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The 2008 Rickshaw Run
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| All lined up ... | |
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| ... and ready ... | |
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| ... for the start of ... | |
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| ... the 2008 ... | |
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| ... Winter ... | |
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| ... Rickshaw Run | |
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| Our artist ... | |
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| ... has a stab at ... | |
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| ... The Lion Rampant | |
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| Other teams ... | |
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| ... were more organised ... | |
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| ... with their pimping antics ... | |
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| ... than we could ever be | |
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| Cochin - Just before we hit the road | |
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| And we're off | |
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| The hills around Munar | |
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| Mountain Roads | |
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| Hot Stuff | |
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| Tuk-tuk-tastic | |
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| Monkey business | |
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| Mountain views | |
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| Stretch-2-3-4 | |
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| Various temples ... | |
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| ... in and around ... | |
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| ... Madurai | |
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| We meet some Heroes In Hawaiian Shirts | |
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| Eeeck, Julie Driving | |
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| One of many level crossings | |
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| They stack 'em high | |
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| Off for a stroll | |
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| Dry | |
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| Hungry | |
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| Petrol ... Pronto! | |
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| Bigger bike needed!?! | |
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| We spot a Zebra ... | |
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| ... dead | |
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| The good roads | |
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| How! | |
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| Hmm! | |
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| In convoy | |
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| We have problems ... | |
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| ... tuk tuk not starting ... | |
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| ... but with a prod and a poke ... | |
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| ... it fires into life | |
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| It's mine ... get out | |
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| Highway No. 5 | |
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| The things you meet going the
wrong way down the fast lane! | |
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| More good roads | |
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| Bridge ... Somewhere ... India | |
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| Gridlock ... Somewhere ... India | |
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| Bridge over the Ganges | |
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| Hello, AA? | |
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| The school bus | |
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| Which way now? | |
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| Market streets ... | |
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| ... Darjeeling | |
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| Even kids were curious | |
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| Disappearing Everest | |
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| A foggy Tiger Hill | |
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| Darjeeling | |
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| Oldest temple in Darjeeling | |
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| A cold frosty Darjeeling | |
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| Nice hat! | |
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| More crazy fools | |
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| Sneaky sneaky ... | |
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| ... little monkey | |
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| Must have been Julie driving | |
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| Peddle power | |
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| Anyone seen my engine? ... | |
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| ... It's in here somewhere! ... | |
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| ... Anyone? ... | |
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| ... Ah there it is! | |
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| Even the cows stared at us | |
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| Convoy petrol stop | |
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| Jump - I'll catch you | |
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| Ahhh look how lovely she is
(the tuk tuk of course) | |
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| Good Nepali roads | |
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| Confronted by an angry mob | |
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| Moooooo | |
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| Kathmandu? Which Way? | |
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| Beeeep Beeeep, coming through | |
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| Nelly | |
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| Kings of the road | |
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| Lake Phewa, Pokhara | |
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| No. 31, come in your time is up | |
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| The rickshaw decorating crew - Pokhara | |
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| Pimped | |
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| Fill Petrol, Add Oil, Tighten Bolts | |
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| Are we nearly there yet? | |
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| The finish line - strangely enough | |
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| Tuk Tuks and Tuxedoes | |
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| Rickshaw Resting Ground | |
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| Party Time | |
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Kathmandu
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| Orange Seller, Kathmandu | |
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| Narrow streets of Thamel | |
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| Julie | |
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| ooops, my mistake, it's this one | |
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| The old town | |
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