The Rickshaw Challenge – Malabar Rampage 2016 has ended and some of our participants agreed to sharing their experience with our rickshaw racers to come. So, prepare yourselves and heed the warnings, because the next Rickshaw Challenge is starting in June! The interview was conducted with with Steffen Hammelmann from Team Beauty and the Beast...Read More
The last day saw our participants cruising the beautiful streets of India’s smallest state Goa, leading them through enchanted woods and Eden-like beaches on their way from Murudeshwar to Panaji, Goa’s capital. Driving through the streets was straightforward, as they were rather empty, so the last 250 km were – compared to some other days and generally driving in India – easy as pie. As...Read More
Day 5: With a distance of 260km from Calicut to Mangalore, a tiring day lay ahead of our participants, but the reward was something they all coveted: on Wednesday, they would finally leave Kerala and enter the state of Karnataka, where it wouldn’t be as difficult to find a cold beer after a hard day on the road. So, the...Read More
Today, our teams were flagged off from the Government School at Mallikatte, starting the route from Mangalore to Murudeshwar. Before embarking on their journey, however, our 38 participants had the opportunity to make new friends and share stories with the youngsters studying at the school. It was wonderful to see how the kids lit up...Read More
The second day on the streets of Southern India has passed for our brave adventurers. By now, the teams are one with their rickshaws and know all their little flaws and knacks. This was especially important for Team Flying Birds, who had a hard time learning on Day 1 and they ran out of gas three times during the run. Finally,...Read More
Strange things happened on Monday between Trivandrum and Alleppey. The Beauty and the Beast team were seen in a tea stall, preparing their own chai and some Vikings were spotted cruising along the palm-tree lines in a rickshaw instead of in a long boat in the Norwegian fjords. The Rickshaw Challenge Malabar Rampage 2016 has...Read More
This Saturday, preparations for the Rickshaw Challenge Malabar Rampage have started in Trivandrum, Kerala, where 21 teams from all over the world have gathered to take up the challenge of driving 1000 km along the Malabar Coast in India’s West – in a rickshaw. After the sign up in the morning, Aravind Bremanandam, Chief Scientist...Read More
At last, the moment is here again! Tomorrow morning, our teams will start registering and getting busy for one of the biggest adventures of their life: the Malabar Rampage. Our 21 fearless teams will learn how to drive a rickshaw and navigate on Indian roads, they’ll hit some bumps on the way, they’ll break...Read More
You might have noticed, that yesterday, social media was packed with Holi songs, good wishes and photos of people covered in all the colours of the rainbow. “Why would someone have colourful powder thrown at them, is this some kind of rave party?” No, it’s much more than that! Holi is the celebration of the...Read More
For a long time, India has been campaigning for the recognition of the Agasthyamala among UNESCO sites. Now, their campaigning of fifteen years has paid off. The Agasthyamala Biosphere Reserve is an important piece of 3,500 square kilometre land, situated along the Western Ghats, having parts both in Tamilnadu and Kerala. The whole reserve...Read More
