West Bengal, India
Just checked in at Convlave hotel and ordered of course beer instantly! Shower then out for party - what are the best places to hit?? And who is doing scenic mountain route to Shillong instead of highway? And why will the music stop at 22? And with regards to the naked part, please confirm that a sock covering your shlong is not naked, isit? So many questions...
Bihar, India
We can almost smell the end party in Shillong... along with other strange smells. Today an early stop in a very nice, just opened hotel. Early start tomorrow and hope to find the other teams. Today done some real off-road training whereas the company which should have built the road forgot 40 km of road... So the shark is ready for the last part to Shillong.... Watch out!!
Uttar Pradesh, India
After being refused at the tenth hotel we tried, we acquired a local who drive us around to find a place, he got refused too for socializing with us. A warm welcome to Incredible India! Also seen a truck doing a backflip, suicidal mobile photographers, got lost and drove in a no-driving natural park and as usual, no Internet available, anywhere! Incredible India!
Madhya Pradesh, India
Shark chewed up another bunch of miles from sunrise to sunset! Fighting with hundreds of trucks, our hearing is temp reduced... Now heading for the scenic mountain route along Nepal and in about two more days maybe we'll even spot another team or two! Boyaka!
Madhya Pradesh, India
The machines run a lot faster without oil in the fuel we discovered today! Not putting oil also causes the poor thing to melt and fry we discovered! Completed hitch hiking, recruited repair crew, towing, spare part shopping, repairing and warming of the new engine in under 6 hours and back on the road! That also included participating in village ritual ceremony and being invited for lunch! Happy days!
Maharashtra, India
We are still asking people for the shortest route to Shilling but they all just wobble their heads and smile! We stand firm in our belief we be on the proper heading! Incredible India - Where art though?!
Maharashtra, India
Today's wake up - a local village "Holi" celebration! We started the party music in the Rickshark and ended up completely drowned in colors! The Shark has also proven it can fly as we drove it up to over 2600 ft - for fun! Tada! Rocked up in Pune - without a plan as usual :-) At least we found Internet!
Goa, India
Our favorite Rickshark has not had even a minor breakdown of any kind! Probably thanks to our sweet tender lovin' and carin'! To spoil it a bit extra we handed it in for a pro-active full spa program at Mapusa Garage (comes highly recommended by at least one local and now us!). The beast is roaring like never before, ready to chew up a lot of miles tomorrow, but first, one more Goa party night! Ay caramba!@
Goa, India
Reached Goa! Trying to negotiate to have our Rickshark displayed at an art cafe in exchange for free beer for us - win win!
Karnataka, India
New speed record today; 67.8 km/h Boom! Just when we are getting one with the fearsome machine of wildest shark it stops unexpectedly! Turns out even ricksharks need a few gulps to drink once in a while! Enjoying our 8th Butter chicken at a beach restaurant - happy days!
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<p style="text-align: center"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 8.33333px"> </span></p><p style="text-align: center"> </p><p style="text-align: center"> </p><p style="text-align: center"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#808080">2700 km. </font></font></span></p><p style="text-align: center"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#808080"> From Cochin to Shilong.</font></font></span></p><p style="text-align: center"><font color="#808080" size="4">Probably not the least sensible thing I've attempted so far, but still!<br /><br />Since blogging is complicated on the road - here's the website you would want to follow day and night for the coming 3 weeks!<br /><br /></font><a href="http://www.facebook.com/FearOfTheShark"><font size="4">http://www.facebook.com/FearOfTheShark</font></a><font color="#808080" size="4"><br /></font></p><p style="text-align: center"> </p><p style="text-align: center"> </p><p style="text-align: center"> </p><p style="text-align: center"><strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large">Disclaimer</span><font class="Apple-style-span" size="1"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 9px">...</span></font></strong></p><p style="text-align: center"> </p><p style="text-align: center"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="verdana, geneva"><em><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000080"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large">Them sharks must be some of the most misunderstood beasty animals </span></font></em></font><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, geneva"><em><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000080"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large">that roams our planet.</span></font></em></span></p><p style="text-align: center"> </p><p style="text-align: center"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="verdana, geneva">Funny how we don't play in the lion's den amongst them tigers but frollick ignorantly among them sharkies in the vast blue bathtub. Then there are those some damn ninjas that gurgle them saki with boiled sharkfin broth ...ughhh epic fail for humankind.</font></span></p><p style="text-align: center"><em><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="verdana, geneva">Now let's not shed tears yet and hug a shark today. Be the positive change that you want to see in the world. Who's gonna save the world tonight? Us. The Swede and the Mafia is in the house. HAHAHAH. Enough. That's my nine cents worth for today...</font></span></em></p><p style="text-align: center"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="verdana, geneva"> </font></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="verdana, geneva">Let's show some well deserved respect to them sharkies and shark conservation. They do need our help more than ever because their bark is surely softer than their bite...</font></span></p><p style="text-align: center"><em><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="verdana, geneva">...and uhmmm gove us a jolly sweet excuse to go taste some real chicken tikka, climb mountains of naan bread and chasing the perfect cup of chai! Amongst others... </font></span></em></p><p style="text-align: center"> </p><p style="text-align: center"><strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large">Read this in the meantime while we go & replenish our G&T stocks ... </span></strong></p><p style="text-align: center"><span class="article_lead" style="line-height: 25px; padding-top: 15px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#808080"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'book antiqua', palatino">Only a tiny fraction of Atlantic sharks -- under 1% -- are under protection even though most shark species are heading towards extinction ... ( http://mg.co.za/article/2011-11-16-under-1-atlantic-shark-species-protected-by-conservation-efforts)</font></font></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center"> </p><p style="text-align: center"> </p><p style="text-align: center"> </p>
