"India is a crazy place..."

Race Day 8: Hyderbad to Nagpur

Money raise for charity:$1,254

Distance Traveled: 1250 km

Fender Benders: 5

Near Death Experiences : 8, a scooter shoots out in front of us, the driver freezes and just stares at us as we fly towards him.  Daniel (our videographer) slams on the brakes while Chris (the charity organizer) and I (the logistics guy) nearly fly through the windshield.  Our rickshaw screeches to a stop just inches away from the scooter driver.  He doesn't move so we just drive around him, honk for good measure (they honk at everything here) and drive off. 

Delhi Bellies: 7

We stop at random village in on our way to Nagpur and instantly we're surrounded by 60 smiling & curious Indians.  "Where you from" they echo.  "We're from America & Germany" we answer and ask, "Where are you from?"  In unison they all smile and say, "INDIA!" We laugh and tell them our story through gestures, they look impressed as we tell them we're going from 1 corner of India to another in an auto-rickshaw.  A young indian boy (must have been 12 or 13) tells us that we're crazy to take on such a journey and that India is a crazy place, so it was a smart move doing the rickshaw rally here. People in the villages are all have HUGE hearts and offer us everything they have, "take my food, take my water, let me help you" they say.  They have nothing & ask for nothing.  India has a special spirit.  These people deserve better.  I hope our efforts here can have an impact. 

Cheers, 

Cedric
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