Summary of Day 7 Engine on: 05:30 Engine off for the night: 19:30 KM travelled: 377 Issues/breakdowns: None, best day yet for tuk tuk performance Challenges: menacing looking dudes outside Saidpur and driving at night through storms with no lights, horn or windscreen wipers. We started the day well with all of us ready to go at 5am. Unfortunately, Elton wasn't as complient and decided to appear to run out of fuel. The others had to race off to get more fue...

Summary Engine on: 06:15 Engine off for the night: 17:00 KM travelled: 337 Issues/breakdowns: none today Challenges: finding the hotel we had booked Woke up bright and early just keen to get out of the hotel and out of the pollution of Kanpur. I'd had a very pitiful sleep due to the rock hard bed + noises by my head making me think there was some kind of bed bug/creatures and so I chose to sleep with my head at the tail end of the bed. The day's driving ac...

Summary Engine on: 09:00 Engine off for the night: 20:00 KM travelled: 319 Issues/breakdowns: No breakdowns/tuktuk issues, but google maps recommended route did not serve us well Challenges: potholes and mosquitos After an early start at 5am, we packed up the tuk tuks and headed to the Taj Mahal to take in one of the seven wonders of the world (depending on which list you look at). It didn't disappoint! After this we headed back to the hotel for breakfast a...

Summary of Day 3 Engine on: 06:30 Engine off for the night: 18:30 KM travelled: 246 Issues/breakdowns: No breakdowns/tuktuk issues for us, but three breakdowns for the 'Kash-mir if you can' (all requiring a mechanic) which added about 6 hours to the trip Challenges: patience and problem solving. What was meant to be a relaxed drive to Agra took 6 hours longer than expected. 12 hours for 246km was not the average speed we were aiming for! We started at 6.30a...

Summary of Day 2 Engine on: 06:30 Engine off for the night: 18:30 KM travelled: 340 Issues/breakdowns: No breakdowns/tuktuk issues. The national highway was blocked off so we had to take a detour at one point - not a biggie though. Challenges: weaving between trucks on the motorway and first time city driving. Day 2 of the Rickshaw Run has thankfully gone to plan. We've had good weather the whole way, no breakdowns and we started at 6.30am so ensured that t...