Early November last year, we told you about the Baid family that drove down from Bengaluru to Paris spending 111 days on the journey of epic proportions. Well, that story inspired couple Louis and Janet D'Souza so much that they started planning their own trip across borders. A journey of a lifetime As of Friday, Louis, 62, and Janet, 56, have kickstarted their journey of a lifetime starting off from Mumbai going all the way to London in their BMW X5, covering as many as 40 countries on the way. The inspiring couple will be travelling via Myanmar, China, Mongolia into Russia to Europe crossing Lithuania, Norway, Belgium and a host of other nations before eventually arriving in the United Kingdom. What's even more incredible is the fact that the D'Souzas plan to drive all the way back as well, covering a mammoth 50,000 km and 40 beautiful countries.

The couple who run a logistics company have driven down to south India from Mumbai a few times but an international trip is a whole different ball game. But they seem to be stocked with all sorts of gear, from satellite trackers to camping tents, making sure they are prepared for practically everything. Janet has even learnt how to take a car out of a ditch or fixing flat tyres from tutorials on YouTube.

It's finally time to travel

The couple, who have been together for 34 long years, spoke to cntraveller.in, and admitted that they didn't get much time to travel in their youth as it was more about making ends meet and taking care of the children. "We're tired," she said. While their daughter was supportive from the start, their son was worried about his father's health as Louis has been a diabetic. But Janet said that wouldn't have stopped them as they had planned for far too long to have second thoughts.

We wish this awesome couple an unforgettable journey.