As a youngster, he wanted to go backpacking around the world. Yet the 70s were different. So, he put his dream on the back burner, for when he retired. At 59, he decided to take a journey that not many take – he drove 40,000 km across the world. “I think 45 is an apt age for retirement. You are healthy enough to travel. I retired late at 58. But being on your own, interacting with the locals, and chasing your dreams at that age. It is worth the wait,” adds Amarjeet who has been on several spiritual journeys in the past few years spreading the message of Guru Nanak Dev and Sikhism

A chance meeting changed it all

Born in 1959 in Kanpur to a businessman father, and homemaker mother, the Delhi-based Amarjeet was raised by his maternal grandfather. Passionate about cars since childhood, he loved bribing his driver with his meagre pocket money to let him drive at just nine. “I had my first accident at 13,” laughs Amarjeet whose love for adventure saw him hop on his Royal Enfield to the mountains. A chance encounter with a couple from Holland changed his perspective. “In 1979, I met a couple who was backpacking across the world and were in Faridabad. Their adventurous journey triggered something. So, with my best friend, I decided to travel the world on a bike. But bauji (grandfather) nipped my dream in the bud saying, “Puri zindagi hai dream pure karne ke liye. Abhi kaam karo (you have your whole life to accomplish your dream, now it’s the time to work),” reminisces Amarjeet who listened yet the dream was alive in his heart.

145 days, 33 countries, 40 countries across Asia. & Europe The Turban Traveller

Turban traveller Amarjit Singh Chawla has set out on a journey of 200 countries after paying obeisance at the Golden Temple. A 64-year-old Delhi resident Chawla said the journey would end after covering a distance of 5,00,000 km and take 1,000 days

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