Jaisalmer, India
Enjoying our first morning post-run with chai on the rooftop. Loving the view of the Jaisalmer fort.
Jaisalmer, India
Enjoying our first morning post-run with chai on the rooftop. Loving the view of the Jaisalmer fort.
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FINISHED!!! crossed the finish line at 6.35pm tonight & just had our first hot shower in three weeks :) we'll miss our rickshaw!! #India
Rajasthan, India
At the loveliest open air garden restaurant drinking 'cold coffee' (i.e. beer, but they're not licensed!) to celebrate covering 360km today. Jaisalmer tomorrow!
Beawar, India
After righting a wrong turn (that could have landed us in Udaipur!), we are back on track to Jodhpur. Landscape has turned to desert, dry and dusty with rocky hills in the distance.
Rajasthan, India
Just passed a Country Inn & Suites...with a McDonald's inside it. Cringing at what is called development.
Rajasthan, India
En route to Jodhpur, just stopped for hot drinks at a Coffee Day (think Indian Starbucks) and feeling far too civilised for the Rickshaw Run...@
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an Indian family in our guesthouse is blasting Who Wants to Be a Millionaire...i couldn't love this country anymore right now. #india
Rajasthan, India
Got flagged over by security at a toll booth... But like everyone else, they just want to know where we're from and where we're going.
Rajasthan, India
Hello, Rajasthan! Last state we'll be rattling through... Who knows how we've made it this far.
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Chief of electro-content at The Adventurists - wielding a cyanide tipped cocktail stick in the fight to make the world less boring.
<h1><font class="Apple-style-span" face="verdana, geneva">Ready or not, here we come...</font></h1><h1><font class="Apple-style-span" face="verdana, geneva">Three wheels. Two weeks.<br /> </font><font class="Apple-style-span" face="verdana, geneva">One impossible journey through India.</font></h1><p><font class="Apple-style-span" face="verdana, geneva"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 22px"><strong style="outline-width: 0px; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent; border-width: 0px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px"><em style="outline-width: 0px; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent; border-width: 0px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px">“Imagine the fastest, safest, earth-munching all-terrain vehicle in the world. Then imagine the opposite.” --</em>The Adventurists</strong></span> </font> </p><p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #1c1c1c; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="verdana, geneva">While it was a creative writing course that brought these two girls--one American, the other Mexican--together, it's a 3,000km race across India that will take their friendship to a whole other level.</font></span></p><p><font class="Apple-style-span" face="verdana, geneva"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #1c1c1c; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px"></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #1c1c1c; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px"></span></font></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 10px; outline-width: 0px; font-size: 14px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent; line-height: 19px; border-width: 0px; padding: 0px"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="verdana, geneva">In September of 2011, Candace Rardon, a travel writer from Virginia, and Citlalli Millan, a novelist from Mexico City, will be taking part in the Adventurists' Rickshaw Run, driving a three-wheeled auto-rickshaw from Shillong to Jaisalmer...in a period of two weeks.</font> </p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 10px; outline-width: 0px; font-size: 14px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent; line-height: 19px; border-width: 0px; padding: 0px"><em>Feel free to check out Candace's travel blog, </em><a href="http://www.candaceroserardon.com">Rare Travels</a>, <em>or follow her on Twitter</em> @candacerardon, <em>for more updates about the trip!</em> </p><p> </p>