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 hereRead More
Ramu and Goldy are two babies separated at a tattoo parlor in India under tragic circumstances. 30 years later, Ramu, now an auto rickshaw driver and Goldy, an ambulance driver meet at a traffic light. The idea for this film by Arjun Gupte came form his encounters with auto rickshaw drivers in Bangalore and Chennai....Read More
Mumbai autorickshaws are called `ricksha’ by the local commuters. Chennai rests easy with the name `auto’. You can hop into a Mumbai autorickshaw in the dead of the night. He will drop you home and give you back the exact change. You can hop into any autorickshaw whose owner agrees to ply you at night...Read More
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...Read More
Go on a ride with team Ruby Murray from the 2009 Mumbai Xpress: “Meeting at a car park near Juhu Juhu beach, we all drove the last 800 meters to the Marriot, our finishing line, together. A very sad last part of the journey as we’d had so much fun that it was a group...Read More
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,...Read More
The spirit of adventure that brought 27 people from from around the world together to drive three-wheeled auto-rickshaws across India finally culminated at Mumbai’s JW Marriott in on 13 August 2009. Divided into 13 teams, they braved the city’s infamous traffic travelling from Alibag in the final leg of the 2,000-km four-state rally, which brought...Read More
Last year, Enviu, the innovators in sustainability based in Rotterdam (NL), launched the Hybrid Tuktuk Battle. The challenge was to design a system to make one million auto-rickshaws in India and other developing countries hybrid, in order to improve the living conditions of millions of drivers and their families, and drastically reduce the CO2 emissions. This month the...Read More
This Sunday, the amazing Mumbai Xpress will have its inaugural flag-off in bustling Chennai. Come join the fun which will include local celebrities, music, sport tricks, exhibition dancing, and even get a little energized while you are there! Watch these adventurous travelers from around the globe pile into their wacky auto rickshaws and chart off across...Read More
There’s no escaping the ubiquitous three wheeled auto rickshaw in India. Cheaper than a taxi and more convenient than a bus, their loud buzz can be heard all over the country. However, your experience of India’s auto rickshaws doesn’t have to be restricted to merely riding in them. It’s possible to take the controls and...Read More
