The Rickshaw Challenge – Classic Run is proof that a little imagination is all it takes to transform the banal into the sublime. As a pageant of strikingly painted tuk-tuks was steered out of The Residency Towers Chennai for the eighth edition of Rickshaw Challenge – Classic Run, by a motley group of merry men...Read More
Going for a Spin with NYC’s Rickshaw Spiderman, AKA Shaun Emerson. The amazing Spiderman rickshaw driver not only climbs up walls, he bounces terrified but happy passengers around NYC.Read More
The Rickshaw Challenge in Lonely Planet’s 10 greatest adventures. RACE A RICKSHAW To paraphrase the office sticker cliché: you don’t have to be mad to drive here, but it helps. India’s roads aren’t for the faint of heart; whether you’re on foot, pedalling a bike or jammed into a bus, the mayhem of packed city...Read More
On a rickshaw from Jama Masjid to Sisganj Gurudwara in Chandni Chowk, Delhi – oldest part of the Indian capital. The place is full of lanes as thin as it can get. And yet they manage to fit a full fledged market in there. The rickshaw pullers have mastered the art of navigating their three...Read More
After denying an eunuch a ride, an auto rickshaw driver finds this rickshaw can only give rides to female passengers. What follows is a hilarious drive through the streets as he tries to uncover his rickshaw’s mysterious tendencies while facing angry passengers.Read More
To Thomas Kuhnelt, 30, an employee of an aerospace company in Munich, Germany, being caught in the Mumbai traffic was “thrilling. ” What made it even more “fun” for him was that he was driving an auto rickshaw in one of the most congested cities in the world, and not merely travelling in one as...Read More
Through the monsoon-soaked terrain from Mumbai to Bangalore, Little Miss Rickshaws comprising Pia Brasher, Alisha Hughes and Ruth Brown are getting plenty attention. “We’re elated to be part of the 6th Annual Mumbai Xpress Rickshaw Challenge from Mumbai to Chennai with a stopover in Bangalore today. We’re riding through villages and towns and have been...Read More
Omur Black takes us to the narrow laneways of London late at night when an army of rickshaw drivers look for customers as the city’s famous theatres spill their patrons on to the rainy streets. From their base in an autopark underneath Great Portland Street and Russell Square, the rickshaw drivers converge on central London...Read More
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