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@JohnCornyn join us on voting NO on SOPA & PIPA

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@RepLloydDoggett, keep up the good fight opposing SOPA! You've got our support!

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Encountering a squat toilet for the first time is like your first hangover; it's terrible and you'd rather die than experience a bad one.

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We survived driving 5,000 km across India in a motorized tricycle and will be recovering in Goa for the foreseeable future

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To survive driving in India you need 3 things: a good horn, good brakes & good luck. Our horn just broke...

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Getting electrocuted every time I type and lean on a wall in a random web cafe in Varanasi... even using the internet in India is dangerous

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How to get chased by a mob of angry Indias: get lost and accidentally walk into a funeral procession while someone's being cremated...

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Most underrated item needed to survive India's roads... earplugs, without em' it's like seppuku for your ears.

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Flipped the rickshaw, split open arm, road burned knee, mild concussion... but on the up side my hospital bill was only $6 :) bit.ly/i9tfTB

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Our shaw brakes down in a remote village, in 5 minuts a mechanic magically shows up & fixes everything for $2.

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Communal squat toilets with no toilet paper = most interesting rest room trip ever …

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Highway signs in Southern India are appropriately shaped like tombstones.

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We've been recruited by local fisherman to help push their boats on shore while taking a day off the road in Goa.

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Today our 3 wheeled tuk tuk became a 2 wheeler as we flew around tight curves a weeee bit too fast

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In india everything has 2 prices: local price and tourist price (200%)

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People from India are the nicest in the world. They'll give you everything you ask for, even if they don't have/know it... like directions

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Driving in India is pure madness! 5 cars on a small 2 lane road... with 2 of the cars going the wrong way!

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After 3 hours of searching, Chris Keller's passport has been found! He now swears to stitch it to his forehead & never loose it again.

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We're less than 1 hour into the start of the race and Chris Keller's pass port has disappeared... yikes!

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And we're off! The Rickshaw run has officially started. We're leaving Kochi, India and heading 5,263 km towards Meghalaya bit.ly/9rhNeB