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Chennai is the automobile capital of India and aptly, the challenge kicks off here. Talk about going in at the deep end. This will be your first chance to experience the "free for all" highway code. By the time you leave Chennai city limits you will be battle ready... |
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Home to a million people and most unlike any other city in India in the sense that some planning has actually gone in to it - the roads actually work in a grid system. This probably means the accident rate goes up ten-fold. Most importantly however the beer is really, really cheap. |
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This city boasts the amazing Brihadeeswara Temple, a designated UNESCO World Heritage Site. The main tower, at 70m, is the tallest in the world. So tall in fact that no one has yet managed to get a rickshaw on top of it... |
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A sprawling metropolis with palaces and temples and some very mischievous monkeys. Something for every type of adventurer lurks here. By now your rickshaw will be sounding like a bag of spanners on spin dry but ignore it all and do some culture like. |
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An ancient island on the Gulf of Mannar. Here you are only 24 kilometres from Sri Lanka so if you are feeling adventurous why not see if your Rickshaw floats and see if you can make the crossing? A towel and dunce hat will be waiting for you back on dry land. |
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Tuticorin is a main Port city of India. Also known as "Pearl City", this major harbour is well known for pearl diving, fishing, shipbuilding and the annual sight of westerners in clapped out rickshaws passing through. |
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The faithful flock to Courtallam for wellness retreats at its many spas and waterfalls. After 7 days of arse-pummelling in the rickshaw you'll be glad to bathe your bum cheeks and try and regain some feeling from the waist down. Beware, the monkeys will eat everything. |
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The southern tip where Bay of Bengal meets Arabian Sea meets Indian Ocean and where there is nothing else due south until you reach the frozen wastes of Antarctica. Congratulations, you made it. Time for a seriously well deserved party until the sun comes up... |
expected difficulty rating 
This is your chance to experience the chaos and diversity of India whilst playing roulette with pedestrians and lorries and some of the world's most infectious diseases like rabies and malaria. Your mum wouldn't like it.
YES: I would like to invalidate my life insurance >>>
NO: I think we'll go back to Butlins
NOT SURE? Show me what happened last time >>>
