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we have finally shake rattle n rolled our way 2 kathmandu! In 13th place ?

Mark Hawkins
Of Shake Rattle 'n' Roll
On the The Rickshaw Run Winter 08 01:38 UTC 13th January 2008

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Just 40 mins from border Found aoother perfect Hotel:-) 6am start & straight into mother of truck jams, Made great progress though ANDY & MARK

Mark Hawkins
Of Shake Rattle 'n' Roll
On the The Rickshaw Run Winter 08 16:14 UTC 11th January 2008

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247 Mark has woken with a swollen mouth (he looks like Homer) Lights & exhaust now fixed(Â£2) Roads continue to be challenging, Slow progress but are 100km north of Krishnanagar Found perfect Hotel:-) ANDY & MARK

Mark Hawkins
Of Shake Rattle 'n' Roll
On the The Rickshaw Run Winter 08 03:22 UTC 11th January 2008

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Good, bad & very bad roads to Calcutta. Managed to weave past loads of trucks @ break down on rail xing & even more @ st8 border Were talked into new route & messed up r plans, Got lost-exhaust held on with wire-nite driving 2.5 hrs-smashed headlite-after hours of searching, hotel was crap:-( Things can only get better! ANDY & MARK@

Mark Hawkins
Of Shake Rattle 'n' Roll
On the The Rickshaw Run Winter 08 17:03 UTC 9th January 2008

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Hotel in Puri was great so we milked it till noon Route along coast was awesome and sights were amazing Had a screeching face 2 face with a lorry coming at us in wrong lane:-( Also cows, goats & dogs playing kimikaze on the dual carriageway:-l Found a hotel in Bhadrak perfectly timed:-) ANDY & MARK

Mark Hawkins
Of Shake Rattle 'n' Roll
On the The Rickshaw Run Winter 08 02:04 UTC 9th January 2008

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now 800km north of Vijayawada in a coastal resort called Puri Another dodgy check point so Mark drove leaving them waving their arms Did our 1st stint in the dark on the worst roads yet! It was like a PS2 rally game with real bumps Its been a great day:-) ANDY & MARK @

Mark Hawkins
Of Shake Rattle 'n' Roll
On the The Rickshaw Run Winter 08 15:15 UTC 7th January 2008

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400km north east of Vijayawada still on our own, had good run xcept 4 trying 2 change travelers cheques and a run in at a dodgy roadblock that wanted my camera:-( Managed 2 get them to accept pens instead! ANDY & MARK

Mark Hawkins
Of Shake Rattle 'n' Roll
On the The Rickshaw Run Winter 08 16:57 UTC 6th January 2008

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182 Still on our own, had good run & will be following the east coast northward No clean clothes now so we're rotating the dirty stuff:-l The hotel porter was delighted to see me & said remembered me from the last rickshaw run??? ANDY & MARK

Mark Hawkins
Of Shake Rattle 'n' Roll
On the The Rickshaw Run Winter 08 14:59 UTC 5th January 2008

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met the 3 Spanish teams @ gas station Got to Infotech & IDC in Hyderabad Got great reception Special thanx to Krishna, Puneet, Phil, Leslie and Dot Still no access to email:-( ANDY & MARK @

Mark Hawkins
Of Shake Rattle 'n' Roll
On the The Rickshaw Run Winter 08 16:52 UTC 4th January 2008

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been on our own since day 1. No sign of other teams. Did 350k today in 10.5 hrs, need 2 do 200k 2 get 2 hyderabad tomorrow All is going well and hope to get access to email soon ANDY & MARK

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