The Classic Run 2020 is over already and the teams had a blast. After many adventures on the road they arrived in Thiruvananthapuram, just a bit past India's most southern point (back up north, not staight into the sea...). Check out some of the trip's highlights below! Kick-off Day Our teams from Hungary, Turkey, New Zealand, the USA and China were very excited to finally start their 1000 km adventure from Tamil Nadu's capital Chennai all the way south to Thiruvanantapuram (Trivandrum for short). They still seem quite relaxed, but that only lasted till they hit the Indian traffic for the first time! Colorful India Colors, colors, colors everywhere! And South Indian temple architecture can be especially colorful. Add to it seeing the often bright houses and the women's beautiful saris for a few weeks, and your next shopping trip to H&M will seem like an awefully bland affair. Ancient Temples Not all temples are that colorful, but they are often ancient and have been in the same place for more than a thousand years. If you take some time, you'll see amazing details in the fassade. And if you are smart, you'll grab our head organizer Princely, who knows quite a bunch about their origin and meaning. Selfies, Selfies, Selfies By the end of the Rickshaw Challenge Classci Run 2020 is was quite clear who had the longest arms - especially important for group-selfies with rickshaw and temple background! Refreshing Breaks Our teams love to take every chance they get to stop for some fresh coconut water directly from the coconut. Nothing else is as refreshing and reviving in India's heat! Random Roadside Breakdowns And what would a Rickshaw Challenge be without countless breakdowns! Those make the best stories and offer our teams
The Classic Run 2020 is over already and the teams had a blast. After many adventures on the road they arrived in Thiruvananthapuram, just a bit past India’s most southern point (back up north, not staight into the sea…). Check out some of the trip’s highlights below! Kick-off Day Our teams from Hungary, Turkey,
Three states, 1110km, 5 teams, 13 participants from 4 different countries kicked off from Panaji on 15 June 2015 on a three-wheeled mission across the Deccan Plateau to India's most populous city - Mumbai! Things didn't begin as early as planned on the Rickshaw Challenge - Deccan Odyssey 2015, since most of the teams had partied a little hard the night before the flag off, but that still didn't stop the enthusiasm from rushing in. Our hardy teams dressed up in costumes, sporting good spirits to compensate for the hangovers and eventually kicked off around 9am revving towards the first destination Belgaum. The Deccan Odyssey poses some challenges, with the weather being one of the main nuisances (or should we say "fun" aspects of the trip), since we caught the very beginning of the monsoon season. However, despite the rain, nothing could dampen the spirits of our Rickshaw Challengers and everyone was raring to go. Outside of our set challenges, the teams' biggest hurdle was perhaps the epic traffic in Pune, which was quite a shock and a talking point among the participants. Most of the teams came in late after the flag down time since they had not banked on Pune's size and congestion issues, where even with a small and nifty rickshaw, it's hard to zip in and out of the traffic. But it's all a learning curve, since one cannot simply drive into India and not learn to navigate the challenging local traffic - something we think should be on everyone's bucket list! Another thing that's often included on the India "must-do" list is the Taj Mahal. While we are no where near Agra, the Deccan Odyssey offers the next best thing: Bibi Ka Maqbara in Aurangabad. It's no coincidence though, since the architect who designed the Aurangabad copy was the son of the original Taj designer.
Three states, 1110km, 5 teams, 13 participants from 4 different countries kicked off from Panaji on 15 June 2015 on a three-wheeled mission across the Deccan Plateau to India’s most populous city – Mumbai! Things didn’t begin as early as planned on the Rickshaw Challenge – Deccan Odyssey 2015, since most of the teams had partied a little hard the night before
