Victory parade through jaisalmer, saying goodbye to the god of rickshaws, our blue thunder 'Rajesh', Max in his role as food retailer for the train ride to Delhi (which was surprisingly comfortable and restful) , having lunch with a new friend in old Delhi and visiting New Delhi. Always wear trousers to a mosque, otherwise you are mistaken for a woman. So this is the last Post. It was amazing.
Well, simply put: we made it. Blue thunder struck place 11- easily. Made it to jaisalmer yesterday after having visited jodhpur fort and having stayed in the desert. You recognize the blue sheep? Max's quote of the day: what a ride. Pictures of our victory parade through jaisalmer will follow. Tomorrow we are going to hop on a train headed to Delhi.
welcome to rajasthan. Visited jagdish temple and fort kumbhalgarh. Tagged along with a camel crowd, tuk it to the cloud and played some watersports. Today it's jodhpur before we hit the finish line in jaisalmer tomorrow. Only 350 km left, way to go blue thunder.
More mountaineering with Rajesh (how we named the blue thunder), meditation, cows and some off-road driving. Made it to Surat (north of Mumbai). Great city- completely dry. So we covered roughly 1800km ( can't be more exact, speedometer broke a long time ago). We can smell the finish line already.
Uiiii. A lot has happened. Accident no. 3, Goa, mountaineering with our tuktuk, mystic landscapes, stopped by curious Indian tourists, some kind of Waldschrat who was interested in our tuktuk and monkey mania. This update is for the past three days from Mahabaleshwar.
No blogging yesterday because we stayed in a town where alcohol and smoking was banned due to a local Temple which in a certain radius forbids the above. Food wasn't that good either. So, the super slow internet connection did not really surprise us. So today we slaved our tuk real hard and are now in karwar - more than 600km from the start and in his region. The drive through the wildlife sanctuary yesterday and today - far away from the highway - was Outstanding.
Covered 160kms today. This morning we played our role as special guests for our hotels Independence Day ceremony. On the way teatime with locals and after that exploring the Indian country side and bumpy roads and locals wanting pictures with us.
One word: outstanding. Brief recap day 1: 87 teams trying to fetch a ferry fitting only 3 Tuktuks. Did 180kms on the first day. Driving skills massively improved. Most important part of tuktuk broke and was fixed by Indian mechanics: the Horn. Didn't shit our pants despite mad traffic. Caused two accidents: max was in race mode and destroyed rear mirror of another tuk, and we scratched a taxi.
30m to start. Back of our tuk has an intense bouquet of a petrol / Moskito spray mix.
Some party impressions and our helpful helper gubdu. Got out Tuk pimped a little and max enjoyed decorating it. Photos will follow.
Riding a rickshaw 3000km through India! Why? To save the rainforest and for an outstanding experience. Still too simple? Well, we are doing it in august. Monsoon time. If you want to know more visit our coolearth campaign page. You ll find a video of what we are up to and if you have a dime to spare, you can donate to coolearth (not to us of course). So our team name will not simply be a fun pun - we TUK it to the limit.
