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  Mumbai Xpress 2016 was a great success that all participants enjoyed hugely. Here’s the story of our adventures from day nine to fourteen. Read More

  The magical adventure of Mumbai Xpress 2016 continues. Here’s what happened on days four, five, and six. Photo By Kaspar Ratsep.Read More

Two weeks of crazy adventures lie behind our 17 brave teams participating in this year’s Mumbai Xpress, a rickshaw adventure across India for the daring ones. We’ve already reported from the first days of the challenge, now you can find our teams made it till the finish line and what adventures they met on their way!...Read More

Recognizing the role that auto-rickshaws play in sustainable urban transport and meeting daily commute needs in India will go a long way in improving conditions for drivers, as well as passengers, and will result in social and environmental benefits for Indian cities, as a whole. ‘The population of Indian cities, already more than 340 million,...Read More

Article from The Wall Street Journal on unique ways of travel, with a reference to the almighty Rickshaw Challenge. ‘Other races are more focused on an experience, such as the Rickshaw Challenge, where participants pilot the three-wheeled vehicles also known as tuk-tuks to drive as far as 1,180 miles across India. “I wanted to make...Read More

The World’s smallest cinema moves on three rickshaw wheels Flick-shaw could have been just another rickshaw, though with a weird look. Destiny though, had some other plans for the London rickshaw and it came out to be the world’s smallest cinema. Made for Virgin Media Shorts Awards at the BFI, the 126cm by 130cm rickshaw...Read More

For all the auto rickshaw fanatics out there who cannot get enough of the little three wheeled devil, here u go: Desi Auto  Autos are simple, and so must their games be.  Swerve your auto through the city in a race with other autos         Hey Taxi Pick up and drop passengers. Earn points, which...Read More

Recently back in Mumbai after a gruelling auto rickshaw driving odyssey, Australian travel writer Sharell Cook narrates her experiences in an exclusive to domain-b My flight to Chennai, where the Mumbai Xpress Rickshaw Challenge would be starting from, was delayed nearly an hour. This gave me plenty of time to think about what the next couple of weeks,...Read More

The spirit of adventure that brought 27 people from from around the world together to drive three-wheeled auto-rickshaws across India finally culminated at Mumbai’s JW Marriott in on 13 August 2009. Divided into 13 teams, they braved the city’s infamous traffic travelling from Alibag in the final leg of the 2,000-km four-state rally, which brought...Read More

Go on a ride with Sharell Cook, as she takes on the 2009 Mumbai Xpress with a vengeance! “I have no idea how I’ll cope. I haven’t been brave enough to drive a car — which I know how to operate — in India yet, let alone an auto rickshaw! What’s more, merely spending 30 minutes in one of...Read More