You know they have a bond with Mumbai from the jokes they crack. The emails of a group of five London-based Indians, who are on the cusp of setting out on a road trip from the UK capital to Mumbai, bear a special brand of humour — inspired by real estate — that can only come from knowing the city well. “Kandivli and Dombivli are not even in Mumbai,” jokes Ram Somasundaram, one of the members, while talking about where the rest of the group lived in Mumbai.

(From left): Vamsi Salla, Kirtikumar Puthran, Owais Amiri, Ram Somasundaram and Shivashish Misra

The group, which calls itself Nomads on Wheels, is only days away from commencing a three-week long road trip — funded by friends, family, corporate companies and the men themselves — that will take them to 14 countries. They will begin their journey on September 12 at 10.30 pm by catching a ferry from London to France and will proceed to cover Europe, Russia, China, Pakistan and India.