Sun setting in India (Photo: Stephanie, team The Mustache Ride)
On Sunday, the Rickshaw Challenge Malabar Rampage continued for the 21 racing teams. This day had the first real test in storage for the drivers – if we don’t count the first session of fighting for survival behind the wheels in the rickshaws from Saturday…
The first test for the racers was to locate the train station without any help from the organizers. They also had to deal with the task of getting a ticket. Then they had to take a picture of the rickshaw and the team with the Sri Padmanabhaswamy temple in the background.
SCORES after DAY 2
Butt, Sweat and Tears 500 pt
Kiwi Express 700 pt
Chilli Chilli Bang Bang 700 pt
The Road to Goa 700 pt
The Blues Brothers 750 pt
Team Viking 750 pt
Team Rising Sun 200 pt
Happy Daze 700 pt
Badmaash One 700 pt
Badmaash Two 700 pt
Stairway 750 pt
Malabar Mad Hatters 700 pt
Beauty and the Beast 700 pt
The Mustache Ride 700 pt
Goan Places 500 pt
Team Sausage 500 pt
Flying Birds 700 pt
The Autowale 700 pt
West Coast Rickshaws 500 pt
Recharging before the first stage of the Rickshaw Challenge Malabar Rampage 2016
Having completed these demanding challenges, the racers finally were able to spend the rest of the day with sightseeing, going to the beach or just slacking off at the roof terrace and pool of the hotel.
This last opportunity to recharge the batteries was vital before the first stage of the 2016 Malabar Rampage from Trivandrum to Alleppey on Monday. This means a journey to rural India, and so the beginning of the crazy adventures of the Rickshaw Challenge Malabar Rampage and the first experience of the extremely interesting everyday life of the locals.
The first stage of the Rickshaw Challenge Malabar Rampage will also include visiting one of the best beaches in India and some other really serious tests for the racers.