Three states, 1010km, 17 teams, 42 participants from 8 different countries kicked off from Trivandrum on 6 April 2015 on a three-wheeled adventure up the Malabar Coast to the capital of Goa, Panaji! However, while things on the Rickshaw Challenge - Malabar Rampage 2015 mostly went of without a hitch, our teams had their first challenge set, and not by us, but rather the local government in Kerala. In a bid to turn the South Indian state, said to have a drinking problem, dry, most of the state’s bars were closed down (except for those in five star hotels). To make matters more complicated, it took a while to understand what was allowed by the new law, and it turned out that beer and wine parlours were OK, so our teams were happy to find they could find a beer during their first few days in Kerala. Our teams kicked off from Trivandrum with enthusiasm and were faced with a number of challenges to tackle en route to Alleppey and beyond. There were some of your usual scavenger hunts, like finding out the date of something or other snippets of information or facts and so on, but some of the other challenges were more hands on. From giving rickshaw taxi rides to locals and making chai at random stalls on the roadside, our teams got creative with their challenges and happily posted pics online of their antics. But Kerala proved to make life even more complicated. Turned out on the last day, on their way to Karnataka, there was a strike from three different sectors and a roadblock. Our teams got nervous about finding petrol on the way, so stocked up the night before and made a beeline to the border first thing in the morning, leaving the hotel around
Three states, 1010km, 17 teams, 42 participants from 8 different countries kicked off from Trivandrum on 6 April 2015 on a three-wheeled adventure up the Malabar Coast to the capital of Goa, Panaji! However, while things on the Rickshaw Challenge – Malabar Rampage 2015 mostly went of without a hitch, our teams had their first
