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The Mumbai Xpress Rickshaw Challenge 2017 is off to a great start.   Another August means another Mumbai Xpress Rickshaw Challenge, which crosses Southern India from Mumbai to Chennai. It’s the longest rickshaw challenge, and there’s so much to see. With such a distance to travel, it’s important that participants get their rickshaw driving skills...Read More

A talented Malabar Rampage participant has made a beautiful Rickshaw Challenge travel journal.     Faustino Rodriguez Quintanilla, who completed the Malabar Rampage this year as a member of Team Karacol, has made an incredible rickshaw challenge travel journal. It includes beautiful drawings, mementos, and tells the story of the event. He posted all the pages...Read More

Our favourite photos of God’s Own Country, Kerala.   Kerala, the slender state on South-India’s South-Western Malabar Coast, is known as God’s Own Country. We can’t dispute the nickname: though small, the Kerala is home to heavenly nature and incredible variety. On events like the Malabar Rampage, we marvel at Kerala’s coastline, forested hills, and canals. Here...Read More

The final recap from the Deccan Odyssey 2017.     The Deccan Odyssey Rickshaw Challenge is over for another year, and so we can bring you a (slightly belated) final recap from Princely. On the final three days, teams explored the incredible Ellora caves, partied at a vineyard, and finally reached Mumbai. Here’s Princely with his...Read More

On Days 4, 5, and 6 of the Deccan Odyssey 2017, the teams left Karnataka and explored Maharashtra.     In the latest installment of our Deccan Odyssey 2017 recap, Princely tells us all about the adventures of the Rickshaw Challenge on Day 4 (Belgaum to Kolhapur), Day 5 (Kolhapur to Pune), and Day 6 (Pune...Read More

The Deccan Odyssey Rickshaw Challenge 2017 is underway!     The Deccan Odyssey Rickshaw Challenge 2017 has begun! Teams met in Panaji, Goa, for a couple of days’ rickshaw training, before setting off to explore some of the most interesting places in India! The first stop was Belgaum, in Karnataka, and after a week of...Read More

Here are (some of) the reasons we love Mumbai.     India’s most populous city, and the tenth largest city in the world, Mumbai is an amazing place. It’s home to the best and worst of India, the richest grandeur and the biggest slums. It’s relentlessly modern, at the very forefront of Indian business an technology, yet...Read More

The Malabar Rampage is over for another year, so let’s look back on the fun.         Last week we featured some of the best moments from the first half of the Malabar Rampage 2017. The rickshaw challenge is now over, so it’s the perfect time to remember highlights from the event. On their...Read More

The Malabar Rampage 2017 has been a lot of fun so far, and we have the photos to prove it.         The Malabar Rampage 2017 has begun, and from the start it has been another excellent rickshaw challenge, with teams assembled from from all across the globe, and participants of all ages. Uniting...Read More

We explore the states visited on the Malabar Rampage: Kerala, Karnataka, Goa.       The Malabar Rampage Rickshaw Challenge begins on the 8th of April, setting off from Trivandrum, in the very South of India, and teams will travel all the way to Panaji, capital of Goa, 1000km North. It’s sure to be a crazy...Read More