A Tuk Tuk Race Across Asia!

Madness or pure Adventure?


On the 10th of March 2012 I, along with 2 other Teakdoor Members, Chico The Fox and BKK Spideman, will embark on an epic journey from Krabi to Jakarta in a Tuk Tuk.


We are doing this to raise money for Operation Smile Thailand, Operation Smile Thailand - How to Help - Donate.


But before I get into that, lets look at what we are actually doing.


The Facts:

  • 1. It's fucking cool!
  • 2. It's fucking Dangerous
  • 3. The 3rd rule of the tuk tuk run is you don't talk about number 2
  • Thailand, Malaysia and Indonesia are full of creepy crawlys
  • It's more than 2400 km between Jakarta and Krabi
  • I don't know the way
  • We have no support along the way
  • We have no route
  • We must be in Pennang “Butterwoth Port” by the 14th of March to catch the ferry.
  • My Tuk Tuk guy is not picking up his phone
  • It only costs 15,000bt to fix one child with a cleft lip
  • All three of us enjoy a beer
  • Tomato Ketchup travels at a speed of 23km per year

The idea of the race is that we get lost and break down a lot. The tuk tuks are not new and they aren't even Thai. They are the Bembo style Indonesian ones. Initially the race was going to be Bangkok- Jakarta but because of the floods the last race finished in Krabi so that's where the Tuk Tuks are in storage at the moment.


The company organizing the race is called The Adventurist and can be found here. Rickshaw Run | The Adventurists


My team is called The Changover



I personally have been on the waiting list for 2 years to be on the Indian leg of the adventure but they contacted me to see if I would be interested in the Asian leg and I was up for it.


Initially there was going to be a camera crew following us, spearheaded by the noted Richie Moore Richie Moore - IMDb who is famous for his work on The Hangover part 2 and Mission Impossible but it has been since down scaled to a photo campaign as tuk tuks are illeagal in Malaysia.


The campaign will be called 1000 smiles and is easy to keep up with here.


https://www.facebook.com/pages/Ricks...=wall&filter=1


Please click on it and 'Like' the page.


Did I ask you to donate yet? You can donate here.


Operation Smile Thailand - How to Help - Donate


Please put a note 'Tuk Tuk' when you do so that we know where it's coming from. I'll have a proper "Donate" button sorted by tomorrow.



My team have been lucky enough to receive full sponsorship from beer Chang so please drink it.





If there are any members that live along the way that would be more than happy to put us 3 up for the night then that would be splendid.


I am also looking for member who have experience of the area's in between the 2 locations.


Does anybody know the way?


Here are some photo's of children who have got cleft lips to pull at you heart strings.








Fixed!!!!


Please put yourself in their shoes just for 1 minute. The ridicule, the laughter from other kids and being a social out cast from the rest of the group. This can be fixed.

I'm looking for whatever I can get but I'm also interested in the big business owners among you. This could be part of you yearly CSR and its a very worthy cause. Please donate today if you are able to and give anything you can. It's only 15,000bt per kid and I'm looking for a million baht. That's about 60 kids (plus expenses) Dig deep guys!


Operation Smile Thailand - About Us - Our History

Put a "Tuk Tuk" note in your name so that I can track it.

I will also personally visit the hospital to make sure that the money that you donate is being fully spent on the kids that need it.

Cheers all.