TUK-TUK TO THE ROAD

admin — Tue, 26 May 2009 10:30:41 +0000

Tuk-Tuk to the Road: Two Girls, Three Wheels, 12,500 miles
Summer, 2006 Jo Huxster and Ants Bolingbroke-Kent decided to drive a tuk tuk from Bangkok — to Brighton, a mere 12,561 miles away.
Their mission: to raise GBP50 000 for the mental health charity Mind. Tuk Tuk to the Road is the inspirational story of the ultimate road trip — the countries they traverse, the people that help them, the nail-biting border crossings, Every detail of their record-breaking tukathon is chronicled in colourful and often hilarious detail.
Twelve countries, two continents, one earthquake and the odd snapped accelerator cable later, this is the entertaining, honest, and above all, remarkable story of two girls who proved that with a little bit of determination, anything is possible.
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Auto Rickshaw in UK's Little India

admin — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 10:41:06 +0000

Rickshaw, the popular mode of transport in India, will soon ply the streets of the East Midlands town of Leicester, better known as ‘Little India’. Rides will be offered to shoppers and tourists free as the rickshaws will be sponsored by companies which will have their logos displayed on the sides. Similar rickshaws were introduced in the sea-side town of Brighton last year and in parts of London but there were some protests from taxi companies and other on the ground that the rickshaws did not meet road safety standards-good one:)
However, so far the move has met with some enthusiasm in Leicester and the City Council said it was in favour of such a scheme as the town has a large population of Indian origin.
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Brighton – Rickshaw Challenge

TUK-TUK TO THE ROAD

Auto Rickshaw in UK's Little India