We've discovered other teams

Date: Jan 02, 2010

We've discovered other teams!! It's 9pm and we've arrived at Bartang near Tansen and found a group of ricks at a hotel/restaurant. We immediately stopped and sat down for dinner. No rooms for us. We'll worry about that after dinner.
Location: Butwal - Nepal (Received at 15:10)

And then we run out of fuel. Not a crisis as we had bought 10l in our jerrycan earlier in the day, but at the time when the rick stopped dead again it was frightening. We're using two water bottles to form a funnel. Classy.
Location: Butwal - Nepal (Received at 15:06)

Still going though 'baby' is sounding terrible and maxes at 20km/hr. Sign just said '80 km to Sunhil' which is the town across the Indian border.
Location: Butwal - Nepal (Received at 13:50)

It's alive! We roll started it and going to next town!!!
Location: Butwal - Nepal (Received at 13:33)

Uh oh. Major issues whilst still in the mountains. We've been trying to fix it for almost 2 hrs. Don't think it's the carby - the sparkplug isn't getting wet, so perhaps a compression /suction issue. We think all rickshaws are ahead of us. That is, we're last :) 7pm here now.@
Location: Butwal - Nepal (Received at 13:21)

hrs of driving has reaped us 85 km and a roadside rebuilt carby through the mountain stage. 120 km to the Indian border to go. Still aiming for that today/tonight. Our front wheel needs a realignment when we reach India and the Bajaj mechanics. This trip is amazing so far.@
Received at 09:48)

Yeah! We rebuilt the carby and we've done several trouble free kms thru mountains!
Location: Pokhara - Nepal (Received at 07:21)

We're off and running. The convoy toured the streets of Pokhara and we waved and cheered at the locals. Troubles started when we hit the mountains. We overtook other ricks then broke down ourselves. Still investigating some problem with the carby.
Location: Pokhara - Nepal (Received at 06:32)

A minor crisis before kickoff when we misjudged the size of our jerrycan so we put the wrong amount of oil in. Now draining the petrol out.
Location: Pokhara - Nepal (Received at 03:57)

We've arrived at the compound, packing bags onto rick now, topping up the fuel. Mixing in the oil is a delicate activity.
Location: Pokhara - Nepal (Received at 03:09)

RACE DAY! We took the extra day off to pimp the rick some more, including a huge Australian flag. Quiet night at a pub with 6 other teams. Time for brekkie and then we're off to the rickshaw grounds for 8:30 for 10am start.
Location: Pokhara - Nepal (Received at 01:12)