I have to say, I am really not used to this whole travelling with others thing. Everything seems to take so long, there is an incredible amount of faffing goes on, I was definitely finding my patience tested... Shortly after we set off today, at another check the direction stop, someone came running over to tell us one of our 'partners' had just passed by - one of the other teams was in the vicinity! It wasn't long before we passed them on the road - great to he...

It's amazing how quiet the streets were this morning as we left Gorakhpur - we weren't the only ones on the road, but there was none of the mayhem that was present 12 hours earlier. We set off in convoy with another team, the ones who had assisted us with the bump start yesterday and made good time on the road. We stopped for a snack for breakfast, some weird sugary twirly batter which was deep fried but gave us a sugar boost first thing! The morning was pretty s...

Hard to believe this was my last day in Nepal. I've had a lovely time, but more adventures beckon in India. We stayed in a small town for our first night on the road. There were several other teams about, so it was good to hear how everyone's first experiences had been. There were a few rumours of one overturned rickshaw, with the occupants slightly injured, but no one had any definite details - so, at this stage, just hoping it's a bit of scaremongering... Actua...

We were up early after a reasonable night's sleep - once we were all packed up, we got a taxi - we had a mission to get hold of a cable to connect the ipod to the stereo - otherwise we would have to speak to each other the entire way to Pondicherry! I had the name of a shop to try, when I got there there were already three other Rickshawers waiting, all with the same purpose. So when the shopkeeper appeared to open up, we all pounced on him - but he didn't have w...

So much to say, so little time.... We got info packs the other day, the main point from that was that now, due to the new government probably having more pressing concerns that a load of tuktuks leaving the country, we are free to take any border crossing with an immigration point. We also learned our departure point - Durbar Square - which we thought utterly chaotic as we watched all the traffic go by.... It was definitely good to meet loads more of the teams, w...