This is a readable book, with an engaging narrative. It is a story of how Thomas Chacko did a 26,500 km journey all over the country, in a Nano car in 2012.
Chacko recounts the various stages of the journey: the couple of minor accidents, types of meals he had, the different types of roads he traversed on, the traffic jams, the rude as well as the co-operative drivers, hot, cool, and cold weather, lunches and dinners with friends, and strangers, and the eminent.
General JJ Singh, the former Chief of the Army Staff of India, and the governor of Arunachal Pradesh provided a sumptuous feast. Chacko revisited the St. Paul 's Cathedral, in Kolkata, where he got married, as well as his traversing the highest motorable pass in the world: the Khardung La, at 18,380 feet. Asked about his biggest achievement, Chacko says, “Taking a tiny car to Khardung-la.”
As for the topography, he says, “We have beaches, mountains, hills, forests, deserts, swamps and canyons. India is unique."
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Atop The World
This is a readable book, with an engaging narrative. It is a story of how Thomas Chacko did a 26,500 km journey all over the country, in a Nano car in 2012.
Chacko recounts the various stages of the journey: the couple of minor accidents, types of meals he had, the different types of roads he traversed on, the traffic jams, the rude as well as the co-operative drivers, hot, cool, and cold weather, lunches and dinners with friends, and strangers, and the eminent.
General JJ Singh, the former Chief of the Army Staff of India, and the governor of Arunachal Pradesh provided a sumptuous feast. Chacko revisited the St. Paul 's Cathedral, in Kolkata, where he got married, as well as his traversing the highest motorable pass in the world: the Khardung La, at 18,380 feet. Asked about his biggest achievement, Chacko says, “Taking a tiny car to Khardung-la.”
As for the topography, he says, “We have beaches, mountains, hills, forests, deserts, swamps and canyons. India is unique."