We leave Sydney in 10 days – Saturday 4th September – 1 night in Kolkata, then 3 nights in Darjeeling, before 3 nights in Gangtok before the Run starts. All becoming very real now. Good news is we are over 25% of our target charity fund raising – hopefully many of the ‘I plan to […]
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OK, we both passed the MOST motorcycle test on Wednesday 18th so yay, we now have our category A International Drivers Licence.This is a pre requisite for riding the rickshaw but more importantly, ticks the box for travel insurance. Only thing left now is to pack the bags. Given we spent time on learners permits […]
We now have a page called “The Honour Roll”. This is where we recognise those who have sponsored us or helped us out in some way. We don’t publish $ amounts – because the size of the donation is irrelevant. Remember just $1 can provide clean drinking water to a person in need for up […]
Yep folks, exactly 1 month to go. Nepal visa sorted, multitude of shots injected and currently getting India visa. Nearly there. Last thing is the motorbike licence this month and toodle pip – ready to go…….
We came across a few previous teams You Tube Video’s and thought they might be of interest so you get a better feel of what we are about to embark on! Here’s one: Rickshaw Run Team – Autumn 2009
Well we have barely kicked off our marketing campaign to raise the money for our Charity, but received a great boost today. The Manly Daily heard about our venture and wanted to publish a story about us – see today’s newspaper on page 15 for the article – or click on “Manly Daily” below to […]
Well in terms of donations/sponsorship we are off and running! We have £77 already thanks to Carl (Wagga Woody)- our first sponsor. And not bad given we have barely started marketing. Awesome effort Carl – cheers! Carl was at one stage a team member – albeit for only 36-48 hours. He joined one night while […]
Our DONATE HERE page now has a link so that you can sponsor us. All sponsorship goes to a great cause and whether $1, $2, $10, $100 or more – the money will go a long way to helping someone less fortunate than yourself. How does it work?
It has been a while but we are starting to get organised. We are now a team of two after Paul’s brother dropped out – something about a crook knee. We are now booked on Singapore Airlines – we depart Saturday September 4th – Sydney to Kolkata via Singapore. We have one night in Kolkata […]