Its tough to give a summary which readers could use for their benefit, as a lot depends on your expectations. If you are an experienced traveller then you will understand and accept the differences in India, whereas holidaymakers would be appalled. So you need to align your expectations. For us,…
The following morning after a 5hr drive we are dropped off at Felix Homestay on Marai Beach and left alone. Felt great as we are used to being free backpackers – so having nothing much organised is rather nice! The beach is the cleanest we’ve seen in India, not very…
As mentioned, we’d booked a bespoke tour from someone on the internet and paid a deposit to what appeared to be a personal account. They answered all our questions and tuned it to what we wanted, but even so we were not entirely sure the company was genuine! However, the…
To be fair, it’ll be dull if I just go through all the places we went to and what we saw – and frankly there were too many and I’ve forgotten most of it already. But if interested the route and details are covered in https://www.rickshawchallenge.com/trips/classic-run/ and covered southern India…
Fortunately we were able to blag a lift from my parents to Heathrow T5, something we vowed never to do as driving around Heathrow isn’t great. But, on boxing day in low traffic, and to T5, it was really rather simple and easy access. Perfect! So pre-paid our £5 drop…
India. Hmmm. After visiting Delhi for work back in 2007, India never really appealed to visit so never appeared on the agenda. I recall it being very uncomfortable, lots of begging, kids, dirt and just not a very nice and comfortable experience. Whether this was down to it being a…
On our recent Rickshaw Challenge in India, one of the trio from the USA compiled this great video that shows what we all saw on our drive. We are in it a few times, and this video is better than I could knock up! As they had three teams they…
I’m so fed up of seeing people give out duff advice on forums and facebook, and even in person, that I thought I’d explain what the speed limits are for campervans! Yes, its an easy question – but the answer isn’t as clear as you think Viewers of the video…
For trip index look HERE, and for all pics look HERE Leaving the wine tasting without a sore head (surprisingly) on more crappy roads with random speed limits, our route took us under an unsigned bridge after a blind 90’ corner that looked too tight and with evidence of frequent damage. …
For trip index look HERE, and for all pics look HERE Week 5 started with another bike ride to the town of Krk – but this time planned some more roads! Mostly quiet and some with cycle paths, and this worked out much better – and Mels battery just about got…