Southern Sojourn

Most parts of India have recently been in the grips of a severe heat wave with temperatures crossing record levels. To escape the searing heat my wife and I decided head to the hills.

We first flew to Coimbatore, the textile city. It’s also a very important hub for Indian motor racing with many talented drivers and prominent tuners and race and rally car builders being based here. The good folks at Hyundai kindly provided a diesel Elite i20 which we collected at the airport. Then we drove into town to stock up on supplies. After just some…