Peter Abu-Kaoud

Peter Abu-Kaoud
Of Percy and the Bounders
On the The Rickshaw Run Spring 2010
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hitch with lorry,mechanics have nothing to tow with,nearest recovery place has 1 tow truck,unavailable.hitched a lift to a garage.tow truck available.driver wont do it as boss not there.out of nowhere massive tuk tuk comes along says he'll undercut anyone to do it,dumps his passengers,spewing as nowhere near destination.sorry.now back to the others 20km away-lets hope his flimsy rope holds.no chance of finish line today

Peter Abu-Kaoud
Of Percy and the Bounders
On the The Rickshaw Run Spring 2010
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made it,bored of typing we broke down,but we did.this time we realise engine has big problem.still.now differing opinions-push on upto mountains and risk breaking down nowhere or get a mechanic,could be clueless and waste a day,scrap could be,almost certainly will be clueless,but more chance of tuk making it to finish.220km to go.beer now so not bothered if walk it

Peter Abu-Kaoud
Of Percy and the Bounders
On the The Rickshaw Run Spring 2010
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list of people to thank in no particular order...mystery mechanic who was forced from reading his paper and finally diagnosed the problem,completely donald ducked engine,tractor repair shop who said they dont make this sort of engine anymore but they have 1 left from 1852,our interpreter we picked up at train station who just wanted drinks as price until he said do you do love?man who arranged the tow,wanted no money,his only concern being we had no dinner.the numerous alcoholics who were holding spanners clapping cheering while necking our bottle of whisky,fat old drunk who just sat in the tuk pretending to rev, all played their part in surrealist 24 hours of our lives.a day behind,gangtok looking difficult but doable...that is until 7am this morning when broke down again.got it started and hope it lasts.max 30km an hour-need to do 300 today.its like F1