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...Read More
Rickshaaa! (2006) A Film on Three Wheels, a documentary about autorickshaws: “They think they are the Michael Schumachers with their personal Ferraris… on the goddam roads!!!” Trailer A look at the Bajaj autorickshaw factory in Aurangabad, India. Footage shot for the documentary.Read More
Pic of the week is the Tuk-Tuk in Laos No sudden screeching. I see the crash coming a long way off from the back of my tuk-tuk: a sheet-metal “three-wheel” auto-rickshaw stinking of petrol… Full article hereRead More
Firang CEOs + autorickshaw ride = tourist-safe India Ride was part of initiative to renew foreigners’ confidence in Mumbai post 26/11 terror attacks Fifty corporate biggies of different nationalities went sightseeing in Mumbai in autorickshaws yesterday. The joyride was part of an initiative to change visitors’ perception of urban India, which, the hosts said, suffered...Read More
DHL India employees go wild with a special custom autorickshaw adventure! Mumbai, India. February 15, 2009 – The India branch of DHL Global Forwarding just treated its employees to an unforgettable a day of team-building challenges that involved driving and racing autorickshaws – motorized, three-wheeled vehicles that are an iconic symbol of the Indian subcontinent....Read More
Fourteen teams of world travelers will kick of the New Year 2009 with an epic 11-day endurance race which will see them making their way across southern India in auto rickshaws. In what is hailed as “An amazing race for the clinically insane“, the 2009 Classic Run is an endurance motor rally organized by Chennai...Read More
After a flag off from the hotel driveway that led smack into the middle of typical Indian street chaos, teams were supposed to make an easy trip requiring only 3 turns to get to the next school visit. On the way, many were lost, stalled by the adventure of refueling or just misdirected by locals...Read More
The Flag off ceremony held in St. George’s Indo-English school and orphanage, a 300 year old series of buildings, set the stage with colorful tents, a RedBull arch, jugglers and speeches. Participants placed the final decorative touches on outrageously designed autorickshaws, from the Disco bottle hanging from Compact Pussycat’s rickshaw, to the bell pull used...Read More
