This is our on the road map...
Day 9 Sunday, 18 September 2011
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  at 10:07 on Them Apples said Mechanics can't seem to fix our neverending issues..so Rob is heading back to Varanasi with the shaw while Kristina was picked up by Namaste Mutha Tukkers. Break ups are never easy. |
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| at 06:35 on Them Apples said After our 8th break down in the last hour, we're at a mechanic..alongside Team Veerasway--so at least we're not alone! |
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| at 05:52 on Them Apples said Outside Varanasi, just stalled in the middle of the oncoming lane of traffic as we tried to cross the highway. Welcome to Day 8! |
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Day 8 Saturday, 17 September 2011
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| at 19:37 on Them Apples said Italian in India? Delicious dinner at Karki's! |
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| at 10:06 on Them Apples said excellent coffee break at Open Hand Cafe with team Namaste Mutha Tukkers! |
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Day 7 Friday, 16 September 2011
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| at 20:59 on Them Apples said Rolled into town with the nearly-dead shaw..around 25km/hr top speed..found some late night pizza and beers...not a bad way to end Day 6! |
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| at 12:36 on Them Apples said breakdown total (so far) today is at 10 for Them Apples..but the samosas and other fried street fare in Kochas are certainly worth the stop! |
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| at 04:28 on Them Apples said After sitting among hundreds of diesel trucks for 3hours just outside the city, we rolled into town after midnight..accidentally drove on the 'VIP road' up to the governor's house--the police were not amused. |
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15 days before launch Friday, 26 August 2011
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 16:44 on - Them Apples wrote:
As is wont to happen, our team has experienced a little funny math. Subtractions and additions, as it were. No longer will J. Peter Gabriel be along for the ride - a dropout as tragic as it is disappointing. But an 11th-hour substitution has been found! One that we may be thanking our lucky stars for, should we decide to contract some obscure malady from the far reaches of the Deccan Plateau or the gutters of Mumbai. Please welcome....Our new Co-Pilot and Chief Officer of Sugary Mischief, Ms. K. L. Hetherington. Would you rather date someone you met off... Read more ... |
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128 days before launch Thursday, 5 May 2011
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19:05 on - Them Apples wrote:
The team is assembled. It seems appropriate to introduce you, our loyal readers and potential donors, to the perfectly intelligent people who, come September, will abandon common sense, ignore the pleas of their mothers, and pile into a vehicle with all the cojones of your average riding lawnmower. All three dead set on... something. Fortune and glory? Too Spielburg. Serenity? Too EatPrayLove. Personal growth and expansion? Please. Let's go with Raw, Unadulterated Visceral Experience. Our trio of intrepid intruders first met in Morocco. It was the magical spring of 2004: "Toxic" had returned Britney Spears to the top of the Billboard charts,... Read more ... |
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4302 days before launch Tuesday, 30 November 1999
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00:00 on - Them Apples wrote:
http://www.rc-trucks.org/gy6-engine-performance.htmhttp://www.scooterfocus.com/scooter_carburetor_rejetting.html ... Read more ... |
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