Thanks for watching my story. I am Now powered by your donations and every bit I raise now powers me that much further towards my next destination. I am currently driving From NJ to Alaska to Argentina and Back to NJ to raise more awareness for Organ Donation. A totaly Crowd funded effort. Please do support me with any amount you can and get involved in my drive. You can contribute via my GoFundMe page below or via VeNmO @TeamGola. You can buy me 1 tank full of gas or 5 or half. And every talk full gete me further another 500 kms.
Meet one of our sponsors: Sanjeev Kapoor From Khazana’s range of flavoursome chunda and pickles that gave us a taste of home wherever we went to the miniature rice cookers that helped us cook biriyani in Chinese hotel rooms, Khazana made sure that throughout GOLA, our tummies and taste buds were always satisfied. Not to mention their...
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Meet our sponsor Gulf! Our beloved car “Gulfie”, lovingly named after our super sponsor Gulf, has been decked out in official Gulf livery making heads turn wherever we go. http://6. http://www.autonewspress.com/gulf-oil-embarks-upon-gift-of-life-adventure/ http://8. http://www.motoroids.com/news/gulf-oil-embarks-upon-gift-life-ad...
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Since most of us were practically up all night, we had to stop so the drivers could take a quick power nap. We didn’t make another stop after that. Oslo. We had to reach Oslo. By the time we reached the Norwegian capital, it was late in the afternoon. The NGO had put us up...
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Throughout our drive in Norway, we passed many small waterfalls but as we drove out of Mo I Rana, we passed the prettiest waterfall of them all. Laksforsen falls, we discovered, is one of Europe’s largest waterfalls. A cute cafe sits by the water and I enjoyed delicious waffles with a view to die for....
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We set course for the city of Tromso and reached only by 2 in the morning. Luckily, we had already made reservations at a campsite. Unluckily, we were all tired but there were tents to be pitched before we could dream of sleep. While the day was incredibly sunny, the night wasn’t as comfortable. Temperatures...
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Writing this, I’ve realised that my concept of time and date is completely messed up. Sleeping all day and driving all night with the sun never setting has done some major damage to my internal body clock. Even though we reached the hostel in the wee hours of the morning, for the purpose of saving...
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Our lake cabin was located in the Lemmenjoki National Park. Even though the weather wasn’t the best, the grey fog hardly his the beauty of the landscape. I’m sure the view would have been ten times as stunning had the sun been a bit more cooperative. We set out of Lemmenjoki at half past three....
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After a lazy morning and a quick brunch, we set out to take some pictures by the lake. The waters were crystal clear and absolutely still, perfectly mirroring the sky above. Just as we were about to leave, an old man pulls up to the pier in his row boat asking for help. Turns out,...
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Cafes in tiny wooden huts lined the highway en route to the Russia-Finland border. We seven hours at the Russian border because we didn’t have the customs declaration form which was supposed to be given to us at the port of entry (which it wasn’t). Luckily for us, a group of students were entering Russia...
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We left the capital city in the wee hours of the morning towards St. Petersburg, the “imperial capital” built by Peter the Great. On the way, we drove through the quaint city of Novgorod which used to house the old Kremlin. Not nearly as large as Moscow, Novgorod had a small town feel to it....
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