At Coimbatore

Wish we could have captured the look on the faces of the door staff when we pulled our rickshaw into the Le Meridien! Getting permission to park within the hotel parking lot took some convincing...

Day 45 - drive to Coimbatore

April 8th 2012
The first day of the Ricksaw Run.... Festivities started off at 10:00 AM with a parade of rickshaws around Fort Cochin. A few speeches, including the Chancellor of Cochin, later was the official inaugaration and we were off by 11:00AM! After an hour of navigating around Cochin city traffic, we finally hit the Highway. Inspite of today being Easter Sunday some spots still had significant bu ... read more

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