Race For The Finish

Another leisurely breakfast and with only 100km to go we cruised down the coastal road admiring the sun, sea and sand.

To spice up the last couple of kilometers Paint It Black lead us into the back streets of Pondicherry, Amelia taking Joe's instruction of take the next left a little too literaly. It turned into a cracking back street rally, benny hill style with dead ends and driving through a wedding party relaxing in chairs outside a cafe to get back onto the main road.

We pulled up outside the Promenade hotel, the finishing post and that was that. We'd made it and have since become known as "the team that only had a single puncture". It appears others have had a much more difficult time with their steeds. Four teams have abandoned their Rickshaws in various places around India, two teams have merged into one after writing off one Rickshaw. At least three other teams have managed to roll their Rickshaws and virtually every other team has had a succession of seized pistons, dodgy spark plugs, exhausts that fall off, blocked fuel lines and constant overheating engines.

We had a few drinks to celebrate and now are free men until tomorrows finishing party at the Dune Eco Resort on the coast out of town....Indian dancing, internationally trained chef and a private beach...it's going to be hell! :)

Current location: The Promenade, Pondicherry....forgot the piece of paper with the coordinates on so we'll do it tomorrow.