Choudhury Saloo and Neena (w3348)

Choudhury Saloo and Neena (w3348)

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  • Description: Saloo and Neena Choudhury, an Indian couple, undertook a round-the-world journey by car starting in 1989. The project was conceived as an independent overland travel initiative aimed at crossing multiple continents by land. Over the years, they covered tens of thousands of kilometres across Asia, Europe and the Americas, documenting their experience through their website and outreach activities
  • Alias-Pseudonimo-Pseudonyme: -
  • Nationality-Nazionalità-Nationalité: India
  • Birth/death-Nascita/morte-Naissance/mort: -
  • Means of transport-Mezzo di trasporto-Moyen de transport: Car or similar, Mezzi a motore, Moyen motorisé
  • Geographical description-Riferimento geografico-Référence géographique: Around the World, Giro del mondo, Tour du monde
  • Internet: https://salooneenachoudhury.com
  • Additional references-Riferimenti complementari-Références complémentaires: “A race against time”, The Times of India, August 16, 2001.

Fastest circumnavigation by car

The record for the first and fastest man and woman to have circumnavigated the Earth by car covering six continents under the rules applicable in 1989 and 1991 embracing more than an equator's length of driving (24,901 road miles; 40,075 km), is held by Saloo Choudhury and his wife Neena Choudhury (both India). The journey took 69 days 19 hours 5 minutes from 9 September to 17 November 1989. The couple drove a 1989 Hindustan "Contessa Classic" starting and finishing in Delhi, India.

Guinness Book of World Records 2025.

Precursori, Forerunners, Précurseurs
Viaggi stravaganti, Weird travels, Voyages insolites
Globetrotter contemporanei, Contemporary globetrotters, Globetrotteurs contemporains
Personaggi fittizi, Fictional character, Personnages de fiction

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