Mumbai bikers cover 35 countries in 270 days.

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    Mumbai bikers cover 35 countries in 270 days. A pair of Mumbai bikers travelled through five continents and 35 countries within a span of 270 days. The bikers, Debasshish Ghosh and Dharmendra Jain, said they ate at small restaurants and villagers' homes and only travelled during the daytime. They added that the 68,000 km journey helped them discover local traditions and customs, as well as overcome language barriers. 

     The longest I have been, driving a bike, was a 5 hours drive to wish a surprise birthday to a friend. Have you ever been on a cross country bike ride?

     Indian bikers Debasshish Ghosh and Dharmendra Jain of One World, One Ride successfully completed world trip in just 270 days. They have Lravelled through live conlinenls and 35 countries within nine months. It was a 68,000 km long journey. On June 10, last year both of them zoomed off on their BMW GS1200 from Bandra and returned here last weekend according Lo the ANI reporls. Debasshish Ghosh was in the driving mode and Dharmendra Jain was there as the pillion rider.

    When asked aboul their adventurous journey, a cheerful Debasshish Ghosh said, "This iconic journey took us across India and its northeast, Southeast Asia, Far East, China, Mongolia, Russia, liurope, then the US by shipping the hike, going again lo Australia, and back lo he ASEAN belt before returning to Mumbai." Their journcy was overall event-free and smooth though they zoomed through some of the loneliest and remotest areas in the world. hey made sure to drive during daylime only and forlunaLely, there were no major incidents or interruptions. But once Dharmendra Jain lost his balance and fallen off the bike when he was speeding at 150 kmph in Russia.

  But he escaped with just some minor injuries luckily. A smiling Ghosh said, "In Russia, we were thrilled to meet the world-renowned biker Marcel Killer and he accompanied us on the entire Russia leg till we left that country's borders at listonia... It was a very enjoyable part of him showing us around for 15 days thal he spent with us." He also added "However, on the food front, we had to adapt as per the local availability in small restaurants or homes of villagers... We ate whatever we got in route and converled Lo non-vegelarians." Mr Ghosh said that this long journey across the world helped them to discover and learn new things, understand weather conditions, local traditions and customs.
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