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Mongolia for Charity

November 22, 2009

I did a drive from London to Mongolia a few years ago in a Citroen 2CV. You can read more about the adventure on my blog at http://mongoliaorbust.com. The people who organised my rally also organised one last year on horseback that I really wanted to do but after reading the small print I discovered [...]

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Leaving Mumbai

January 14, 2007

The moment has finally arrived where we say good bye to India, temporarily. It has been an amazing experience and we all are fascinated by the country and people. We have all expressed the wish to return very soon and do some further exploring! Raj left yesterday morning, Henry this morning and Justin and I [...]

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Delhi

January 11, 2007

I left Darjeeling this morning having paid an emotional farewell to the Rickshaw. I am now in Delhi. I flew down here with the American guys we met in Goa. I am staying in the most extraordinary hotel, very cheap at 250 rupees, although to be honest I don’t think I would pay the 3 [...]

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Darjeeling

January 10, 2007

I arrived here yesterday after a somewhatgruelling drive up from Calcutta. The whole state was on strike so nothing was allowed to move. Fortunately petrol stations remained open otherwise I would probably still be on my way. I left Calcutta at 18.00 on the 7th and arrived in Siliguri a distance of some 650 km [...]

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Hubli

January 9, 2007

It is hard to stay in formation with the haphazard nature of the traffic and we have yet to work out a viable solution. We have two walkie-talkies but I have one and Stephen (in the same auto) has the other! At one point we were only two hours behind the Boodogglers in their Flying [...]

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Vijayawada

January 5, 2007

A train ride later and we arrived in Guntur Junction on the East coast. Not the fastest of trains but ca 16 hrs later we arrived! A short trip up the road to Vijayawada and an overnight stay in a place of 1 million inhabitants but currently 2 tourists. After a few hours here I [...]

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Raichur to Hyderabad

January 4, 2007

We spent last night in a town about 200kms from Hyderabad called Raichur. Off all the guide books we found probably the nicest hotel we have so far stayed in. Raj and Agata booked themselves into the Presidential Suite for the princely sum of 1,800 rupees which is about 23 pounds. I went for the [...]

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Hubli Junction

January 3, 2007

We are Up the Junction! Hubli Junction to be precise. Henry and I are rather lagging behind Justin and co in the other rickshaw. Whilst they have reached Hampi and in fact latest news puts them just 200 kms short of Hyderabad, we are still enjoying Hubli Junction. The town is famous for… a big [...]

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Goa to Hampi

January 2, 2007

We have now arrived in Hampi. This is India’s answer to Ankgor Wat and whilst we have yet seen very little of it it appears very impressive indeed. Henry and Stephen spent an extra night in Goa whilst Raj, Agate and I drove on to Hampi, stopping over night in a little town by the [...]

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Goa

January 1, 2007

We arrived in Goa on the 30th December. Naturally as Goa appears to be the Tenerife of India we were completely unable to find anywhere to stay. After some struggle our two rickshaws plus the Gin Soaked Rogues who we met at the border decided to go our seperate ways and we all eventualy found [...]

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