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We are expedition people! We love what we do and pushing boundaries is intrinsic to our travel.

We love what we do and pushing boundaries is intrinsic to our travel – both within & outside! We believe in life-changing experiences and offer expeditionary journeys to remote lands and waters across the globe with an overt intent to recalibrate our lens for life. We are a coming together of many years spent exploring small and big trails, mud tracks and roads, seas and oceans, taking the less-tr

odden paths, coping with surprises and hiccups – all along in an attempt to make travel an experience and learning of a lifetime.

27/01/2024

Nidhi says, “What a roll! Day 2 of this expedition, the convoy drove like a dream. Covered nearly 700kms already and now seated in Karamajong heartland all set to meet the community tomorrow morning. Drills set, fantastic team, loads of laughter, sheer discipline while driving and some amazing company. As we sink ourselves into the Ugandan reality and way of life, the tone is set for an exciting and full couple of days ahead!”

24/01/2024

Thank you Bijoy for this straight up account. Nidhi Salgame we are proud of you. It speaks volumes about what it takes to achieve audacious dreams. If you wish to read this in print, do look up the January issue of . Cheers to us!

23/01/2024

WBB is happy to announce that is our TITLE sponsor for the upcoming PEARL IN THE BUSH, Uganda expedition. One of things that bind us together as brands and as people is our core philosophy that is centered around exploration. We love exploring new lands, people and cultures through our self drive expeditions. And what a huge support and partnership it has been. CEAT has anchored many of our endeavours in the past, this being our fifth venture together. Cheers to the spirit of exploration through our wheels and our machines!

14/12/2023

Thank you Jay Patil and CEAT Tyres for this feature. Means a lot! Cheers to wandering beyond boundaries 🙌🏼

14/12/2023

WBB’s epic Road to Siberia drive is covered in magazine in this lovely feature by .patil_. Read how led a bunch of off-roaders from Mumbai to Magadan, a cold, unforgiving and near inhabitable part of the Russian Far East.

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16/11/2023

Team WBB congratulates Team India on the amazing journey so far and wishes the (and all of us) the very best for the final of the . Thank you for backing sports and presenting a cricket bat to expedition leader at RPG House in Mumbai at the flag off of the Road to Siberia expedition.

Like Bollywood, cricket in many ways, is India’s goodwill ambassador. Along our incredible 22,500 km drive from Mumbai to Magadan, we played the Great Game from Nepal to Tingri, the roof of the world and Lulang in Tibet to Oymakyon in Siberia, the coldest inhabited place on earth, eliciting the warmest smiles and bonhomie.

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11/11/2023

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20,000 km, 58 days, and 5 nations. Our tyre marks have stories to tell on every terrain.

Mahindra SUVs have become the first Indian OEM to reach the Oymyakon, the Pole of Cold in Russia’s Far East, the most inhospitable, extreme and challenging terrains in the world, covering 26% of the Earth along the way. All thanks to team led by Nidhi Salgame

We kicked off the expedition at Mumbai, crossed the Indian subcontinent and took the Friendship Highway to Lhasa. In China, our exploits included scaling Mount Emei, visiting the Great Wall of China, and crossing the formidable Gobi desert. We explored Mongolia and encountered remains of a distant past including the remains of dinosaur eggs, the ruins at the ancient capital Kharkhorin, and Lake Baikal, the world’s largest, deepest, purest freshwater lake.

The last stage took us through the world’s coldest city, Yakutsk, through remote tracks in the Russian taiga, and on the treacherous Road of Bones to reach Oymtakon where the temperature drops to as low as - 72°C in winters

We battled altitude, temperatures, snow, sand, ice, and for the first time permafrost. 6 timezones and infinite challenges later, when we watched the Northern Lights dancing in the sky, only two words echoed in our hearts and minds: WORTH IT!

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06/11/2023

Our Road to Siberia expedition makes it to the Sweet 16 Anniversary Special in the Chennai edition of . Story by who have been documenting the journey on social media based on daily field inputs from expedition leader and participants and . Pics by . Click link in bio to read the story.

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04/11/2023

Our Road to Siberia expedition makes headlines in The Times of India - an all-Indian crew in Indian Mahindra vehicles equipped with Indian tyres from CEAT, drives from Mumbai to Magadan and the Pole of Cold in Siberia. Led by with a motley crew, Team WBB crossed five countries and six time zones in an unforgettable journey of a lifetime. Read the full story by in . Link in bio.

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25/10/2023

The final piece in the giant jigsaw puzzle that was Road to Siberia was the shipping of the vehicles. Vladivostok is a fairly busy port. But as luck would have it, due to the ongoing Russia-Ukraine war, shipping frequency is reduced and there aren’t enough containers available. One has to wait for a particular day, get all the paperwork sorted, load the vehicles into the containers and do a tedious customs clearance process!

Whiling away time in Vladivostok stumbled upon a crazy Indian restaurant called Jimmy Jimmy inspired by the Mithun Chakraborty movie Disco Dancer. Mithun is a rage in these parts and no Khan could conquer these hearts. The place has an Indian and a Russian owner; the desi partner Manoj Kumar is in India! The staff and chefs are Indian but the manager is white. The food was hopeless (but felt divine at the moment) and the retro Bollywood music was equally terrible.

The call for the shipping date finally came.. like a Bollywood hero’s memory returning mid-movie. Three entities are involved in the process - from local customs, the transit authority to the receiving party. After some last minute confusion whether there was space for all five vehicles or one might be left behind for another date, we managed to load all vehicles onto three 40 feet containers. They left from Vladivostok aboard the vessel Gang Tong! After a two month sea journey, our vehicles will reach India’s shores. It’s never over till it’s over… Picture abhi baaki hai!

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23/10/2023

Siberia had transformed into a winter wonderland draped in a blanket of white! Our vehicles plowed through the snow with great speed, skill and control as the convoy did 1000+ km a day for four straight days to reach Vladivostok in record time.

What tremendous driving - the team flew back while stayed behind to ensure that the vehicles are shipped to India safely.

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22/10/2023

So much had changed in the landscape and weather conditions as we did the return journey from Magadan to Yakutsk on the Road of Bones. Lakes had begun to freeze and we were lucky to have made the ferry crossing across the Aldan and Lena rivers.

We made it without incident to Yakutsk. Maybe it was the shaman ceremony we had performed 40 km from town on our onward journey that had kept us safe. Maybe it was all your prayers. And the powers above… so far so good! Yakutsk had transformed and winter had truly set in. We would be going off the highway for the turn off to Vladivostok.

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20/10/2023

We said goodbye to our participants who had driven all the way from Mumbai to Magadan, from Kathmandu, who joined the convoy from Beijing, who flew in at Ulaan Baatar and who came in at Yakutsk. The grit and perseverance of the core team led by lead mechanic and DoP who had been around from Day 1 was phenomenal. Most of the magical photos from Ulaan Baatar to Magadan were courtesy the talented .

Before leaving, the team explored Magadan and took a cab to see the Mask of Sorrow in memory of the Gulag prisoners who built the Kolyma highway or the Road of Bones. Satish’s W1 was fixed and ready to hit the road and we had a new crack team to drive from Magadan to Vladivostok. and Deepali joined Mystic Jeeper MP Sreenivas and our guide Dima as we switched to WinterDrive tyres from in Magadan.

The Siberian Winter had set in. Snow and ice can be dangerous while driving with chances of skidding, spinning, hydro planing or losing control on wet roads. CEAT’s WinterDrive tyres are specially designed with a larger contact area that gives a superior grip on wet, snowy or icy surfaces and wide directional V channels that displace water and slush from the contact surface.

Equipped with WinterDrive tyres, the convoy with seasoned offroaders tore through the Siberian Far East, devouring miles on the Road of Bones. By now, it was snowing all through the route and we stopped for hot coffee at our Bonnet Cafe. Despite the cold, we were happy and content with a sense of achievement. But as they say, there’s many a slip between the cup and the lip. The journey was not over till we reached Vladivostok safely and shipped the vehicles back to Mumbai.

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17/10/2023

Speed picks up. Excitement grows. Got to watch our speed now, as the convoy must deal with wet gravel and snow, with darkness closing in. We finally enter Magadan at 8:45 pm, the easternmost point of the motorable road in Russia.

We were tired, windswept and weathered, just like our hardy vehicles that had to brave an early winter. Our convoy of .scorpio.official fitted with the rugged Crossdrive All-terrain tyres from held up admirably.

Together, the amazing all Indian crew led by with lead mechanic and overcame inclement weather, long distances and every other challenge that was thrown at us.

What an incredible journey of grit and perseverance it had been. Mumbai to Magadan had happened! A celebratory dinner was planned at a Georgian restaurant 50 m away. All were tired but looked forward to some drinks, good food and lots to talk and laugh and look back and then forward. We got our much earned rest day at Magadan.

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16/10/2023

Back to slow skilful driving on the Road to Siberia, praying the tyres will hold. Speed was compromised, allowing us to admire the beautiful terrain all around. The convoy played the Atlas game on wireless as we rolled into Susuman into a comfortable hotel. Met some Russians in the kitchenette; one of them spoke English, a rarity in this part of the world!

Usual bio-breaks/bonnet cafe stops broke the monotony of the drive. It was a long 636 km drive from Susuman to Magadan. The lone fuel pump had no diesel, so we drove on.
There was snow all around - snow peaked mountains in the horizon, snow flakes shrouding the trees and snow on the road. We refuelled in the next town and stopped to play in the snow.

It was wet gravel and driving was a little tricky. All the trees were white and there was just no green to be seen! We did lunch at a cafe - the usual Borscht, rice, chicken with salad and bread for veggies. There was general curiosity among local travellers regarding the vehicles and our drive. They were thrilled and impressed to know we were driving from Mumbai!

By 3 pm, we were back on the road again with another 350-400 km to go to Magadan. There were snowy mountains all around as the snow speckled road wound between hills in the valley with a river running alongside. Sunset was around 4:30 pm obscured by clouds with a divine hazy glow. Another 200 km to go!

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15/10/2023

As we drove towards Tomtok we came across a collapsed bridge on the outskirts and the convoy had to take a slight detour with an offroad gravel track. We refuelled at Tomtok and visited a museum on war history and the contribution of Oymyakon. There were straight roads on the way to Kyubeme with up and down curves with black gravel that was wet and marshy at places. We enjoyed the landscape around.

The cold weather, extreme terrain and running thousands of kilometers were taking a toll on the tyres. W2’s left rear wheel had a puncture and after trying to repair it externally, Sushil used the Stepney from W3. Kyubeme town existed earlier at a spot which is now deserted with structures in various stages of demolition and not a soul around. Lunch was at a warm and cosy cafe at the fuel station that served rice pulao, borscht, bread, pancakes and sweet dips.

With 248 km to Ust Nera on the gravel road, we made good progress but Lead developed a puncture on the right rear which was repaired by Sushil with the puncture repair kit. There was another puncture between Ust Nera and Susuman. The hole was quite large and the stepney of W3 was used to change at W2 left rear.

The tubeless tyres have made puncture repairs quite easy and Sushil the smooth operator was busy. However, the plugging material had become very stiff in the present cold conditions. We should anticipate this problem because of extreme cold. Lo and behold, there were snow clad mountains in the distance, in the direction of where we were going. There was fresh white snow. We hope the tyres will hold on till Magadan!

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11/10/2023

Oymyakon is the coldest permanently inhabited place on earth with an average winter temperature of -50°C. A concrete sculpture of a bull at the town square commemorates an unofficial reading in January 1924 of −71.2 °C.

It is a bit of a mad local ritual to take a dip in the freezing Indigirka river and and went for a brave splash.

We interacted with the friendly inhabitants, witnessed a folk dance, played cricket with the locals and drove a Motocross vehicle on our free day. We said goodbye to the Pole of Cold, before hitting the road via Tomtok to Ust Nera.

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09/10/2023

On our rest day at Khandyga we got the Lead’s fuel pipe fixed. Thanks to an Armenian, he boldly cut it and helped repair it as against the India style of taping it for a quick fix! We walked to the river front, stocked up at a supermarket and refuelled at night for the drive to Oymyakon.

Boy, were we in for the surprise of our lives! Forget the reindeer sighting, when we least expected it, we were presented by the most stunning display of the Northern Lights! The amazing landscape transformed into the most unforgettable experience.

The thrill of reaching the icy Pole of Cold was stupendous. Oymyakon, the coldest inhabited place on earth, is a cute little town that’s sparsely populated with just 982 locals to be precise.

There was a well planned network of heated pipes running through town with a river close by and two cosy cottages that served as our accommodation! We slept with visions of the Aurora Borealis dancing behind our eyelids.

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08/10/2023

We left Yakutsk for Khandyga on the legendary Road of Bones. The road to Magadan was built by Gulag prisoners in extreme conditions and many perished in the process, their bodies interred by the roadside. Over the years, their skeletal remains would show up, hence the dreaded name Road of Bones! Despite the best efforts of and the mechanics at Sam Motors, ’s vehicle had to be rested at Yakutsk. All the luggage, equipment, spares, food, etc were rearranged in the remaining vehicles.

While our sturdy .scorpio.official and Crossdrive All-Terrain tyres from had fared well on the journey, we were tackling permafrost roads ahead. We would switch to CEAT Winter tyres only in Magadan so it was going to be a challenge with winter setting in early.

40 km from Yakutsk we stopped to meet a shaman who performed a ceremony for our safe passage. We needed all the luck! The road was slushy, marshy and tested our driving skills as we drove on 4 high or low if required, relying on Engine Braking! We could not afford to skid or slip. The Lead vehicle developed a leak in the fuel piping, which was temporarily repaired.

We did the ferry crossing across the Aldan river and bumped into excited locals who posed for photographs with us, exchanged souvenirs and sang Bollywood songs. Jimmy Jimmy Jimmy and Mithun Chakraborty are still huge hits in these parts. After the ferry crossing we refuelled and drove for 40-45 km to finally reach Khandyga.

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06/10/2023

Our guide Dima had booked a table for dinner at an amazing place in Yakutsk, a huge wooden 3 storey structure converted into a restaurant. It was full of antiques - old cameras, typewriters, vessels, antlers, tepees, hunting trophies and the skeleton of a baby bowhead whale hanging from the roof. Our table was on the top floor and was laid out with gorgeous table mats.

The menu was interesting - delicious fried fish, snow sheep meat, reindeer meat, rice, salad and Deli vodka. There were limited options for vegetarians but the team had an amazing time and headed back to Hotel Lena for an important meeting.

Despite the best efforts of and the mechanics at Sam Motors, ’s cranky vehicle could not be revived and we had to leave it behind at Yakutsk, repack ourselves into four vehicles and continue on the Road of Bones to Magadan.

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02/10/2023

It was time to move to a Dacha.
Dachas originated as small country estates given as a gift by the tsar for use as a second home with an orchard to grow veggies and fruits. They became popular among the Russian upper and middle classes. Marina had invited us all for lunch at her dacha.

Roughly 40-50 km from Yakutsk, the roads were decent barring the occasional bumps. The final stretch took us through the jungle, no tar road but a well marked out track because of regular use. We reached a slightly clear area with cosy logwood structures - small individual units, the main living area and a kitchen with glass panelling around to see the beauty of the surrounding woods. The living room was a double storey with a toilet at the back, a garage for the safari vehicle and 4 wheel snow bike that each of us a rode! There was a guest log cabin with a sauna bath. The bedroom was a small cabin with 6 beds adjusted on folding planks perhaps for warmth!

After a walk around the dacha area, we were all hungry and had the most tempting menu for lunch with home made liquor that looked like lassi, snow sheep meat, pulao like rice with meat pieces, Salad, steam cooked potatoes, homemade bread with cheesy looking butter, frozen raw fish and mashed wild cherry looking berries. Delicious is an understatement!

The warmth of our hosts added to the cosy comfort of the dining room cm kitchen. We were joined by the extended family - their sister in law who knew English and a bit about India, daughter in law and grandchildren. Andrei and Marina took care of everybody and ensured that each one of us is eating. This is all life is about.

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01/10/2023

It was a cold Siberian morning in Yakutsk, the coldest city in the world permanently covered in permafrost! We explored stunning churches and monuments like the Victory Stele, a war memorial from WWII. The tall column lies at the northern end of the large Victory Park. Much of WWII was fought on Russian soil. A generation of men were lost and the civilian population too perished. At The Stele are the words: ‘No one is forgotten. Nothing is forgotten’. Also engraved on the plaques are moments from the war, how many perished and names of those who contributed monetarily and materially for setting up the memorial. A silent but constant reminder of the effects of war.

We drove to a nearby expo and exhibition and picked up warm woollen headgear and scarves in beautiful colors, delicious honey wine and costume jewellery. Our guide Dimitri (Dima) took us to a nice store for shopping. and went to pick up mystic jeeper MP Sreenivas from Yakutsk Airport; he would help navigate the tricky last leg from Magadan to Vladivostok. and went for a walk to the riverfront and accompanied them to the Yakutsk Regional History Museum. An informative audio guide in English was available.

Along with the team went to Permafrost Institute, Mammoth Museum with exhibits from the Ice Age and the subterranean Kingdom of Permafrost where we hired hooded overcoats and footwear to enter through the triple doors. Amazing concept with beautiful carvings, sculptures and ice statues lit up in different colours. Soft music played in the background as we walked along a U-shaped path with small cul-de-sac like fingers or side paths on both sides. An hour passed in no time. You momentarily forget it's less than -20 inside!

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29/09/2023

The WBB convoy finally reached the jetty for the ferry crossing across the Lena. Quite well managed operation with four barricaded rows, single arm barrier gates and red/green signal indicators. The four jetty loading points were manned by just two people working effortlessly. Everyone exhibited extreme patience though we felt it would take hours. But within 30 minutes we were in the extreme left row; after telling the person manning it that we were 5 vehicles together we were directed to jetty 4.

A ferry came, efficiently guided and docked on the sloping gravel road, all done by one person who jumped in the water, tightened the tow rope on the bank, got back on the ferry, walked to the other end, had the driveway plank lowered by a chain mechanism on to the bank as the master on the deck wheel efficiently and quickly guided the ferry close and stopped perfectly. The first man walked on to the plank, checked its position, stability and angle, waited for some final movements due to the water flow.

All set and stable, he efficiently guided the vehicles out in a well planned order with perfect hand guided actions. The small vehicles first, then the long trailers up and down in two moves to get the correct angle to turn out of the ferry on to the up sloping gravel road. One by one 10-12 cars/vans/small trucks and 3/4 long trailers were lined up. It was a treat to watch.

Then the loading started, we 5 first to the other end where the exit ramp was placed. We enjoyed the sunset while the ferry loaded. The ramp was pulled, signalled ok to the master on the wheel, ropes hoisted, the ferry moved away from the bank, turned around and moved northwards on the Lena river for 8-10 km. Equally efficiently, it docked on the other bank up the river. It was a treat and pleasure to watch. And after a thrilling drive, we finally reached the coldest city Yakutsk to the warmest welcome.

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