Pictures from Lassi Come Home
To Everyone that sent their well wishes we really appreciated the comments and emails – Thanks. We are now in Mumbai and heading home. Not until we finished the Rickshaw Run did we realise how exhausting it had been – the last couple of days have been days to savour the accomplishment, but also catch […]
We are finished! 2615 kilometres across India in a vehicle designed for short city trips, at best, with a 150cc motor, top speed of around 55km/hr, 3 wheels, 4 gears, zero ability to intimidate any other vehicle on the road, and an uncanny ability to breakdown in the middle of no where. Crazy? Yes! But […]
Today was a very enjoyable day – Lassi has been prepared for her final day (we hope) of running, and we got to enjoy Jodhpur, the Blue City, which has been fantastic. We visited Mehrangarth Fort which was amazing – the guide books say it is the best Fort in Rajasthan and that is no […]
We travelled over 360 kilometres today, leaving Jaipur at 6am and arriving at Jodhpur at 5.30pm – almost 12 hours of travel. But the day was enjoyable, Lassi drove like a dream except for one breakdown 40 kms from Jodphur. But as is typical, help emerged quickly, and a farmer road up on his motorbike […]
Today was a rest day – but let us first define what a rest day is. A rest day is actually a day to give our little Rickshaw, Lassi, maintenance and prepare mechanically for onward journey. Today we spent half the day working on Lassi, getting her ready for the final assault – Jaipur to […]
It the end of Day 9 and we are in Jaipur, Rajasthan. Today we drove around 240 kilometres from Agra. The road was quite good, however it did not stop raining for the entire 7 hour journey. India is experiencing a prolonged Monsoon, but we have it on good advice that once we reach Jodhpur […]
Just had our first sleep in for some time and feel great as a result. It is good to have a day out of the traffic and one where we can do some touristy things. It would be a crime to sleep one night in Agra and not go see the Taj Mahal. Yesterday we […]
Day 5 was NOT relaxing! We experienced without doubt the most challenging and mentally exhausting roads yet encountered and that was only 150 kms over 6 hours. There were no mechanical breakdowns, but the best analogy we can think of is driving a golf buggy through a quarry. The day was filled with strange moments […]
Hi All, Yesterday was quite a trip – we went from Hatauda in Nepal, departing at 6am, and finished the day in Gorakphur, about 100 kms south of the India-Nepal border – reaching our hotel by 7.30pm. So it was a very long and exhausting day but we covered over 300kms, and we drove through […]
Firstly – aplogies for our tardiness in sending an update – it has not been without trying – internet access has been difficult to say the best. In fact the places we have been to in the past few days is a far flung futuristic concept. So here we sit in Hepauda, southern Nepal after […]