Travels to My Elephant: A Wondrous 5-Day Rickshaw Race Through India Inline

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    The rickshaws all assembled before taking off on our adventure.

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    Rickshaws bobbing and weaving to get ahead as we leave the Scottish castle and the race starts.

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    Ruth Powys, CEO of Elephant Family, on the road in the Mark Shand Rickshaw.

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    Taking a break in front of our rickshaw. We brought some additional stuff to tart it up, including feathers and sheepskin seat covers and, in the spirit of our reggae theme, a jambox that could pump out some great old-school ska tunes.

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    We went on a safari in Bagh Sarai, looking for the elusive tiger. The safari was led by this man on an elephant. As a lifelong equestrian, I was interested to learn that he signals the elephant to move by tapping on the elephant’s ears with his foot. We didn’t see any tigers, though.