The Moodie Davitt Roarport The Moodie Davitt Report is providing exclusive daily coverage of Wild Tiger’s Roar Trip, one of travel retail’s boldest CSR initiatives, via our special line extension, The Moodie Davitt Roarport. Via phone and social media, we’ll be with Gautom Menon and Paul George Vedanayagam on every stretch of their epic 65-day road trip from Kerala to Cannes and be there to greet them on the French Riviera when they arrive on the eve of the TFWA World Exhibition. We are unlikely to be alone. Duty free retailers: If you’d like to meet Gautom and Paul along the way (see their destination course below) let us know at Martin@MoodieDavittReport.com. |
KYRGYZSTAN. Wild Tiger adventurers Gautom Menon and Paul George Vedanayagam are now in their sixth country – Kyrgyzstan – after almost getting stranded for the night at a border crossing. Fortunately, they received a little help from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
And our intrepid co-pilots also need your help to support the excellent cause of helping to save the tiger and its habitat. You can click here to donate (see below for more details). And while an act of good is a rewarding experience in itself, as Wild Tiger notes, the company is also offering the opportunity to win a fantastic prize.
All those making a donation will be in with a chance of winning a two-night all-inclusive stay at any one of the Taj Safari’s luxurious lodges across India. The winner will be announced on 10 September on Wild Tiger’s social feed and winners will also be contacted by email. Click here for more details.
Back to the story of how The Roar Crew almost lost their stripes – and a great deal of time – on their epic journey. Despite leaving early from Kashgar, China in an attempt to get across the border in time, what was meant to be a six-hour journey turned out to be a 15-hour ‘adventure’.
The pair reached the border crossing to Kyrgyzstan only to find it was shut. Waiting around indefinitely was certainly not in The Roar Crew’s itinery. “We were stuck in no man’s land with no network, no food and very little water. The temperature outside was two degrees and we were prepping to spend the night in the car,” said Gautom.
“But luck was smiling upon us, we managed to contact someone we knew in Kyrgyzstan and they urged the Ministry of Foreign affairs to open the gate for us. Twenty minutes later, we finished our border formalities and were roaring into the town of Naryn.”
The Roar Crew then took a scenic drive through the mountains to the capital city of Bishkek, where they are meeting the Indian Ambassador and the Ministry of Culture, Information and Tourism.
“The drive from Naryn to Bishkek was breathtaking to say the least,” reported Gautom. “We have never made as many pit-stops in a single day. There simply were too many scenic spots.”
There are sure to be more beautiful views as the journey to Cannes continues, and we will keep you updated on The Moodie Davitt Report website.
##RoarTrip, #Roarforourtigers, #KeralatoCannes, #WildTigerFoundation #TigerConservation
HOW TO SUPPORT THE WILD TIGER ROARTRIP
Via the official website – www.roartrip.in
Or:
Account Name: Roar Trip WTF
Account No: 6766903189
Bank Name: Indian Bank
Branch: Sivananda Colony Branch, Coimbatore – 641 012,
Tamil Nadu, India
IFS Code : IDIB000S075 /SWIFT: IDIBINBBCBE
Please encourage your colleagues, friends and family to consider doing so.
En route to Cannes, the daring duo will be meeting up with other travel retailers. Those wishing to ‘meet and greet’ them are encouraged to make contact. Yes, Gautom will be checking his email: gautom@wildtiger.in
EARLIER ON THE WILD TIGER ROARTRIP…
The Moodie Davitt ‘Roarport’: Goodbye China, hello Kyrgyzstan as epic journey passes halfway
The Moodie Davitt ‘Roarport’: Mountains, deserts and the Great Wall of China
The Moodie Davitt ‘Roarport’: Landslides, Hotpot and Terracotta Warriors
The Moodie Davitt ‘Roarport’: New frontiers for The Roar Crew
The Moodie Davitt ‘Roarport’: A tiger gets loose in Laos
The Moodie Davitt ‘Roarport’ Days 13-15: Turning on the (King) Power in Bangkok
The Moodie Davitt ‘Roarport’ Day 12: Crossing the Indo-Myanmar Friendship Bridge
The Moodie Davitt ‘Roarport’ Days 9-11: “For their tomorrow, we gave our today”
The Moodie Davitt ‘Roarport’ Days 7 & 8: The Tigers Who Came to Tea
The Moodie Davitt ‘Roarport’ Days 5 & 6: Wild Tigers become Bengal Tigers
The Moodie Davitt ‘Roarport’ Days 4 & 5: The team earn their stripes but not a tiger in sight
The Moodie Davitt ‘Roarport’ Day 3: High times in Hyderabad
The Moodie Davitt ‘Roarport’ Day 2: Wild Tiger roars into Dufry Bengaluru
#RoarTrip, #Roarforourtigers, #KeralatoCannes, #WildTigerFoundation #TigerConservation
ABOUT WILD TIGER RUM: Kerala-based Wild Tiger is India’s first rum to be produced from a blend of molasses and cane spirit. The rum’s velvet tiger print stripe packaging reflects the fact that no two tigers share the same stripe pattern – so the stripe design of the sleeve has been designed and cut to ensure that no two bottles are alike.Wild Tiger made its Indian travel retail debut in February 2016 and is now available in 53 countries.
ABOUT WILD TIGER FOUNDATION (WTF): Wild Tiger Foundation is a CSR initiative by Wild Tiger Rum, which contributes 10% of its profits to the cause. It is a registered non-profit organisation headquartered in Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India that focuses on the conservation of the tiger and its habitat by raising funds and creating awareness. It was founded in 2015 by drinks entrepreneur Gautom Menon and Coimbatore-based businessman Suprej Venkat.
The primary focus is the conservation of tigers and their habitats within the state of Kerala, Karnataka and Tamil Nadu, specifically Parambikulam Tiger Reserve in Kerala and Sathyamangalam Tiger Reserve in Tamil Nadu. Wild Tiger Foundation acts as an influencer and an enabler.India had around 100,000 tigers in the mid-19th century. Today it has around 2,200, underlining the urgency of the conservation cause.
