Day 4: From Batal Today is going to be the toughest day on the road. We’ve been warned that we’ll need to dodge boulders and push the rickshaws through streams, sand or mud. The earlier start the better as the water is worse through the day as the sun melts the snow. So after a… Continue reading Rickshaw Run Himalayas – part 2: the adventure continues
Day 1: From Shimla With alarms set for 5:30, we were breakfasted and the rickshaws were packed up for a 7am start. Of course, we didn’t actually set off until 7:30. Big Al and Fifi drove to get petrol the day before but Wee Lee and I hadn’t actually driven the vehicles yet (shows how… Continue reading The adventure begins: Rickshaw Run Himalayas – part 1
The rest of our stay in Shimla was spent meeting the other pioneers, all as crazy as us for signing up for this adventure. There are 12 teams plus two Adventurists teams, most of whom have done the rickshaw run, or other Adventurists adventures at least and we hit it off straightaway. Alby and Donovan:… Continue reading Shimla as pioneers
We checked into Hotel Gulmarg Regency, a budget hotel at the cheap end of the mall that wanted to make itself much grander. With a round bed fitted with silk sheets and mirrored ceilings, we only wished Wee Lee was with us. Shimla is such a fantastic place. We spent a couple of days exploring… Continue reading Shimla as tourists
Tuesday morning, we set off early to New Delhi Railway for our journey to Shimla. We arrived at the station in ample time, found our platform and the train was already waiting so we got settled in. This train was going to take us about 300km to Kalka and would take about four hours, which… Continue reading 🚂 The Toy Train to Shimla
I spent a month in India last year and whilst I flew in and out of Delhi on numerous occasions, I didn’t actually visit the city itself so this trip decided to make it happen. I’ve heard lots of stories about Delhi and travelling solo felt fairly well prepared for the poverty, pollution and sexism.… Continue reading Delighful Delhi
Unless you’re reading this blog for the first time, you probably know that in January 2016 I joined forces with Wee Lee and Fifi in the trip of a lifetime. We travelled 3500km across India from Kerala to Rajastan in a glorified lawnmower (a tuk tuk or autorickshaw as the locals say). The trip was… Continue reading Scottie Hotties take on the Rickshaw Run: part 2
