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This is our on the road map...
Day 18 Wednesday, 14 April 2010
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  14:36 on - One Percenters wrote:
A goat herder on the dual carriageway gave us a little danceA lot of staring into the back of a broken rickshaw (Mable died the next morning) on bandit roadThere are already 50 people inside and still more getting inA communist rally marches through BishnaporSi's feet after a day on the roadDyl's fingersLouise ad John join the One PercentersAnother beautiful hotel room after a long day. Send the boy for beers then....The river Ganges...too massive to... Read more ... |
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13:39 on - One Percenters wrote:
We left Raniganj and headed towards Siuri on saturday morning. The road changed from reasonable to non-existent, it was more akin to off road quad biking, minus the 4th wheel...bouncing around all over the place through a desert waste land. That was a heavy 70km!The area we drove through in West Bengal was extremely dry and hot, and both physically and mentally draining, with even basic addition to work out distances being a challenge. The wind was like a hair dryer but with added dust.The back door of the tuk tuk to the engine has now been removed to keep... Read more ... |
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Day 15 Sunday, 11 April 2010
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 at 12:26 on One Percenters said We're climbing the Himalayan foothills to Gantok. Its absolutely stunning. People are super nice, waving & chatting, & more oriental in features. |
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| at 06:41 on One Percenters said Saw a bird that would tower over Izaak and we just drove through a swarm of locusts. |
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Day 14 Saturday, 10 April 2010
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| at 11:27 on One Percenters said We're crossing the river Ganges! Its massive. |
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Day 13 Friday, 9 April 2010
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17:15 on - One Percenters wrote:
1%'s and the Holy Cow Express...sadly now RIP. Mable gave up the fight and died this morning after severe enging problems...Good Luck to John and Louise We are now part of the Rickshaw Drivers family We crossed Chilika Lake by ferry...we had just broken 1st gear trying to get to the boat...all fixed now thanks to the man sitting next to Dylan in the Rickshaw in the picture above. another minor technical problem ... Read more ... |
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17:14 on - One Percenters wrote:
After yesterday's shenanigans with breakdowns and rebel territory (see sms posts below) we ate and drank well in a decent hotel- we even treated ourselves to air con.Holy Cows rickshaw died this morning so they jumped in with us and left the rickshaw at the hotel. We went to see the terracotta temples in Bishnapor which were nice but difficult to enjoy much in this heat. Made our way up the N60 through tiger country. We drove past wild fires caused by the extreme heat. And obviously the engine over heated. We took off the back door to the... Read more ... |
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17:07 on - One Percenters wrote:
(this was written Weds lunch time (ish(), so there is continuity issues with the sms updates) After we blogged last time, we left the internet place to see a night time festival of traditional Orissa dance and songs. All the women sat on the left, the men on the right and the holy men it the middle. Not realising this to start with, we sat down in the middle. After a couple of minutes and a few stares we quickly moved to the right. A friendly local explained that this festival was a very erotic affair where the opposite sex... Read more ... |
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Day 12 Thursday, 8 April 2010
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| at 13:44 on One Percenters said After another 2 breakdowns for Holy Cow we slowly made our way through bandit lands to Bishnapor before dark. It was a bit hairy as the dangers were made clear to us by several people. A communist rally in town nearly forced us back to highway but we found a hotel and had first hot shower yet.Ace |
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| at 10:17 on One Percenters said We're still travelling with Holy Cow Express. They broke down 3 times in 20k. We've been here about 4hrs fixing on a stretch of rural road. Been warned 3 times to get out of here before dark because of the Maoist rebels. Just got going again. |
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| at 05:49 on One Percenters said We're skirting an area where Maoist gorilla's are waging war. There are trucks clad with red flags packed with men going past us. Heads down, carry on |
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Day 10 Tuesday, 6 April 2010
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| at 12:21 on One Percenters said Engine cut out. Hopefully it only over heated. Fitted spare spark plug. Its started again now so fingers crossed we'll get to Chandipur before dark. |
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| at 09:09 on One Percenters said Some toe rag stole our spare wheel, jerry can & siphoned the tank! Led to an eventful morning. Over 40 degrees, Si's forehead is glowing red! |
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Day 8 Sunday, 4 April 2010
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| at 11:24 on One Percenters said We've just hit rural India. A 60km dirt track through tiny villages. People sleeping on platforms, washing in ponds etc. Potholes have killed 1st gear! |
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| at 11:15 on One Percenters said We're now waiting in a pin dot village for a boat to take us across Lake Chilika to Puri (Orissa). Without 1st gear getting on the boat should be fun! |
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Day 7 Saturday, 3 April 2010
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16:50 on - One Percenters wrote:
Hi- the wonderful website is not working at all. Just spent 2 hrs uploading photo's and only a tiny percentage have arrived into the folder. Unfortunately many of these are duplicates. We promise to get the rest up sometime soonish. ... Read more ... |
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16:41 on - One Percenters wrote:
Please check out the gallery (click to the right) for a loads of new photos from the last few thousand kilometers. The folder is calkled "morte pictures from the 1 %ers". Also check out the "comic" gallery to see Al O'Shea's drawings.Here is an update from the dusty roads of India.... We're coming to grips with the Indian head wiggle. This side to side wiggle of the head is the most important of gestures used all the time. It means many different things such as hello, goodbye, thank you, yes definitely, I haven't got a clue, ok, a friendly gesture and probably loads... Read more ... |
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Day 6 Friday, 2 April 2010
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| at 07:05 on One Percenters said just met a guy along the road who runs an orphanage & school. Gave him a load of Edwin pens. Nice one Edwin! |
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| at 05:59 on One Percenters said power cuts last night meant no pics. Few beers in a spit n saw dust joint- dirty, cheap & local. Guys r pretty touchy feely here so Si started putting his arm round me @ fuel stations to fit in. Aiming for 400k tday - long stint. Ricks holding up so far apart from back seat came off-fixed now. |
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Day 5 Thursday, 1 April 2010
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| at 08:36 on One Percenters said Seen 3 bad crashes so far tday, most caused by trucks going down wrong side of highway. Sour. Hot hot highway, Major Lazor full blast. Sweeeeet! |
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| Nellore - Andhra Pradesh, India at 04:58 on One Percenters said arrived into Nellore after dark for some gnarly night time city driving. A good few near misses, u turns across 6 lanes, animals, slightly stressful! |
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Day 4 Wednesday, 31 March 2010
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| Chenai - Tamil Nadu, India at 11:00 on One Percenters said Just drove straight through the centre of Chennai - it was absolutely mental!! The Italians could learn a lot from these guys. |
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06:35 on - One Percenters wrote:
The boys come along for the ride 10 litres of fuel at your feet...sometimes you forget, then you notice it again...and start sweating some more Sound system, toilet roll and map...we'll be fine. Hanging with the local Tuk Tuk drivers rush hour at a festival...going nowhere fast. ... Read more ... |
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06:17 on - One Percenters wrote:
End of the first day...welcome to Munnar This is'nt suppossed to be monsoon season. The rickshaw takes on water from all angles, roof cover seams included. Say Paneer!!A great winding road through tea plantations..The most mental road in the world...great for racing a motorbike down....we won, of course. It was around a 25km downhill - fun times! "Why are you covered in drawings Mr Englishman??"Our first customer in the Rick Shaw & Ed Win taxi businessThe race is ON !!!!!! ... Read more ... |
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Day 3 Tuesday, 30 March 2010
Day 2 Monday, 29 March 2010
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17:27 on - One Percenters wrote:
Namaste!! (thats hello for all you non locals)So day 2......Started off early and wound up through some of the highest tea estates in the world with the rising sun cutting through the mist - stunning! Then we had to turn back as Si forgot his phone in the hotel. The people were lovely and it was waiting at reception.Luckily we have a pretty new rickshaw that drives like a beast so we made up lost time quickly. We're can go a good 5-10kph faster than other teams. So we do. But then we also get forget stuff too which adds... Read more ... |
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| at 10:51 on One Percenters said Day1: Started with a stall, ran out of fuel on the celebration lap of Cochin, then got lost! All got easier from there..Headed straight east leaving the humid sunshine to climb up through rubber plantations and into tea estates - beautiful & dramatic landscape. A late start & windy roads so only managed 156km to Munnar where its much cooler. 1 monkey. Absolutely loving driving the rickshaw, a LOT of horn usage! |
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