From Kerala to Qatar: This Mom of Five Sets Out on a SUV To Watch Football World Cup

Kannur native Naaji Noushi, 34, is a mother of five but that won’t let her dampen her adventurous spirit. The blogger is on a solo road trip to Qatar in a Mahindra Thar SUV that was flagged off by state Transport Minister Antony Raju in mid-October. She will reach Qatar in December to join the football frenzy. She asserts that it is her family’s support that fuels her daring journeys. Her husband gives all the assistance that she needs and her mother looks after her five children while she is away on her adventurous trips. She will drive her Mahindra Thar which she has affectionately dubbed Ollu (a colloquial word meaning woman), from Kerala to Mumbai. Following that, Ollu will be shipped to Oman, where Naaji will re-enter the road. Once there, she will travel through Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Kuwait, and the United Arab Emirates before arriving in Qatar in the first week of December. She has equipped the SUV with a kitchen and plans to sleep there as well. Naaji had taken multiple solo journeys through India and Nepal in the past. When asked about her transition from a housewife to a traveler, Naaji recalled that she had not even been on a study excursion when she was a student in Kerala. She believes that no matter how women are brought up, there is always scope to change for the better in the future. She wanted to show that women can travel alone in India without fear. She also wishes that when her kids grow up they can look back and be proud of their mom’s achievements.