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Mumbai Xpress

Congrats to Cris and Gilberto, team: ‘momofuku sultan brahim’ on their amazing accomplishment, winning the Rickshaw Challenge Mumbai Xpress 2011. The 14-day, 2,000 km (1,200 mile) rally which was was flagged off July, 30 in Mumbai ended in Chennai on August 12. Read more about team ‘momofuku sultan brahim’ experience here
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Rickshaw Challenge – Mumbai Xpress A foreign participant (lower R) of the Rickshaw Challenge-Mumbai Xpress 2011, seen clad in a full-body suit, walks past decorated auto-rickshaws during a stopover in Bangalore on August 10, 2011. The 14-day, 2,000 km (1,200 mile) challenge consists of fourteen auto-rickshaws with 31 international participants travelling the coastal parts of...
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Rickshaw Challenge – Mumbai Xpress 2011′, a unique adventure on auto rickshaws with participants from across the globe, reached the city of Mangalore on Tuesday August 9. A formal function was held at Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose Government School, Mallikatte to mark the occasion. The chief guest and participants inspected the classroom furniture and toilets...
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Teams of 31 international rickshaw racers taking part in the Rickshaw Challenge Mumbai Express-2011, who set out from Mumbai on July 30 and set to reach Chennai on August 12, will leave for Mysore from Mangalore on Tuesday. The racers, who have formed 14 teams will cover 1,919km in their 14-day dash where they see...
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TD Waterhouse investment advisors Matthew Phillips (left) and Tristan Sawtell will be taking part in Mumbai Xpress, a two-week, 1,900-kilometer race across India in rickshaws to raise funds for Round Table India. Sawtell, 28, is an investment advisor with TD Waterhouse, and he will be competing in Mumbai Xpress – a two-week, 1,900-kilometer race across...
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Not many would consider Wagner for a long drive. Nor would they drive around in Chennai’s nasty August heat in Ferrari jerkins. But then Paul Haran is not your average driver. And he isn’t on just another drive. Haran and friend Mark Hanscomb, who goes by Harry, form team Nigel Manzil, one of 13 participating...
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Briton Paul Haran wore his radiant red Ferrari suit, put on his racing gloves, took his road map and jumped into ‘Nigel Manzil,’ one of the 13 colourful autorickshaws that accelerated their way towards the roads of one of the most rugged terrains in India. The third annual Mumbai Xpress Rickshaw Challenge, which flagged off...
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We were recently featured on ThinkChangeIndia.com for our charity initiatives and partnerships. You can follow this link to read about our activity on the recent Mumbai Xpress, here.
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Cool piece about the 2009 Mumbai Xpress stop in Bangalore. Thirteen autos arrived yesterday evening to our school to park their autos and were to leave this morning at a flag-off from the school. Bangalore isn’t the small town it used to be and the traffic, traffic rules and road-conditions make it an extremely ardous affair...
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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,...
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