West Bengal, India
Just watched the sunrise over Darjeeling and the Himalaya! Now off for a final cuppa before dealing with the small matter of a broken rickshaw and a 700 km push to the finish.
Uttar Pradesh, India
A few relatively good days driving have bought us the time to spend the day in Varanasi. A welcome break indeed. Rickshaws are currently being overhauled while we soak up the atmosphere (and gin!).@
Uttar Pradesh, India
A few relatively good days driving have bought us the time to spend the day in Varanassi. A welcome break indeed. Rickshaws are currently being overhauled while we soak up the atmosphere (and gin!)
Andhra Pradesh, India
An uneventful day of motorway driving came to an abrupt end on hitting Hyderabad! After an hour of wacky racers through the traffic we find ourselves 'holed up' in the Taj Krishna hotel. Oh life can be one of such contrasts....@
Andhra Pradesh, India
A relatively smooth day has seen the Fur Balls cover almost 350km. Now holed up in a truly flea pit local
Bangalore, India
What a day. Lost the exhaust within the first hour - no problem. The lost the brakes in the early afternoon - slight problem. Particularly as it was raining, a lot, and we had just entered a tiger reserve.Eventually fixed (ish) by sundown and have now finished a 4hr night drive to get to Mysore.
Kerala, India
An interesting introduction! Only 100km or so achieved (in the right direction!) One rickshaw run off the road and one with a siezed piston. Thankfully all sorted and whole team now fed, watered and in hotel with aircon!@
Catherine Arrenberg
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<div style="text-align: center"> </div><div style="text-align: center"><a href="http://www.greatballsoffur.org.uk/Home/list.action?adventure.adventureId=4" title="images/gallery09/6907/70491/400x400.jpeg">Follow our progress live</a> <a href="http://www.greatballsoffur.org.uk/Home/list.action?adventure.adventureId=4" title="Read the Blog"> Read our Blog </a></div><div style="text-align: center"> </div><div style="text-align: center"><img src="images/gallery09/6907/70490/400x400.jpeg" /></div><div style="text-align: center"> </div><div style="text-align: center"><p dir="ltr" id="internal-source-marker_0.43219119070005496" style="padding-top: 5px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; vertical-align: baseline; border-width: 0px; margin: 0px"><font color="#333333" face="Arial, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 15px; word-spacing: 2px">Imagine the quietest, fastest, safest all-terrain vehicle in the world...Now imagine the opposite. Three wheels, half a horse power and more fun than any other vehicle on planet earth, the humble Rickshaw is undoubtedly the ultimate long distance, off-road machine. Despite being designed for short distances on road.</span></font></p><p dir="ltr" id="internal-source-marker_0.43219119070005496" style="padding-top: 5px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; vertical-align: baseline; border-width: 0px; margin: 0px"><font color="#333333" face="Arial, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 15px; word-spacing: 2px">Now imagine the bliss of trying to get this untrusty steed over the Himalayas or across the Rajasthan desert. This then is the Rickshaw Run; an unsupported maniac of an adventure which wobbles over thousands of miles of ridiculous terrain. Probably the stupidest and the best thing you could possibly do with two weeks.</span></font></p><p dir="ltr" id="internal-source-marker_0.43219119070005496" style="padding-top: 5px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; vertical-align: baseline; border-width: 0px; margin: 0px"><font color="#333333" face="Arial, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 15px; word-spacing: 2px">The Rickshaw Run currently thunders forth three times a year. Each edition has it's own Un-Route and distinct flavour, but all are just as ridiculous as each other. There's one at New Year, one in the Spring and the last one in Autumn.</span></font></p><p dir="ltr" id="internal-source-marker_0.43219119070005496" style="padding-top: 5px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; vertical-align: baseline; border-width: 0px; margin: 0px"><font color="#333333" face="Arial, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 15px; word-spacing: 2px">Set route? No. Backup? No. Support? No. Adventure? Yes</span></font></p><p> </p></div>