Global Adventurists

Flashback | Rickshaw Sailing

One of my India based friends, Vir Nakai, posted a nice Instagram image of his ride in a Rickshaw in the current Mumbai Monsoon torrential rain. An annual event. The image took me back instantly to that one night’s drive in a thunderstorm along a banged up non-existent highway in …

Flashback | Hyderabad Diaries

On this day, exactly a year ago, my fellow Chunga Rakesh Rao and I were on the third day of our pan-India rickshaw adventure from Cochin to Shillong. We started our Day-3 from Mysoreand were well-ahead of our schedule when we reached the overhead passage of Hyderabad at 3pm. Hyderabad …

Flashback | A Two-Wheeler experience

The Frank Water Project: A few days after I left Shillong I met with a good friend, Dr Sarbjit Singh. And he asked me, “Why do a RickshawRun for charity?” And I answered, “Just donating money is easy and provides for a nice element of ‘feel good’ for ourselves. True …

Flashback | An Evening before Ananthapur

Flashback | The Evening before Ananthapur We had pushed hard from Mysore that morning. Plan was to use the good roads and highways and make up for the slow times we made on the first day and going up to Ooty and down into the Bandipur National Park. I had …

Flashback | Rickshaw Break

Rickshaw BreakWhen we reached the ocean front five star hotel in an auto-rickshaw,we were duly denied entry. After much convincing about our reservation, we were let in by the gatekeeper. It was heaven after spending more than a week in bad hotels including the infamous Anantpur stinky one room. We …

Flashback | The ‘Chief Head’ Award

These are some of the few pictures that actually has me and Rama together. Otherwise, during the actual Rickshaw Run we had to take turns taking pictures. Rama and CocoCW would pose, I take the picture. We quickly do a swap; I pose with CocoCW and Rama took the picture. …

Chutney Chungas Greatest Hits!

CC quotes! Series | Chai #rickshawrun

While I make my Ginger tea this morning for breakfast, can’t help the mind going back to the chai on the Rickshaw Run. It is nice to have some tea in comfort with the ‘normal’ mugs, plates and silverware. But that chai in the plastic sampler cups -holding just enough …

Navigating Nostalgia-land!

“I am pretty tired…I think I will go home now!”- Forrest Gump. I wish I could end my India trip as succinctly as Mr.Gump did, after he ran non-stop to all 50 states,with as many followers,as they were expecting him to say something profound at the end of it. Some …