Now we have completed the Rickshaw Run, here is a run down of our travels. We flew from Manchester to Delhi, then Delhi to Bagdogra. We then took a Taxi Jeep up the mountain to the start of the Rickshaw run in Gangtok, Sikkim. We collected our Rickshaw and departed Gangtok on Sunday 12th September. We finished that day in Shiliguri in West Bengal and stayed 1 night.. We then left Shiliguri on the 13th and finished just over the border in Nepal. We stayed in Kakarbhitta for 1 night. We left the following morning (14th) and finished at Lalbiti, Nepal and stayed 1 night. We left mid morning and finished at Hetuada, Nepal and stayed 1 night. We left early morning (16th) finishing in Kathmandu at 9.30pm. We stayed in Kathmandu for 3 nights. During this time, we took an early morning mountain flight around Everest. We left Kathmandu 6am on the 19th and finished just inside the border at Bhairawa and stayed 1 night. We crossed the border back into India at Sunali, passed through Gorakhpur and finished at Lucknow and stayed 1 night. We put our Rickshaw on a train and sent it to Jodhpur. We took a train to Agra and stayed 1 night (23rd). We then took a sleeper train, overnight, to Jodhpur, arriving at 7am (24th) We then set off for Jaisalmer at 9am, and arrived at 4.30pm, completing the Rickshaw Run. We stayed in Jaisalmer for 3 nights and then left by Train on the 27th going to Jodhpur stayed 1 night. We then took a flight from Jodhpur to Delhi stayed 1 night. Final flight Delhi to Manchester via Helsinki on 29th.
7 flights
3 train journeys
Thousands of Kilometres by Rickshaw
13 nights in India
7 nights in Nepal
A naked eye look at Everest
5 breakdowns
3 very flat and bruised hairy arses.
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