Team It Tuk Tuks Two to Tango

Clare Redman
Of It Tuk Tuks Two to Tango
On the The Rickshaw Run Winter 2011
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Kerala, India

Trying to work out what day it is and where we were a few days ago is getting harder. Probably should have kept a journal. Hoping to end up in Cochin tomorrow though the first sign of a major Rickshaw failure has occured today. After some of the worst roads of the tour we finally broke down in the middle of a busy intersection and after much hassle and mechanics attention we realised we needed to refuel...crisis over

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<p style="behavior: none"><font color="#000000" face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif" size="2">The Rickshaw Run is pretty simple. With very little preparation and even less luggage we are flying to the Indian Subcontinent and doing our damndest to force a Rickshaw - half a horse power of the finest Indian engineering - over thousands of miles of questionable terrain in around two weeks&hellip;oh&hellip; in a race against 69 other teams! We will have to navigate our way through sprawling cities, mountains, deserts, jungle, seaside paths, manic highways, remote villages, festivals, rabid monkeys, mosquitoes and all manner of unpredictability on our journey from the Desert Town of Jaisalmer in Rajasthan to the sea side resort of Cochin in the bottom south. That's a minimum of 2,500km assuming we go the direct (not happening) route and don&rsquo;t get lost, break down or take too many detours. Rest assured we know that if nothing goes wrong, then everything has gone wrong! </font></p><p style="behavior: none"><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><font size="2"><font color="#000000">And why are we telling you about it? Simple really, the overall aim of the Rickshaw Run is to raise awareness and copious amounts of money for our chosen charity FRANK Water Projects. Please sponsor us at:</font></font></font></p><p style="behavior: none"><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><font size="2"><font color="#000000"><a href="http://www.justgiving.com/It-tuk-tuks-two-to-tango">http://www.justgiving.com/It-tuk-tuks-two-to-tango</a></font></font></font></p><p style="behavior: none"><font color="#000000"><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><font size="2">So, is driving a Rickshaw really that Dangerous??? Well, not really - if you drive on your own - but of course we are sharing the road with umpteen thousand sacred cows as well as 1.3 billion Indians and most of them believe in reincarnation. When applying for our a licence to drive in India, the polite Indian man at the counter said we actually only needed three things &ndash; good horn, good brakes&hellip;and good luck! So what about support? Well of course there is none - when we're stuck, lost, and up a certain creek without a rowing implement is when the adventure starts.&nbsp; </font></font></font></p>