekkal - Bangalore Bangalore - Mysore - Bandipur - Ooty - Bangalore Bangalore - Pondicherry - Bangalore Bangalore - Madikeri - Bangalore Bangalore - Delhi (via Pune, Ahmedabad, Udaipur, Jaipur) Delhi - Chandigarh - Delhi Delhi - Agra - Delhi Delhi - Bharatpur - Agra - Delhi Pune - Lonavala - Pune

6th July 2009

Testimonials

anukriti

coolest ppl on earth...heard of many incidents from pa bout' ur love n craving for cars right from ur childhood...wch will for sure take u guys long way in dis race...U rock.. B-)