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Puducherry

The Classic Run is on the road!     After a training day in Chennai, it was time for teams on the Rickshaw Challenge Classic Run to hit the road! There were lots of cities to see, states to explore, and excitement to be had! Here is Princely’s report from the first few days of...
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Rickshaw Challenge
  The Classic Run visits 8 fascinating cities.     It’s almost time for the Classic Run Rickshaw Challenge, with this year’s event set to start on December 28th in Chennai, making it the perfect way to spend the New Year. On the teams’ 950km rickshaw odyssey, they’ll see an incredible range of cities, brimming...
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Southern India
The Classic Run explores much of Southern India.   The Classic Run Rickshaw Challenge will provide the adventure of a lifetime on its 950km route from bustling Chennai to India’s southern tip. The rally will enter three states: most of the time will be spend in Tamil Nadu, we briefly stay in the Union Territory of...
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Tamilnadu Run
The Tamilnadu Run visits Yercaud, Thiruvannamalai, and Chennai.     The final three days of the Tamilnadu Run Rickshaw Challenge 2017, as told by organizer Princely.   Day 5     The Tanjavur Morning is the Diwali morning in India. With sound of crackers all around and a few new movie releases the roads were looking...
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Tamilnadu Run
The latest from the Tamilnadu Run 2017. The first two days of the Tamilnadu Run Rickshaw Challenge 2017 were a great success. Here is organizer Princely with his recap of days 3 + 4: Tamilnadu Run Day 3 It was overcast climate in Chennai with occasional drizzles on the Monday morning of Tamilnadu Run 2017. Team...
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Chennai
The Tamilnadu Run Rickshaw Challenge 2017 begins this weekend.  The Tamilnadu Run Rickshaw Challenge 2017 kicks off in Chennai on October 14th, beginning a week of adventure through one of India’s most beautiful provinces. Teams, when they aren’t grappling with their rickshaws, navigating India’s roads and making new friends, will be treated to majestic nature, historic...
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The Rickshaw Challenge Classic Run continued on Days 3 and 4, as participants left Pondicherry for Thanjavur, then headed to Madurai to celebrate New Year’s Eve!     After the learning and excitement of the first two days the Rickshaw Challenge Classic Run 2017 kept up its pace on Days 3 and 4, December 30th...
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The Tamilnadu Run is now well underway, and the participants of the tuk tuk adventure rally have already had their fair share of adventures. The participants left Chennai early on Day 3 heading to the former French colony of Puducherry. Day 4 saw them race South to Thanjavur, before turning Northwards on Day 4 to the hill station of...
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Visit Pondicherry for a fasincinating fusion of Indian and French culture. There are many reasons to visit Pondicherry (now officially known as Puducherry, but normally referred to as Pondi), the former French colony surrounded by Tamil Nadu on India’s South-Western coast. It has European-influenced cuisine and bohemian vibe combined with a spiritual side that is...
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Classic Run 2014 is in full swing and people are talking about it. ‘The hawkers and the motorists were bewildered seeing foreigners behind the wheels of brightly painted autorickshaws in Coimbatore on Sunday morning. Well, the onlookers didn’t know they were part of Rickshaw Challenge — Classic Run 2014, which will see them attempt to...
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