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long day of driving ahead but we should be in Varanasi by dinner. We are looking forward to massages, facials, live music, a sunrise boat ri ** some text is missing **
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a pox on all petrol thieves! Someone siphoned off our petrol last night. Ran out of gas when we thought the tank was full. Puttered out in g ** some text is missing **
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Stayed in ramtek, in maharashtra last night. Why? It wasn't a breakdown this time, it's because we are celebrities! Signed autographs, were ** some text is missing **
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drove an epic 400 km yesterday on hwy 7 (i.e. potholed, part dirt road). If this is a hwy, we're hoping to avoid secondary roads! Laxmi started with ease this morning; it must be her new paint job. Nagpur by lunch and in Madya Pradesh by evening!
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been trying to leave Hyderabad for 8 hours. It's after 4 pm and Laxmi will not start. Fail.
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just interviewed for local news while waiting for dinner to arrive. We LOVE Hyderabad in our 2 hours of experience!
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laxmi is clean and shining, inside and out! Fix and full wash cost 300 rupees, or 6 dollars. Back on the road to Hyderabad.
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our first real breakdown! Assisted by fellow tuk driver, who diagnosed problem and called mechanic. No worries, it is just a dirty something. Back in town thanks to goan doo lally, having thali and waiting for repairs.
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hampi temples would look even better with coffee
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made it to hampi, despite stopping traffic in both directions on a bridge. team effort to restart successful, proving our ability to perform under pressure. Only accident was in ashley's pants, she pissed herself laughing. We let her back in the rick though, and on we went. @
Ashley Murray
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She can walk on her hands, she can clean the world's dirtiest wastewater..but can she fix broken a rickshaw?!
Tracy Wise
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Two engineers, one writer, and an auto-rickshaw for social justice