A Crazy New Kind of Amazing Race: International Car Rallies

[craigt3365]

Picture the scene. You have been driving for over 15 hours. The monsoons are thundering down. You and your friend are in an auto-rickshaw, laboring along an ink-dark road in the middle of nowhere in India. Oncoming trucks barrel toward you, blinding you with their headlights. The rickshaw dangles within inches of the road’s shoulder.

It’s a test of wills on the ultimate road trip: an international rally. The whole idea dates back to 1911 in Monte Carlo, when 23 cars rallied on public streets to a finish line. It was one of the first recognized road rallies.

The quest for more authentic — and more adventurous — travel experiences has created an even more extreme subculture of road tripping. These days, the idea is not just navigating from point A to B or who can go the fastest, but, rather, to pair up with like-minded adventurers and drive an inappropriate vehicle that is slow and might even break down. The result: you can have genuine interactions with locals, see corners of a country that a typical tourist would not see, and challenge yourself at the same time.

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https://www.yahoo.com/travel/a-crazy-new-kind-of-amazing-race-international-117138357567.html

If you are interested, there's one coming up in Cambodia!

http://www.cambochallenge.com/

[Dimebag]

Ah the rickshaw run. My Apprentice did it in India a couple of years ago said it was great complete with riots and disintry as well

[craigt3365]

Ah the rickshaw run. My Apprentice did it in India a couple of years ago said it was great complete with riots and disintry as well

As the article says, it's for adventurous travelers!

[gerry123]

sort of a gumball rally with the squits ??

Edited April 26, 2015 by gerry123

[craigt3365]

sort of a gumball rally with the squits ??

Yes! LOL I actually traveled India for 30 days without getting sick! But anywhere you travel, you are open to this. Even here in Thailand....

[South]

Met this guy a couple of years ago ...

He drove that thing from the UK to India ..... and shipped it back!

He uses it for weddings etc in the uk now.

[Lancashirelad]

A few years ago 2 girls drove a pink tuktuk from Bangkok to Brighton, England through China and Russia. Its a captivating read.

http://tuktotheroad.blogspot.co.uk/2006_05_01_archive.html

Edited May 4, 2015 by Lancashirelad

[gerry123]

A few years ago 2 girls drove a pink tuktuk from Bangkok to Brighton, England through China and Russia. Its a captivating read.

http://tuktotheroad.blogspot.co.uk/2006_05_01_archive.html

Its a captivating read. sorry (not)