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Indian trip hop in a rickshaw

Would you leave behind the comfort of AC cars or 5-star hotels to face the Indian countryside in a rickshaw, without a guide or a sense of the local culture? While this might seem like a highly challenging prospect, over 200 non-Indians (and just one Indian) are doing just that in the Rickshaw Run, as Hassan M Kamal discovers

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On September 8, nearly 79 teams left Shillong in their respective rickshaws, and as you read this, are riding through the less travelled, abandoned, popular and even notorious roads, cities and villages, to reach Jaisalmer.u00a0There’s no prize to win, no award to achieve, simply the pleasure of travelling through unknown roads in a rickshaw, from the start point to the finish line. The Rickshaw Run, as it is called, is organised thrice every year in India, by a group of adventurers in UK, called The Adventurists. The September Run, the second run of the year and 14th overall, has over 200 participants, mostly non-Indians who are travelling from Shillong to Jaisalmer.u00a0


A rickshaw uses the help of villagers to cross a water body

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