After exploring the town and refuelling their cars, their next destination was Santiniketan, a place closely associated with Nobel laureate Rabindranath Tagore.
The sight of the two nearly century-old Bentleys in Guskara drew crowds. Curious onlookers were eager to touch the cars and take photographs.
A vintage Bentley Tourer arrives in Guskara during the friends’ world tour.
Many could hardly believe that a car dating back to 1926 could still travel such long distances and make it all the way to India. Locals also applauded the two British friends for undertaking the journey in cars of such age.
Sixty-three-year-old Robert is driving a 6.5-litre Bentley, which he bought 15 years ago. His 72-year-old friend John is driving another Bentley with a 6-litre engine. In these two cars, the friends have travelled across four continents before arriving in India, their fifth continent.
A close-up of the vintage Bentley’s spare wheel and classic detailing.
They also visited Kozhikode in Kerala, where they witnessed the traditional ‘Uru’ boat-building craft.
Robert said their deep love for vintage cars is the main driving force behind their long journey. Earlier, they had travelled across North America and visited Ecuador, Chile and Bolivia in South America.
The cars were then shipped to Australia, where they travelled across the country. Their recent journey in India began in Mumbai, followed by Goa, Karnataka, Wayanad and Kerala.
The green vintage Bentley draws attention at a fuel station in Guskara.
According to one of the friends, their wish is to bring their vintage cars to the land of Tagore and have their wheels touch the soil of Santiniketan. He also claimed that Rabindranath Tagore used to travel in motor cars.
Accompanied by Daniel from Mumbai, who is acting as their guide, the two friends are travelling to different parts of India.
One of the travellers prepares the green vintage Bentley for the journey.
They hope that their world tour in these cars, which they describe as living pieces of history, will one day itself become a part of history.
