The Details

A couple of us are planning to travel the entire perimeter of India between 25th April and 25th May in a rickshaw, starting and finishing in Chennai, travelling clockwise.

There are obviously a few issues / obstacles in our way:

The route is 8500km long!

Rickshaws have a top speed of 45kph.

The roads are not like England:

They have: busy cities... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xfvpCSgsTm4

big hills: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tys-mXvDlL8

its a bit scary: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6UpjfOdhka4&feature=channel

As far as we can see (google, yahoo, ask jeeves etc) this has not been done before.  There are rallies from point A to point B but these seem limited to around 2000 km and usually take 2-4 weeks.  This may because it is bloody stupid but we'll find out in a couple of months!  However we have calculated that if we travel for 8.5 hours a day at top speed, don't get lost, stuck, breakdown or have a day off, we can complete in the 30 days!

How can you help us?

Join us?  If you are interested in a crazy trip, suffering from an early mid-life crisis or want to raise some money for charity, let us know.. the more the merrier.

More realistically, we are raising money for one of the Chennai slums so please watch this space and donate a couple of quid - if we die it could even go towards our funeral!

Wish us luck!